diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 7d8cdc5..bbda23c 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 		<relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>piccolo2d-core</artifactId>
-	<version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>Piccolo2D Core</name>
 	<url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/</url>
 	<description>
@@ -18,23 +17,15 @@
 		applications in Java and C#, with striking visual effects such
 		as zooming, animation and multiple representations.
 	</description>
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>3.8.2</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
 	<!-- reporting>
 		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<configLocation>${basedir}/src/build/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-					<enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
+		<plugin>
+		<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+		<configuration>
+		<configLocation>${basedir}/src/build/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+		<enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
+		</configuration>
+		</plugin>
 		</plugins>
-	</reporting -->
+		</reporting -->
 </project>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index e842284..9446393 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 		<relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>piccolo2d-examples</artifactId>
-	<version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>Piccolo2D Examples</name>
 	<url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/</url>
 	<description>
@@ -22,14 +21,8 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
 			<artifactId>piccolo2d-extras</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>3.8.2</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<reporting>
 		<plugins>
@@ -37,12 +30,12 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.2</source>
+					<source>1.4</source>
 					<verbose>false</verbose>
 					<show>package</show>
 					<links>
 						<link>
-							http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/
+							http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
 						</link>
 					</links>
 				</configuration>
diff --git a/extras/pom.xml b/extras/pom.xml
index 1efafc8..cebb5e1 100644
--- a/extras/pom.xml
+++ b/extras/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
 			<artifactId>piccolo2d-core</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<!-- TODO don't hardcode swt here, but rather follow http://blambi.blogspot.com/2007/07/maven2-swt-builds.html -->
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@
 			<version>3.0m8</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>3.8.2</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<reporting>
 		<plugins>
@@ -45,12 +39,12 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.2</source>
+					<source>1.4</source>
 					<verbose>false</verbose>
 					<show>package</show>
 					<links>
 						<link>
-							http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/
+							http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
 						</link>
 					</links>
 				</configuration>
@@ -58,10 +52,10 @@
 			<!-- FIXMEplugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<configLocation>${basedir}/src/build/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-					<enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
+				<configLocation>${basedir}/src/build/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+				<enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
 				</configuration>
-			</plugin -->
+				</plugin -->
 		</plugins>
 	</reporting>
 </project>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index b72f4cf..4e271b8 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@
 					<optimize>false</optimize>
 					<debug>false</debug>
 					<compilerVersion>1.4</compilerVersion>
-					<source>1.2</source>
-					<target>1.2</target>
+					<showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
+					<showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
+					<source>1.4</source>
+					<target>1.4</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
@@ -122,17 +124,25 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>3.8.2</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
 	<reporting>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.2</source>
+					<source>1.4</source>
 					<verbose>false</verbose>
 					<show>package</show>
 					<links>
 						<link>
-							http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/
+							http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
 						</link>
 					</links>
 					<doclet>
@@ -150,7 +160,7 @@
 						-collpackages java.util.* -qualify
 						-postfixpackage -nodefontsize 9
 						-nodefontpackagesize 7 -visibility -operations
-						-link http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/
+						-link http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
 					</additionalparam>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bdc5c21..2be4ab5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 		<relativePath>./parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>piccolo2d-complete</artifactId>
-	<version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>Piccolo2D</name>
 	<description>