diff --git a/dhp-build/dhp-build-properties-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/dhp-build/dhp-build-properties-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index df5045fcb..82228fe07 100644
--- a/dhp-build/dhp-build-properties-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/dhp-build/dhp-build-properties-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -17,17 +17,23 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0</version>
+            <version>3.6.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0</version>
+            <version>2.2.1</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.kuali.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>properties-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.2</version>
+            <version>2.0.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
@@ -73,6 +79,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
                     <detectLinks>true</detectLinks>
+                    <doclint>none</doclint>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/dhp-build/dhp-build-properties-maven-plugin/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/maven/plugin/properties/WritePredefinedProjectProperties.java b/dhp-build/dhp-build-properties-maven-plugin/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/maven/plugin/properties/WritePredefinedProjectProperties.java
index c1c567f95..d195ca86e 100644
--- a/dhp-build/dhp-build-properties-maven-plugin/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/maven/plugin/properties/WritePredefinedProjectProperties.java
+++ b/dhp-build/dhp-build-properties-maven-plugin/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/maven/plugin/properties/WritePredefinedProjectProperties.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 
 /**
  * Writes project properties for the keys listed in specified properties files. Based on:
- * http://site.kuali.org/maven/plugins/properties-maven-plugin/1.3.2/write-project-properties-mojo.html
+ * http://site.kuali.org/maven/plugins/properties-maven-plugin/2.0.1/write-project-properties-mojo.html
  *
  * @author mhorst
  * @goal write-project-properties
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3466dc783..0bc01177e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -570,9 +570,9 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.10.4</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<detectLinks>true</detectLinks>
+					<doclint>none</doclint>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>