diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index d20a69bfe56..0b90df99dfd 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ install:
       Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
       if (!(Test-Path -Path "C:\maven" )) {
         (new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile(
-          'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.6.2/apache-maven-3.6.2-bin.zip',
+          'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.6.3/apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.zip',
           'C:\maven-bin.zip'
         )
         [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("C:\maven-bin.zip", "C:\maven")
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-codegen-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 1d5e70539bc..ccd3b45134b 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
     <description>maven plugin to build modules from swagger codegen</description>
     <prerequisites>
-        <maven>3.2.5</maven>
+        <maven>3.6.3</maven>
     </prerequisites>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.6.0</version>
+                    <version>3.15.2</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>
                     </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-codegen/pom.xml
index 72db38f4d16..b3b77b253ae 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -73,12 +73,10 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.13.0</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifestEntries>
@@ -100,12 +98,15 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.12.1</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                 <version>2.5.3</version>
+                <version>3.3.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- 3.x changed useReleaseProfile default to false; restore 2.x behavior -->
+                    <releaseProfiles>release-profile</releaseProfiles>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>net.revelc.code</groupId>
@@ -157,7 +158,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <aggregate>true</aggregate>
                 </configuration>
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.2</version>
+                <version>3.9.0</version>
                 <reportSets>
                     <reportSet>
                         <reports>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-generator/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-generator/pom.xml
index 29cb7b54bf3..c65288e1106 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-generator/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <webResources>
                         <resource>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
+                <version>3.5.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <useManifestOnlyJar>false</useManifestOnlyJar>
                     <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.googlecode.maven-download-plugin</groupId>
                 <artifactId>download-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.1</version>
+                <version>1.10.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>swagger-ui</id>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1e5944c1a56..78bf93d9fab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.10.1</version>
+                <version>3.13.0</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifestEntries>
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.12.0</version>
+                <version>3.12.1</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.6.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <aggregate>true</aggregate>
                     <source>1.8</source>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.1</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.1</version>
+                <version>3.6.2</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>enforce-versions</id>
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <rules>
                                 <requireMavenVersion>
-                                    <version>3.2.5</version>
+                                    <version>3.6.3</version>
                                 </requireMavenVersion>
                             </rules>
                         </configuration>
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.6</version>
+                    <version>3.2.8</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <!-- Prevent `gpg` from using pinentry programs -->
                         <gpgArguments>
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.3.0</version>
+                        <version>3.6.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>add-source</id>
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0.1</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>