diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1cc437..d8cbb60 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <properties>
         <tycho-version>1.4.0</tycho-version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <scm-plugin-version>1.9.5</scm-plugin-version>
+        <scm-plugin-version>2.1.0</scm-plugin-version>
     </properties>
 
     <scm>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>3.13.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <release>11</release>
                 </configuration>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
+                <version>3.2.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <argLine>
                         -ea
@@ -134,12 +134,32 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.3</version>
+                <version>3.0.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <tagNameFormat>v@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
                     <arguments>-Drascal.compile.skip -Drascal.tutor.skip -DskipTests</arguments>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.4.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>enforce-maven</id>
+                        <goals>
+                        <goal>enforce</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <rules>
+                                <requireMavenVersion>
+                                    <version>(3.9,)</version>
+                                </requireMavenVersion>
+                            </rules>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>