diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6087cb51957da0f14e2990f71ff56fa2d8a3aa1f..a6b8b4d9abf66633703fbfacc8f569ed4dbb851e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>net.sourceforge.teetime-stages</groupId>
 	<artifactId>teetime-stages</artifactId>
-	<version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>TeeTime-Stages</name>
@@ -71,17 +71,17 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.sourceforge.teetime</groupId>
 			<artifactId>teetime</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.kieker-monitoring</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kieker</artifactId>
-			<version>1.11</version>
+			<version>1.12</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.11</version>
+			<version>4.12</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -93,18 +93,18 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.7</version>
+			<version>1.7.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
 			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.2</version>
+			<version>1.1.5</version>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-			<version>18.0</version>
+			<version>19.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.tinkerpop.blueprints</groupId>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1</version>
+				<version>3.5.1</version>
 
 				<configuration>
 					<source>${java.version}</source>
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.1</version>
+				<version>2.2</version>
 			</plugin>
 
 			<!-- goals to build a jar with binaries: jar:jar, jar:test-jar -->
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.2.1</version>
+				<version>2.4</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.9.1</version>
+				<version>2.10.3</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<failOnError>false</failOnError>
 				</configuration>
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.6.3</version>
+				<version>1.6.6</version>
 				<extensions>true</extensions>
 				<configuration>
 					<serverId>teetime-deployment</serverId>
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.0.0</version>
+				<version>3.0.3</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<effort>Max</effort>
 					<threshold>Low</threshold>
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.2</version>
+				<version>3.6</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<rulesets>
 						<ruleset>${project.basedir}/conf/quality-config/pmd-ruleset.xml</ruleset>
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
 				<artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.7</version>
+				<version>2.11</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<header>com/mycila/maven/plugin/license/templates/APACHE-2.txt</header>
 					<properties>
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 						<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.9.1</version>
+						<version>1.10</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>add-test-source</id>
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.5</version>
+						<version>1.6</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>sign-artifacts</id>