diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 696cfd0..4a0d125 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,13 +44,11 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <lombok.version>1.18.8</lombok.version>
-        <lombok.maven.version>1.18.6.0</lombok.maven.version>
-        <dropwizard.version>1.3.13</dropwizard.version>
-        <riemann.version>0.4.5</riemann.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <lombok.version>1.18.16</lombok.version>
+        <lombok.maven.version>1.18.16.0</lombok.maven.version>
+        <dropwizard.version>2.0.16</dropwizard.version>
+        <riemann.version>0.5.1</riemann.version>
+        <junit.version>5.7.0</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -79,12 +77,15 @@
             <artifactId>metrics3-riemann-reporter</artifactId>
             <version>${riemann.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.junit.jupiter/junit-jupiter-api -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
             <version>${junit.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -105,12 +106,20 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.1</version>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
                     <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.8.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <generateBackupPoms>false</generateBackupPoms>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <profiles>