diff --git a/config/sun_checkstyle.xml b/config/sun_checkstyle.xml
index 465fb65b..45e8a891 100644
--- a/config/sun_checkstyle.xml
+++ b/config/sun_checkstyle.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_coding.html -->
         <!-- MR: Removed AvoidInlineConditionals because they're cool. -->
         <!--<module name="AvoidInlineConditionals"/>-->
-        <!-- <module name="DoubleCheckedLocking"/> -->
         <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
         <module name="EqualsHashCode"/>
         <!--module name="HiddenField"/-->
@@ -176,7 +175,6 @@
         <module name="InnerAssignment"/>
         <!--module name="MagicNumber"/-->
         <module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
-        <module name="RedundantThrows"/>
         <module name="SimplifyBooleanExpression"/>
         <module name="SimplifyBooleanReturn"/>
         <!-- Checks for class design                         -->
diff --git a/dg-example-hadoop/src/main/java/org/finra/datagenerator/samples/consumer/SampleMachineConsumer.java b/dg-example-hadoop/src/main/java/org/finra/datagenerator/samples/consumer/SampleMachineConsumer.java
index 6f7edf79..5cf0b0b3 100644
--- a/dg-example-hadoop/src/main/java/org/finra/datagenerator/samples/consumer/SampleMachineConsumer.java
+++ b/dg-example-hadoop/src/main/java/org/finra/datagenerator/samples/consumer/SampleMachineConsumer.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class SampleMachineConsumer extends DataConsumer {
     private class JenkinsReportingHandler implements ReportingHandler {
         private final AtomicBoolean exit;
 
-        public JenkinsReportingHandler(final AtomicBoolean exit) {
+        JenkinsReportingHandler(final AtomicBoolean exit) {
             this.exit = exit;
         }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8aba69dc..f3628232 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.4</version>
+                        <version>1.6</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -91,19 +91,19 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.1</version>
+                <version>2.5.3</version>
                 <dependencies>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.9.2</version>
+                        <version>1.9.5</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.7.5.201505241946</version>
+                <version>0.7.9</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>jacoco-initialize</id>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.1</version>
+                <version>3.7.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
                     <target>1.8</target>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2</version>
+                <version>3.8</version>
                 <goals>
                     <goal>check</goal>
                 </goals>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.12.1</version>
+                <version>2.17</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>test</id>
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2.1</version>
+                <version>3.0.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9.1</version>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.jxr</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jxr</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
+                <version>2.5</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </reporting>
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.12</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>