diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e7ffcf5..655956a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ sudo: false
 language: java
 
 jdk:
+  - oraclejdk9
   - oraclejdk8
-  - oraclejdk7
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 846c29a..e195a78 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gpp</groupId>
   <artifactId>rigerj</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.1</version>
+  <version>2.0.2</version>
   <name>RigerJ</name>
   <url>http://www.broadinstitute.org/genetic-perturbation-platform</url>
 
+  <properties>
+     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+   </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
@@ -30,16 +34,17 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <version>3.7.0</version>
         <configuration>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
       <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>
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@
       <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>
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0</version>
+        <version>3.1.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>package</phase>