diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4fca0c4e..dc78ca0a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                         <configuration>
-                            <source>${java.version}</source>
-                            <target>${java.version}</target>
+                            <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                            <release>${java.version}</release>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
 
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                         <configuration>
                             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
+                                <file.encoding>UTF-8</file.encoding>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
 
@@ -119,27 +122,6 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
-                    <!--          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-            <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.4</version>
-            <configuration>
-              <effort>Max</effort>
-              <failOnError>false</failOnError>
-              <threshold>Low</threshold>
-              <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
-              <excludeFilterFile>findbugs-excludes.xml</excludeFilterFile>
-            </configuration>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>analyze-compile</id>
-                <phase>compile</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>check</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>-->
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
                         <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -163,7 +145,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.8.3</version>
+                        <version>0.8.7</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>prepare-agent</id>
@@ -189,6 +171,13 @@
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
+            <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.4.0-b180830.0438</version> <!--$NO-MVN-MAN-VER$ --> <!-- TODO move to stable version when available -->
+                </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
         </profile>
     </profiles>