diff --git a/batik-swing/pom.xml b/batik-swing/pom.xml
index 2c3d3a5225..faafca9853 100644
--- a/batik-swing/pom.xml
+++ b/batik-swing/pom.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${jar.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <archive>
             <manifestEntries>
diff --git a/batik-ttf2svg/pom.xml b/batik-ttf2svg/pom.xml
index c36f765d97..473be54fc5 100644
--- a/batik-ttf2svg/pom.xml
+++ b/batik-ttf2svg/pom.xml
@@ -62,14 +62,6 @@
               <useUniqueVersions>false</useUniqueVersions>
               <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
             </manifest>
-          </archive>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <archive>
             <manifestEntries>
               <Automatic-Module-Name>org.apache.xmlgraphics.batik.ttf2svg</Automatic-Module-Name>
             </manifestEntries>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a2ee342e45..571085b691 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
   <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
   <description>XML Graphics Batik</description>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <url>http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/</url>
+  <url>https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/</url>
   <inceptionYear>2000</inceptionYear>
 
   <properties>
     <checkstyle.version>2.15</checkstyle.version>
-    <compiler.version>3.3</compiler.version>
+    <compiler.version>3.13.0</compiler.version>
     <dependency.version>3.1.1</dependency.version>
     <findbugs.version>3.1.12.2</findbugs.version>
     <jar.version>3.1.1</jar.version>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <release.version>2.5.2</release.version>
     <rhino.version>1.7.7</rhino.version>
-    <surefire.version>2.18.1</surefire.version>
+    <surefire.version>3.5.1</surefire.version>
     <xmlapis.version>1.4.01</xmlapis.version>
     <xmlapisext.version>1.3.04</xmlapisext.version>
     <xmlgraphics.commons.version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</xmlgraphics.commons.version>