diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 224311b..f686ac0 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>piccolo2d-core</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+<!--  <packaging>jar</packaging> -->
   <name>Piccolo2D Core</name>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/core</connection>
@@ -46,43 +47,10 @@
     <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk/core</url>
   </scm>
   <reporting>
-<!--
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
--->
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <configLocation>${basedir}/src/build/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
           <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>          
@@ -90,22 +58,20 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>        
+        <version>2.6.1</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.4</source>
+          <source>${jdk.version}</source>
           <verbose>false</verbose>
           <show>package</show>
-          <links>
-            <link>
-              http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
-            </link>
-          </links>                   
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.3</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1</version>
         <!--
           configuration> <connectionType>connection</connectionType>
           </configuration
@@ -113,10 +79,12 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>        
+        <version>2.1</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <tags>
             <tag>TODO</tag>
@@ -127,20 +95,21 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <artifactId>
-          maven-project-info-reports-plugin
-        </artifactId>
+        <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <sourceEncoding>ascii</sourceEncoding>
-          <targetJdk>1.4</targetJdk>
+          <targetJdk>${jdk.version}</targetJdk>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>jdepend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0-beta-2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -158,6 +127,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <formats>
             <format>xml</format>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index a6cae33..3fc5f62 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>piccolo2d-examples</artifactId>
   <name>Piccolo2D Examples</name>
+  <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+<!--  <packaging>jar</packaging> -->
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
@@ -52,23 +54,21 @@
     <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples</url>
   </scm> 
   <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <archive>
-              <manifest>
-                <mainClass>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.ExampleRunner</mainClass>
-              </manifest>
-            </archive>
-            <descriptorRefs>
-              <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-            </descriptorRefs>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-    </pluginManagement>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifest>
+              <mainClass>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.ExampleRunner</mainClass>
+            </manifest>
+          </archive>
+          <descriptorRefs>
+            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+          </descriptorRefs>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/extras/pom.xml b/extras/pom.xml
index 4a1a367..6535607 100644
--- a/extras/pom.xml
+++ b/extras/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>piccolo2d-extras</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+<!--  <packaging>jar</packaging> -->
   <name>Piccolo2D Extras</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -53,43 +54,10 @@
     <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk/extras</url>
   </scm>
   <reporting>
-<!--
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
--->
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <configLocation>${basedir}/src/build/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
           <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
@@ -97,22 +65,20 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>        
+        <version>2.6.1</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.4</source>
+          <source>${jdk.version}</source>
           <verbose>false</verbose>
           <show>package</show>
-          <links>
-            <link>
-              http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
-            </link>
-          </links>        
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.3</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1</version>
         <!--
           configuration> <connectionType>connection</connectionType>
           </configuration
@@ -120,10 +86,12 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>        
+        <version>2.1</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <tags>
             <tag>TODO</tag>
@@ -134,20 +102,21 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <artifactId>
-          maven-project-info-reports-plugin
-        </artifactId>
+        <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <sourceEncoding>ascii</sourceEncoding>
-          <targetJdk>1.4</targetJdk>
+          <targetJdk>${jdk.version}</targetJdk>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>jdepend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0-beta-2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -165,6 +134,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <formats>
             <format>xml</format>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index f17e97e..8c21315 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
   <name>Piccolo2D Parent</name>
   <description>A revolutionary way to create robust, full-featured graphical applications in Java and C#, with striking visual effects such as zooming, animation and multiple representations.</description>
   <properties>
+    <jdk.version>1.4</jdk.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.build.targetEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.targetEncoding>
     <httpbase>http://www.piccolo2d.org/java</httpbase>
     <httpsitebase>${httpbase}/site</httpsitebase>
     <!--
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@
       -->
     </scpsitebase>
   </properties>
-  <url>${httpsitebase}/${pom.artifactId}/${pom.version}</url>
+  <url>${httpsitebase}/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}</url>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>Google Code</system>
     <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/issues/list</url>
@@ -211,40 +213,64 @@
     </contributor>
   </contributors>
   <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.2-beta-4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0.2</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <verbose>true</verbose>
+            <fork>true</fork>
+            <encoding>ascii</encoding>
+            <optimize>false</optimize>
+            <debug>false</debug>
+            <compilerVersion>${jdk.version}</compilerVersion>
+            <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
+            <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
+            <source>${jdk.version}</source>
+            <target>${jdk.version}</target>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.1</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <connectionType>developerConnection</connectionType>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0.1</version>
+          <extensions>true</extensions>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <verbose>true</verbose>
-          <fork>true</fork>
-          <encoding>ascii</encoding>
-          <optimize>false</optimize>
-          <debug>false</debug>
-          <compilerVersion>1.4</compilerVersion>
-          <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
-          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-          <source>1.4</source>
-          <target>1.4</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <connectionType>developerConnection</connectionType>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
         <extensions>true</extensions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>junit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        <version>3.8.2</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>  
diff --git a/swt-examples/pom.xml b/swt-examples/pom.xml
index 7877d29..2942145 100644
--- a/swt-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/swt-examples/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>piccolo2d-swt-examples</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+<!--  <packaging>jar</packaging> -->
   <name>Piccolo2D SWT Examples</name>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/swt-examples</connection>
@@ -53,23 +54,21 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <archive>
-              <manifest>
-                <mainClass>edu.umd.cs.piccolox.swt.examples.SWTBasicExample</mainClass>
-              </manifest>
-            </archive>
-            <descriptorRefs>
-              <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-            </descriptorRefs>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-    </pluginManagement>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifest>
+              <mainClass>edu.umd.cs.piccolox.swt.examples.SWTBasicExample</mainClass>
+            </manifest>
+          </archive>
+          <descriptorRefs>
+            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+          </descriptorRefs>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/swt/pom.xml b/swt/pom.xml
index 44425f7..4cf7543 100644
--- a/swt/pom.xml
+++ b/swt/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>piccolo2d-swt</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+<!--  <packaging>jar</packaging> -->
   <name>Piccolo2D SWT</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -59,43 +60,10 @@
     <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk/swt</url>
   </scm>
   <reporting>
-<!--
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
--->
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <configLocation>${basedir}/src/build/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
           <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
@@ -103,22 +71,20 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>        
+        <version>2.6.1</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.4</source>
+          <source>${jdk.version}</source>
           <verbose>false</verbose>
           <show>package</show>
-          <links>
-            <link>
-              http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
-            </link>
-          </links>                    
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.3</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1</version>
         <!--
           configuration> <connectionType>connection</connectionType>
           </configuration
@@ -126,10 +92,12 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>        
+        <version>2.1</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <tags>
             <tag>TODO</tag>
@@ -140,20 +108,21 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <artifactId>
-          maven-project-info-reports-plugin
-        </artifactId>
+        <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <sourceEncoding>ascii</sourceEncoding>
-          <targetJdk>1.4</targetJdk>
+          <targetJdk>${jdk.version}</targetJdk>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>jdepend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0-beta-2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -171,6 +140,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <formats>
             <format>xml</format>