diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a43a8c5..42b7056d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -121,17 +121,14 @@
     <commons-io.version>2.11.0</commons-io.version>
 
     <!-- Plugin versions -->
-    <maven-assembly-plugin-version>3.1.1</maven-assembly-plugin-version>
-    <surefire.version>3.0.0</surefire.version>
-    <maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>
-    <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
-    <maven-build-helper-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-build-helper-plugin.version>
-    <maven-scala-plugin.version>3.4.4</maven-scala-plugin.version>
+    <maven-build-helper-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-build-helper-plugin.version>
+    <scala-maven-plugin.version>4.8.1</scala-maven-plugin.version>
 
-    <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
-    <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.1.3</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
-    <spotbugs.version>4.1.3</spotbugs.version>
-    <maven-owasp-plugin.version>6.5.3</maven-owasp-plugin.version>
+    <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.1.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
+    <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.8.1.0</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
+    <spotbugs.version>4.8.2</spotbugs.version>
+    <maven-owasp-plugin.version>9.0.1</maven-owasp-plugin.version>
+    <maven.bundle.version>3.3.0</maven.bundle.version>
 
     <!-- Plugin options -->
     <numForkedUT>8</numForkedUT>
@@ -181,7 +178,6 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version}</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -190,7 +186,6 @@
         <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven-assembly-plugin-version}</version>
         </plugin>
         <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings 
           only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. -->
@@ -221,7 +216,6 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven-checkstyle-plugin.version}</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
@@ -297,7 +291,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
           <artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven-scala-plugin.version}</version>
+          <version>${scala-maven-plugin.version}</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -346,10 +340,11 @@
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
-          <!-- Allows us to get the apache-ds bundle artifacts -->
+          <!-- Allows us to get the apache-ds bundle artifacts
+          TODO What does that mean ? We don't even use this directly. -->
           <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5.3</version>
+          <version>${maven.bundle.version}</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
@@ -375,6 +370,15 @@
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
+        <!-- FIXME This is an older version, as the current checkstyle configuration doesn't work
+        on newer checkstyle versions.-->
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+            <version>8.19</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>