diff --git a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.builder/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.builder/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 2cb584a80c..70cd71ee6d 100644
--- a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.builder/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.builder/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.builder;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Name: Builder Tests
 Bundle-Vendor: Codehaus.org
diff --git a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.builder/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/groovy/tests/locations/ASTNodeSourceLocationsTests.java b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.builder/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/groovy/tests/locations/ASTNodeSourceLocationsTests.java
index e95f134955..8312559b2a 100644
--- a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.builder/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/groovy/tests/locations/ASTNodeSourceLocationsTests.java
+++ b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.builder/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/groovy/tests/locations/ASTNodeSourceLocationsTests.java
@@ -240,11 +240,6 @@ void doTest(ModuleNode module, StartAndEnd...sae) {
             assertStartAndEnds(sae);
         }
 
-        @Override
-        protected SourceUnit getSourceUnit() {
-            return null;
-        }
-
         void assertStartAndEnds(StartAndEnd...sae) {
             assertEquals("Wrong number expressions found", sae.length, allCollectedNodes.size());
             ASTNode[] bexprs = allCollectedNodes.toArray(new ASTNode[0]);
diff --git a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.builder/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/groovy/tests/model/GroovyPartialModelTests.java b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.builder/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/groovy/tests/model/GroovyPartialModelTests.java
index c683586da4..c782bdc724 100644
--- a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.builder/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/groovy/tests/model/GroovyPartialModelTests.java
+++ b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.builder/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/groovy/tests/model/GroovyPartialModelTests.java
@@ -28,14 +28,12 @@
 import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.ListExpression;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.BlockStatement;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.Statement;
-import org.codehaus.groovy.control.SourceUnit;
 import org.codehaus.jdt.groovy.model.GroovyCompilationUnit;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCore;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaModelException;
 
-
 /**
  * @author Andrew Eisenberg
  * @created May 9, 2011
@@ -135,13 +133,6 @@ public UniquenessVisitor(Expression exprToCheck) {
 
         private final Expression exprToCheck;
 
-
-
-        @Override
-        protected SourceUnit getSourceUnit() {
-            return null;
-        }
-
         @Override
         public void visitListExpression(ListExpression expression) {
             doCheck(expression);
diff --git a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 2724c431e7..e21d9399e0 100644
--- a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Name: Compiler Tests
 Bundle-Vendor: Codehaus.org
diff --git a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/junit/extension/TestCase.java b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/junit/extension/TestCase.java
index 4baafe02a5..7ed0025ec7 100644
--- a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/junit/extension/TestCase.java
+++ b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/junit/extension/TestCase.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.util.Util;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.Main;
 
-public class TestCase extends junit.framework.TestCase {
+public abstract class TestCase extends junit.framework.TestCase {
 
 	// Filters
 	public static final String METHOD_PREFIX = "test";
@@ -621,7 +621,6 @@ public static List<Test> buildTestsList(Class<? extends Test> evaluationTestClas
  *
  * Note that this lis maybe reduced using some mechanisms detailed in {@link #buildTestsList(Class)} method.
  *
- * @param evaluationTestClass
  * @return a {@link Test test suite}
  */
 public static Test buildTestSuite(Class<? extends Test> evaluationTestClass) {
@@ -635,8 +634,6 @@ public static Test buildTestSuite(Class<? extends Test> evaluationTestClass) {
  *
  * Note that this lis maybe reduced using some mechanisms detailed in {@link #buildTestsList(Class)} method.
  *
- * @param evaluationTestClass
- * @param suiteName
  * @return a test suite ({@link Test})
  */
 public static Test buildTestSuite(Class<? extends Test> evaluationTestClass, String suiteName) {
@@ -658,26 +655,23 @@ private static File createMemLogFile() {
 	try {
 		boolean fileExist = logFile.exists();
 		stream = new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(logFile, true));
-		if (stream != null) {
-			if (fileExist) {
-				stream.println();
-			}
-			// Log date and time
-			Date date = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
-			stream.println("Tests:\t" + STORE_MEMORY);
-			stream.println("Date:\t" + DateFormat.getDateInstance(3).format(date));
-			stream.println("Time:\t" + DateFormat.getTimeInstance(3).format(date));
-			// Log columns title
-			stream.print("Class");
-			if (ALL_TESTS_LOG) stream.print("\tTest");
-			stream.print("\tUsed\tTotal\tMax");
+		if (fileExist) {
 			stream.println();
-			stream.close();
-			System.out.println("Log file " + logFile.getPath() + " opened.");
-			return logFile;
 		}
+		// Log date and time
+		Date date = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
+		stream.println("Tests:\t" + STORE_MEMORY);
+		stream.println("Date:\t" + DateFormat.getDateInstance(3).format(date));
+		stream.println("Time:\t" + DateFormat.getTimeInstance(3).format(date));
+		// Log columns title
+		stream.print("Class");
+		if (ALL_TESTS_LOG) stream.print("\tTest");
+		stream.print("\tUsed\tTotal\tMax");
+		stream.println();
+		System.out.println("Log file " + logFile.getPath() + " opened.");
+		return logFile;
 	} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-		// no log available for this statistic
+		System.err.println("Cannot open file " + logFile.getPath());
 	} finally {
 		if (stream != null) {
 			stream.close();
diff --git a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/groovy/core/tests/basic/AnnotationsTests.groovy b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/groovy/core/tests/basic/AnnotationsTests.groovy
index 16f8d28097..5f6ba2bbac 100644
--- a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/groovy/core/tests/basic/AnnotationsTests.groovy
+++ b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/groovy/core/tests/basic/AnnotationsTests.groovy
@@ -128,6 +128,22 @@ final class AnnotationsTests extends AbstractGroovyRegressionTest {
             """.stripIndent().toString())
     }
 
+    void testLocalAnnotationConstant() {
+        // there was an error because the variable expression VALUE was not recognized as constant
+        // see ResolveVisitor.transformInlineConstants(Expression)
+        String[] sources = [
+            'Main.groovy', '''
+            class Main {
+              public static final String VALUE = 'nls'
+              @SuppressWarnings(VALUE)
+              def method() {
+              }
+            }'''
+        ]
+
+        runConformTest(sources)
+    }
+
     void testTargetMetaAnnotation() {
         String[] sources = [
             'Anno.java', '''
diff --git a/base/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/base/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 2550c93aca..a29788535f 100644
--- a/base/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/base/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ Require-Bundle: org.codehaus.groovy,
  org.eclipse.text
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy;exclude:="org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.util"
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.Activator
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Eclipse-RegisterBuddy: org.eclipse.jdt.core
diff --git a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.alltests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.alltests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 32c50eb2d4..d882caeace 100644
--- a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.alltests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.alltests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.codehaus.groovy.alltests;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Name: Groovy Test Suites
 Bundle-Version: 2.9.2.qualifier
diff --git a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codeassist.completion.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codeassist.completion.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 1dffc0a568..2c0028459e 100644
--- a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codeassist.completion.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codeassist.completion.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8 
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codeassist.completion.test;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Name: Groovy Content Assist Tests
 Bundle-Version: 2.9.2.qualifier
diff --git a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codebrowsing.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codebrowsing.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 3567090db2..1cba5615dc 100644
--- a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codebrowsing.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codebrowsing.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codebrowsing.test;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Name: Groovy Code Browsing Tests
 Bundle-Version: 2.9.2.qualifier
diff --git a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 736f5d11b5..e7a07f2144 100644
--- a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core.test;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Name: Groovy Core Tests
 Bundle-Version: 2.9.2.qualifier
diff --git a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.dsl.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.dsl.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 48fba78a42..333d772c3f 100644
--- a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.dsl.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.dsl.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.dsl.tests;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Name: Groovy DSL Tests
 Bundle-Version: 2.9.2.qualifier
diff --git a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.junit.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.junit.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 83682d22bd..6534f4b4b1 100644
--- a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.junit.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.junit.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.junit.test;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Name: Groovy JUnit Tests
 Bundle-Version: 2.9.2.qualifier
diff --git a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.quickfix.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.quickfix.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 692b66c993..de78c0456b 100644
--- a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.quickfix.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.quickfix.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.quickfix.test;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Name: Groovy Quick Fix Tests
 Bundle-Version: 2.9.2.qualifier
diff --git a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.refactoring.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.refactoring.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 6348bf79fa..8a91002eb5 100644
--- a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.refactoring.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.refactoring.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.refactoring.test;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Name: Groovy Refactoring Tests
 Bundle-Version: 2.9.2.qualifier
diff --git a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 99b8c9494c..7f4bf922eb 100644
--- a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.tests;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Name: Groovy UI Tests
 Bundle-Version: 2.9.2.qualifier
diff --git a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.tests/src/org/codehaus/groovy/eclipse/test/ui/SemanticHighlightingTests.groovy b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.tests/src/org/codehaus/groovy/eclipse/test/ui/SemanticHighlightingTests.groovy
index 3acae2d4f2..b6332f7f55 100644
--- a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.tests/src/org/codehaus/groovy/eclipse/test/ui/SemanticHighlightingTests.groovy
+++ b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.tests/src/org/codehaus/groovy/eclipse/test/ui/SemanticHighlightingTests.groovy
@@ -202,6 +202,21 @@ final class SemanticHighlightingTests extends EclipseTestCase {
             new HighlightedTypedPosition(contents.lastIndexOf('b)'), 1, PARAMETER))
     }
 
+    void testMethodsAsProperties() {
+        String contents = '''\
+            import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory
+            // compact form:
+            ManagementFactory.runtimeMXBean.inputArguments
+            // expanded form:
+            ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean().getInputArguments()
+            '''.stripIndent()
+            assertHighlighting(contents,
+                new HighlightedTypedPosition(contents.indexOf('runtimeMXBean'), 'runtimeMXBean'.length(), STATIC_CALL),
+                new HighlightedTypedPosition(contents.indexOf('inputArguments'), 'inputArguments'.length(), METHOD_CALL),
+                new HighlightedTypedPosition(contents.indexOf('getRuntimeMXBean'), 'getRuntimeMXBean'.length(), STATIC_CALL),
+                new HighlightedTypedPosition(contents.indexOf('getInputArguments'), 'getInputArguments'.length(), METHOD_CALL))
+    }
+
     void testDefaultGroovyMethods() {
         String contents = '["one", "two"].grep().first()'
 
@@ -983,7 +998,7 @@ final class SemanticHighlightingTests extends EclipseTestCase {
 
     //
 
-    void assertHighlighting(String contents, HighlightedTypedPosition... expectedPositions) {
+    private void assertHighlighting(String contents, HighlightedTypedPosition... expectedPositions) {
         GroovyCompilationUnit unit = openFile(contents)
         checkStyles(unit, expectedPositions as List)
     }
@@ -1011,9 +1026,6 @@ final class SemanticHighlightingTests extends EclipseTestCase {
             h1.offset <=> h2.offset ?: h1.kind.ordinal() <=> h2.kind.ordinal()
         }
 
-        assertEquals("All expected:\n${ -> expectedPositions.toListString()}\n\nAll actual:\n${ -> actualPositions.toListString()}", expectedPositions.size(), actualPositions.size())
-        for (i in 0..<actualPositions.size()) {
-            assertEquals("Should have had equal positions.\nAll expected:\n${ -> expectedPositions.toListString()}\n\nAll actual:\n${ -> actualPositions.toListString()}", expectedPositions[i], actualPositions[i])
-        }
+        assertEquals(expectedPositions.join('\n'), actualPositions.join('\n'))
     }
 }
diff --git a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ant/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ant/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 3184ee1861..8ce6734977 100644
--- a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ant/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ant/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.core.runtime,
  org.eclipse.jdt.core;bundle-version="3.6.0"
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Bundle-Activator: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ant.Activator
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
diff --git a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.astviews/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.astviews/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index e9290f3b18..6ecea29ab8 100644
--- a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.astviews/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.astviews/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.ui,
  org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core;bundle-version="2.9.2"
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Bundle-Activator: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.astviews.Activator
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
diff --git a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codeassist.completion/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codeassist.completion/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 089af11429..2f64821a20 100644
--- a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codeassist.completion/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codeassist.completion/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ Require-Bundle: org.codehaus.groovy;bundle-version="1.8.6",
  org.eclipse.ui.workbench.texteditor
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Bundle-Activator: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codeassist.GroovyContentAssistActivator
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
diff --git a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codebrowsing/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codebrowsing/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 7eeaf7c037..11dafed91c 100644
--- a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codebrowsing/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codebrowsing/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ Require-Bundle: org.codehaus.groovy;bundle-version="1.8.6",
  org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core;bundle-version="2.9.2"
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Bundle-Activator: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codebrowsing.GroovyBrowsingPlugin
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
diff --git a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index ae95853dff..6a4d418bd4 100644
--- a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ Export-Package: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core,
  org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core.util
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Bundle-Activator: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core.GroovyCoreActivator
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
diff --git a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.dsl/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.dsl/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 93b4c29b53..753316f14a 100644
--- a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.dsl/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.dsl/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ Require-Bundle: org.codehaus.groovy;bundle-version="1.8.6",
  org.eclipse.ui.ide
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy;exclude:="org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.dsl.earlystartup"
 Bundle-Activator: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.dsl.GroovyDSLCoreActivator
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
diff --git a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.quickfix/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.quickfix/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 40e7a5ebd2..52ddcd08ad 100644
--- a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.quickfix/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.quickfix/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ Require-Bundle: org.codehaus.groovy;bundle-version="1.8.6",
  org.eclipse.ui.workbench.texteditor
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Bundle-Activator: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.quickfix.GroovyQuickFixPlugin
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
diff --git a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.refactoring/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.refactoring/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index eeb9eb4cb1..22e3a37971 100644
--- a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.refactoring/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.refactoring/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ Require-Bundle: org.codehaus.groovy;bundle-version="1.8.6",
  org.eclipse.ui.workbench.texteditor;bundle-version="3.5.0"
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Bundle-Activator: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.refactoring.Activator
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
diff --git a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 7250fca206..b2eb728a28 100644
--- a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ Require-Bundle: org.codehaus.groovy;bundle-version="1.8.6",
  org.eclipse.ui.workbench.texteditor
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy;exclude:="org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ui.decorators"
 Bundle-Activator: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.GroovyPlugin
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
diff --git a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ui/src/org/codehaus/groovy/eclipse/editor/highlighting/SemanticHighlightingReferenceRequestor.java b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ui/src/org/codehaus/groovy/eclipse/editor/highlighting/SemanticHighlightingReferenceRequestor.java
index 0d15ea9145..72d17b04a7 100644
--- a/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ui/src/org/codehaus/groovy/eclipse/editor/highlighting/SemanticHighlightingReferenceRequestor.java
+++ b/ide/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.ui/src/org/codehaus/groovy/eclipse/editor/highlighting/SemanticHighlightingReferenceRequestor.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class SemanticHighlightingReferenceRequestor extends SemanticReferenceReq
     private boolean insideSlashy;
     private boolean insideDollarSlashy;
     private final GroovyCompilationUnit unit;
-    private static final boolean DEBUG = true;
+    private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
 
     /**
      * Contains positions in a non-overlapping, increasing lexical order
@@ -129,10 +129,8 @@ public VisitStatus acceptASTNode(ASTNode node, TypeLookupResult result, IJavaEle
         } else if (node instanceof ConstantExpression) {
             if (!(result.declaration instanceof MethodNode)) {
                 pos = handleConstantExpression((ConstantExpression) node);
-            } else if (result.isGroovy) {
-                pos = new HighlightedTypedPosition(node.getStart(), node.getLength(), HighlightKind.GROOVY_CALL);
-            } else if (enclosingElement instanceof ImportDeclaration) {
-                pos = new HighlightedTypedPosition(node.getStart(), node.getLength(), HighlightKind.STATIC_CALL);
+            } else {
+                pos = handleMethodReference((ConstantExpression) node, result, (enclosingElement instanceof ImportDeclaration));
             }
 
         } else if (node instanceof MapEntryExpression) {
@@ -254,6 +252,26 @@ private HighlightedTypedPosition handleMethodReference(MethodPointerExpression e
         return new HighlightedTypedPosition(offset, length, kind);
     }
 
+    private HighlightedTypedPosition handleMethodReference(ConstantExpression expr, TypeLookupResult result, boolean isStaticImport) {
+        MethodNode meth = (MethodNode) result.declaration;
+
+        HighlightKind kind = null;
+        if (result.isGroovy) {
+            kind = HighlightKind.GROOVY_CALL;
+        } else if (isStaticImport) {
+            kind = HighlightKind.STATIC_CALL;
+        } else if (!expr.getText().equals(meth.getName())) {
+            // property name did not match method name
+            // there won't be a [Static]MethodCallExpression
+            kind = !meth.isStatic() ? HighlightKind.METHOD_CALL : HighlightKind.STATIC_CALL;
+        }
+
+        if (kind != null) {
+            return new HighlightedTypedPosition(expr.getStart(), expr.getLength(), kind);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     private HighlightedTypedPosition handleMapEntryExpression(MapEntryExpression expr) {
         Expression key = expr.getKeyExpression();
         if (key instanceof ConstantExpression) {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0611f387b..2899f73926 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 	    -->
 
 	<properties>
-		<tycho-version>0.19.0</tycho-version>
-		<tycho-extras-version>0.19.0</tycho-extras-version>
+		<tycho-version>0.26.0</tycho-version>
+		<tycho-extras-version>0.26.0</tycho-extras-version>
 
 		<!-- Version of greclipse maven compiler to use for building. (Some bundles, 
 			mostly test related, have groovy code that can't be compiled with standard 
@@ -137,10 +137,9 @@
 	  	 <id>e46</id>
 		 <layout>p2</layout>
 		 <!-- TODO: after neon release change this: -->
-                 <url>http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.6milestones</url>
+                 <url>http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.6</url> 
 <!--
                  <url>http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.6milestones</url> 
-                 <url>http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.6</url> 
 -->
 	       </repository>
 	  <!-- <repository> <id>kepler</id> <layout>p2</layout> <url>http://download.eclipse.org/releases/luna</url>