diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a22dc55ef188e3631bea2efad81f19246f70bb1d..f6bbccc3e520ba21f629fa07197c4a516d9df860 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.3.2</version>
+				<version>3.7.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.8</source>
 					<target>1.8</target>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0.4</version>
+				<version>3.0.1</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.10.3</version>
+				<version>2.10.4</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@
 		<repository>
 			<id>simonstrator</id>
 			<url>https://dev.kom.e-technik.tu-darmstadt.de/mvn/</url>
+			<snapshots>
+	            <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+	        </snapshots>
+	        <releases>
+	            <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+	        </releases>
 		</repository>
 
 		<!-- local kom repository -->
@@ -214,7 +220,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-			<version>10.0.1</version>
+			<version>18.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>