diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 191a80933..797e3a50b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -25,28 +25,22 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        java: [8, 11, 14, 15-ea]
+        java: [8, 11, 17]
+        jdk: [temurin]
       fail-fast: false
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Set up cache for ~./m2/repository
-        uses: actions/cache@v2.1.5
-        with:
-          path: ~/.m2/repository
-          key: maven-${{ matrix.os }}-java${{ matrix.java }}-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            maven-${{ matrix.os }}-java${{ matrix.java }}-
-            maven-${{ matrix.os }}-
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Set up JDK
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+          distribution: ${{ matrix.jdk }}
+          cache: 'maven'
 
       - name: Build with Maven
         run: mvn install -e -B -V
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
index 4e2af9953..bc6438825 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ jobs:
   update_release_draft:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5.15.0
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5.20.0
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75f630b30..cbd21a612 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Plexus Parent POM
 ============
 
-[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus.svg?label=Maven%20Central)](http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.codehaus.plexus%22%20a%3A%plexus%22)
+[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus.svg?label=Maven%20Central)](https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus)
 
 The current master is now at https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-pom
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index afadba18a..810f9cdaa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
   <artifactId>plexus</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>8</version>
+  <version>9</version>
 
   <name>Plexus</name>
   <description>The Plexus project provides a full software stack for creating and executing software projects.</description>
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:codehaus-plexus/plexus-pom.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:codehaus-plexus/plexus-pom.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-pom/tree/${project.scm.tag}/</url>
-    <tag>plexus-8</tag>
+    <tag>plexus-9</tag>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>github</system>
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     <maven.compiler.target>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.target>    
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <plexusDistMgmtSnapshotsUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/plexus-snapshots</plexusDistMgmtSnapshotsUrl>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2021-07-29T17:33:03Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2022-06-09T19:25:10Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <gpg.useagent>true</gpg.useagent>
   </properties>
 
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ limitations under the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0</version>
+        <version>2.1.1</version>
         <scope>compile</scope>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -356,25 +356,25 @@ limitations under the License.
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
               <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-              <version>8.42</version>
+              <version>9.3</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- MCHECKSTYLE-327: the maven_checks.xml was moved to a shared project -->
             <dependency>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-shared-resources</artifactId>
-              <version>3</version>
+              <version>4</version>
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.0</version>
+          <version>3.2.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.8.1</version>
+          <version>3.10.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -384,12 +384,12 @@ limitations under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.6</version>
+          <version>3.0.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -399,27 +399,27 @@ limitations under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2.0</version>
+          <version>3.2.2</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2.0</version>
+          <version>3.4.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.1</version>
+          <version>3.2.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.6.1</version>
+          <version>3.6.4</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.14.0</version>
+          <version>3.17.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <targetJdk>${maven.compiler.source}</targetJdk>
             <rulesets>
@@ -434,17 +434,16 @@ limitations under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.2</version>
+          <version>3.3.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.0-M4</version>
+          <version>3.0.0-M6</version>
           <configuration>
             <goals>deploy</goals>
             <mavenExecutorId>forked-path</mavenExecutorId>
-            <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
-            <arguments>-Pplexus-release</arguments>
+            <releaseProfiles>plexus-release</releaseProfiles>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.9.1</version>
+          <version>3.12.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <skipDeploy>true</skipDeploy><!-- don't deploy site with maven-site-plugin -->
           </configuration>
@@ -493,12 +492,12 @@ limitations under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4</version>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
           <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
-          <version>2.1.0</version>
+          <version>2.1.1</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>process-classes</id>
@@ -743,7 +742,7 @@ limitations under the License.
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule</artifactId>
-                <version>1.20</version>
+                <version>1.21</version>
               </dependency>
             </dependencies>
             <executions>
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f45d8f110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "extends": [
+    "config:base"
+  ]
+}