diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/appsdirectory-apps-configured-variables-include-it/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/appsdirectory-apps-configured-variables-include-it/pom.xml
index e7dbe9cab..71c2c454d 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/appsdirectory-apps-configured-variables-include-it/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/appsdirectory-apps-configured-variables-include-it/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.7</version>
+                <version>5.1.9</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/appsdirectory-apps-configured-variables-include-looseapp-it/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/appsdirectory-apps-configured-variables-include-looseapp-it/pom.xml
index c3590998c..04145b368 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/appsdirectory-apps-configured-variables-include-looseapp-it/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/appsdirectory-apps-configured-variables-include-looseapp-it/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.7</version>
+                <version>5.1.9</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/arquillian-tests/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/arquillian-tests/pom.xml
index c7079433a..8643266a5 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/arquillian-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/arquillian-tests/pom.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>copy-server-files</id>
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.8</version>
+                <version>3.1.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>compile-and-copy-test-classes</id>
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/preserve-usr-dir-it/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/preserve-usr-dir-it/pom.xml
index 439ce8ad9..951b14d26 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/preserve-usr-dir-it/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/preserve-usr-dir-it/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <artifactItems>
                         <artifactItem>
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/server-param-default-it/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/server-param-default-it/pom.xml
index 1445d394e..52b275c37 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/server-param-default-it/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/server-param-default-it/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.5</version>
+                <version>3.1.0</version>
                 <!--  add WLP_OUTPUT_DIR envvar in server.env to change the server output directory.
                       it will override the <outputDirectory/> value and it will be tested in
                       ServerOutputDirIT. The value must be an absolute path.
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/setup/assembly-server/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/setup/assembly-server/pom.xml
index 63a9699d6..005b76491 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/setup/assembly-server/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/setup/assembly-server/pom.xml
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.7</version>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.4</version>
+                    <version>3.1.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>io.openliberty.tools</groupId>
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/setup/test-war/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/setup/test-war/pom.xml
index 524dff0fa..70a4544f1 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/setup/test-war/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/setup/test-war/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.3.7</version>
+                    <version>5.1.9</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>