diff --git a/config/sun_checkstyle.xml b/config/sun_checkstyle.xml
index 465fb65b..45e8a891 100644
--- a/config/sun_checkstyle.xml
+++ b/config/sun_checkstyle.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_coding.html -->
         <!-- MR: Removed AvoidInlineConditionals because they're cool. -->
         <!--<module name="AvoidInlineConditionals"/>-->
-        <!-- <module name="DoubleCheckedLocking"/> -->
         <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
         <module name="EqualsHashCode"/>
         <!--module name="HiddenField"/-->
@@ -176,7 +175,6 @@
         <module name="InnerAssignment"/>
         <!--module name="MagicNumber"/-->
         <module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
-        <module name="RedundantThrows"/>
         <module name="SimplifyBooleanExpression"/>
         <module name="SimplifyBooleanReturn"/>
         <!-- Checks for class design                         -->
diff --git a/dg-common/pom.xml b/dg-common/pom.xml
index c88d3058..36e1edf7 100644
--- a/dg-common/pom.xml
+++ b/dg-common/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsch</artifactId>
-            <version>0.1.53</version>
+            <version>0.1.54</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Apache License, Version 2.0 -->
         <dependency>
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.1</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/dg-core/pom.xml b/dg-core/pom.xml
index ec4ccf15..97eb24a7 100644
--- a/dg-core/pom.xml
+++ b/dg-core/pom.xml
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.16</version>
+            <version>1.2.17</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- For JSON serialization of Java types -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.4</version>
+            <version>2.8.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20151123</version>
+            <version>20180130</version>
         </dependency>
         <!--For Date Calculations-->
         <dependency>
@@ -75,21 +75,21 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
             <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
-            <version>9.2.1.v20140609</version>
+            <version>9.4.8.v20171121</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- For use with the spark distributor -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spark-core_2.10</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.2</version>
+            <artifactId>spark-core_2.11</artifactId>
+    		<version>1.6.3</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spark-launcher_2.10</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.2</version>
+            <artifactId>spark-launcher_2.11</artifactId>
+    		<version>1.6.3</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/dg-example-hadoop/src/main/java/org/finra/datagenerator/samples/consumer/SampleMachineConsumer.java b/dg-example-hadoop/src/main/java/org/finra/datagenerator/samples/consumer/SampleMachineConsumer.java
index 6f7edf79..5cf0b0b3 100644
--- a/dg-example-hadoop/src/main/java/org/finra/datagenerator/samples/consumer/SampleMachineConsumer.java
+++ b/dg-example-hadoop/src/main/java/org/finra/datagenerator/samples/consumer/SampleMachineConsumer.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class SampleMachineConsumer extends DataConsumer {
     private class JenkinsReportingHandler implements ReportingHandler {
         private final AtomicBoolean exit;
 
-        public JenkinsReportingHandler(final AtomicBoolean exit) {
+        JenkinsReportingHandler(final AtomicBoolean exit) {
             this.exit = exit;
         }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8aba69dc..f3628232 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.4</version>
+                        <version>1.6</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -91,19 +91,19 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.1</version>
+                <version>2.5.3</version>
                 <dependencies>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.9.2</version>
+                        <version>1.9.5</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.7.5.201505241946</version>
+                <version>0.7.9</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>jacoco-initialize</id>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.1</version>
+                <version>3.7.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
                     <target>1.8</target>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2</version>
+                <version>3.8</version>
                 <goals>
                     <goal>check</goal>
                 </goals>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.12.1</version>
+                <version>2.17</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>test</id>
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2.1</version>
+                <version>3.0.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9.1</version>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.jxr</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jxr</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
+                <version>2.5</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </reporting>
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.12</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>