diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1b3f34e..ae15401f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <artifactId>maven-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>34</version>
+    <version>37</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ under the License.
   </issueManagement>
   <ciManagement>
     <system>Jenkins</system>
-    <url>https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Maven/job/maven-box/job/maven-checkstyle-plugin/</url>
+    <url>https://ci-maven.apache.org/job/Maven/job/maven-box/job/maven-checkstyle-plugin/</url>
   </ciManagement>
   <distributionManagement>
     <site>
@@ -90,21 +90,25 @@ under the License.
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
       <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
       <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
       <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
       <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
@@ -247,25 +251,8 @@ under the License.
             </excludes>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
-        <!-- remove with parent pom upgrade -->
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.3.0</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.0</version>
-          <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-              <artifactId>extra-enforcer-rules</artifactId>
-              <version>1.6.1</version>
-            </dependency>
-          </dependencies>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
+          <!-- check with parent pom upgrade -->
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.1.1</version>
           <dependencies>
@@ -284,18 +271,6 @@ under the License.
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.0</version>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-            <artifactId>extra-enforcer-rules</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.1</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -342,6 +317,7 @@ under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
@@ -385,13 +361,10 @@ under the License.
             <!-- can't use this version: parent still uses sourceDirectory -->
           </plugin>
           <plugin>
-            <groupId>com.googlecode.l10n-maven-plugin</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>l10n-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8</version>
+            <version>1.0.0</version>
             <configuration>
-              <excludes>
-                <exclude>**/log4j.properties</exclude>
-              </excludes>
               <locales>
                 <locale>de</locale>
                 <locale>fr</locale>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index dc98239d..00000000
--- a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-log4j.rootCategory=INFO, stdout
-
-log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%c{1}:%L] %d{ISO8601} - %m%n
-
-log4j.logger.org.apache.commons.beanutils=ERROR