diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 5b5210f0..529e9a49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0  # Shallow clones should be disabled for a better relevancy of analysis
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      - name: Set up JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: 17
       - name: Cache SonarCloud packages
         uses: actions/cache@v1
         with:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8a14f447..93e3be11 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #   Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
 
 # First layer: dependencies for the project, cached in the /root/.m2 directory
-FROM maven:3.6-jdk-11 as m2repo
+FROM maven:3.8.6-eclipse-temurin-17 as m2repo
 ARG MAVEN_OPTS
 
 WORKDIR /project/
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY wls-exporter-sidecar/pom.xml wls-exporter-sidecar/
 RUN mvn -B -e -C org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:3.1.2:go-offline -Ddocker-build
 
 # Now build the project on top of that first layer
-FROM maven:3.6-jdk-11 as build
+FROM maven:3.8.6-eclipse-temurin-17 as build
 ARG MAVEN_OPTS
 
 WORKDIR /project/
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ RUN mvn -B -e -C install -Ddocker-build -DskipTests=true
 
 FROM ghcr.io/oracle/oraclelinux:8-slim AS jre-build
 
-ENV JAVA_URL="https://download.java.net/java/GA/jdk18.0.1.1/65ae32619e2f40f3a9af3af1851d6e19/2/GPL/openjdk-18.0.1.1_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz"
+ENV JAVA_URL="https://download.java.net/java/GA/jdk18.0.2/f6ad4b4450fd4d298113270ec84f30ee/9/GPL/openjdk-18.0.2_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz"
 
 RUN set -eux; \
     microdnf -y install gzip tar; \
diff --git a/build-helper-mojo/pom.xml b/build-helper-mojo/pom.xml
index a89607f3..cb510265 100644
--- a/build-helper-mojo/pom.xml
+++ b/build-helper-mojo/pom.xml
@@ -50,4 +50,50 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-clean-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-plugin-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-install-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-site-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-deploy-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-resources-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-jar-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9103cea9..55d922d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/oracle/weblogic-monitoring-exporter.git</developerConnection>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/oracle/weblogic-monitoring-exporter.git</connection>
       <tag>HEAD</tag>
-  </scm>
+    </scm>
 
     <developers>
         <developer>
@@ -49,14 +49,67 @@
         <version.plugin.surefire>3.0.0-M7</version.plugin.surefire>
         <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.source}</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven-enforcer-plugin-version>3.1.0</maven-enforcer-plugin-version>
+        <maven-clean-plugin-version>3.2.0</maven-clean-plugin-version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin-version>3.10.1</maven-compiler-plugin-version>
+        <maven-install-plugin-version>3.0.1</maven-install-plugin-version>
+        <maven-deploy-plugin-version>3.0.0</maven-deploy-plugin-version>
+        <maven-deploy-plugin-version>3.0.0</maven-deploy-plugin-version>
+        <maven-plugin-plugin-version>3.6.4</maven-plugin-plugin-version>
+        <maven-site-plugin-version>3.12.1</maven-site-plugin-version>
+        <maven-jar-plugin-version>3.2.2</maven-jar-plugin-version>
+        <maven-war-plugin-version>3.3.2</maven-war-plugin-version>
+        <maven-resources-plugin-version>3.3.0</maven-resources-plugin-version>
+        <maven-dependency-plugin-version>3.3.0</maven-dependency-plugin-version>
+
+        <java.version.range>17</java.version.range>
+        <maven.version.range>[3.6.1,)</maven.version.range>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${maven-enforcer-plugin-version}</version>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>enforce-maven</id>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>enforce</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <rules>
+                                    <requireMavenVersion>
+                                        <version>${maven.version.range}</version>
+                                    </requireMavenVersion>
+                                    <requireJavaVersion>
+                                        <version>${java.version.range}</version>
+                                    </requireJavaVersion>
+                                    <requirePluginVersions></requirePluginVersions>
+                                </rules>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
+
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${maven-compiler-plugin-version}</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <release>11</release>
+                        <compilerArgs>
+                            <arg>-Xpkginfo:always</arg>
+                            <arg>-Xlint:all</arg>
+                        </compilerArgs>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.6</version>
+                    <version>${maven-war-plugin-version}</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                         <warSourceDirectory>${configuration.directory}</warSourceDirectory>
@@ -97,6 +150,61 @@
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
+
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-clean-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-resources-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-jar-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-plugin-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-dependency-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-install-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-site-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-deploy-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
     </build>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -130,7 +238,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
                 <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9.0</version>
+                <version>2.9.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
@@ -166,13 +274,13 @@
             <dependency>
               <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
               <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-              <version>5.8.2</version>
+              <version>5.9.0</version>
               <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.meterware.simplestub</groupId>
                 <artifactId>simplestub</artifactId>
-                <version>1.3.0</version>
+                <version>1.3.2</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
@@ -219,5 +327,4 @@
             </modules>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/samples/kubernetes/end2end/demo-domains/domainBuilder/test-webapp/pom.xml b/samples/kubernetes/end2end/demo-domains/domainBuilder/test-webapp/pom.xml
index ac2943f5..2c4cc785 100644
--- a/samples/kubernetes/end2end/demo-domains/domainBuilder/test-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/kubernetes/end2end/demo-domains/domainBuilder/test-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/wls-exporter-core/pom.xml b/wls-exporter-core/pom.xml
index cdec6f70..d550102a 100644
--- a/wls-exporter-core/pom.xml
+++ b/wls-exporter-core/pom.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,42 @@
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-clean-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-install-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-site-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-deploy-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-resources-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-jar-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -99,7 +135,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.0</version>
+                        <version>3.3.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>add-source</id>
diff --git a/wls-exporter-sidecar/pom.xml b/wls-exporter-sidecar/pom.xml
index 0a5227cf..9cdd7e3b 100644
--- a/wls-exporter-sidecar/pom.xml
+++ b/wls-exporter-sidecar/pom.xml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
     <name>WebLogic Monitoring Exporter Sidecar</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <helidon.version>2.5.1</helidon.version>
+        <helidon.version>3.0.0</helidon.version>
         <mainClass>com.oracle.wls.exporter.sidecar.Main</mainClass>
 
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.source}</maven.compiler.target>
         <version.plugin.helidon>2.3.5</version.plugin.helidon>
     </properties>
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-dependency-plugin-version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>copy-libs</id>
@@ -123,11 +124,11 @@
                             <overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer>
                             <overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer>
                             <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
-                            <excludeScope>test</excludeScope>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>io.helidon.build-tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>helidon-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -137,10 +138,47 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-clean-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-install-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-site-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-deploy-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-resources-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-jar-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/wls-exporter-war/pom.xml b/wls-exporter-war/pom.xml
index a3b9b9b5..bac21db2 100644
--- a/wls-exporter-war/pom.xml
+++ b/wls-exporter-war/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,45 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-clean-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-install-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-site-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-deploy-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-resources-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-jar-plugin-version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>initial-configuration</id>