diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5971950b4e..7453809e42 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1460,6 +1460,17 @@ under the License.
         <enabled>true</enabled>
       </releases>
     </repository>
+    <!-- Excluding useless transitive repositories -->
+    <repository>
+      <id>couchbase</id>
+      <url>https://files.couchbase.com/maven2/</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
   </repositories>
 
   <pluginRepositories>
@@ -1546,7 +1557,7 @@ under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.10.1</version>
+          <version>3.11.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <release>${targetJdk}</release>
             <additionalOptions>
@@ -1711,7 +1722,7 @@ under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.5.1</version>
+          <version>3.5.2</version>
           <configuration>
             <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
             <encoding>utf-8</encoding>
@@ -1721,7 +1732,7 @@ under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.5.1</version>
+          <version>3.5.2</version>
           <configuration>
             <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
             <runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
@@ -2069,7 +2080,7 @@ under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.10.1</version>
+        <version>3.11.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <release>${targetJdk}</release>
           <destDir>apidocs/3.0</destDir>