diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b76b89570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "maven"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1aba73812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+_extends: .github
+tag-template: plexus-$NEXT_MINOR_VERSION
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8776c666d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# 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.
+
+name: GitHub CI
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        java: [8, 11, 14, 15-ea]
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up cache for ~./m2/repository
+        uses: actions/cache@v2.1.0
+        with:
+          path: ~/.m2/repository
+          key: maven-${{ matrix.os }}-java${{ matrix.java }}-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            maven-${{ matrix.os }}-java${{ matrix.java }}-
+            maven-${{ matrix.os }}-
+
+      - name: Set up JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+
+      - name: Build with Maven
+        run: mvn install -e -B -V
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84d3cb6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: Release Drafter
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+jobs:
+  update_release_draft:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5.11.0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 188fbbf9e..625e6f78c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ limitations under the License.
   <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
   <artifactId>plexus</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>6.1</version>
+  <version>6.4</version>
 
   <name>Plexus</name>
   <description>The Plexus project provides a full software stack for creating and executing software projects.</description>
-  <url>http://codehaus-plexus.github.io/</url>
+  <url>https://codehaus-plexus.github.io/</url>
   <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
   <organization>
     <name>Codehaus Plexus</name>
-    <url>http://codehaus-plexus.github.io/</url>
+    <url>https://codehaus-plexus.github.io/</url>
   </organization>
   <licenses>
     <license>
@@ -289,12 +289,12 @@ limitations under the License.
   <scm>
     <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>http://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-pom/tree/${project.scm.tag}/</url>
-    <tag>plexus-6.1</tag>
+    <url>https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-pom/tree/${project.scm.tag}/</url>
+    <tag>plexus-6.4</tag>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>github</system>
-    <url>http://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-pom/issues</url>
+    <url>https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-pom/issues</url>
   </issueManagement>
   <distributionManagement>
     <repository>
@@ -319,7 +319,8 @@ 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>2020-01-20T18:52:37Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2020-08-14T11:58:04Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <gpg.useagent>true</gpg.useagent>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.12</version>
+      <version>4.13</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.0</version>
+          <version>3.1.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <configLocation>config/maven_checks.xml</configLocation>
             <headerLocation>https://raw.github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-pom/master/src/main/resources/config/plexus-header.txt</headerLocation>
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4.1</version>
+          <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.1</version>
+          <version>3.2.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.12.0</version>
+          <version>3.13.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <targetJdk>${maven.compiler.source}</targetJdk>
             <rulesets>
@@ -431,7 +432,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.9</version>
+          <version>3.1.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.2</version>
+          <version>3.2.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -462,7 +463,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.8.2</version>
+          <version>3.9.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <skipDeploy>true</skipDeploy><!-- don't deploy site with maven-site-plugin -->
           </configuration>
@@ -475,12 +476,12 @@ limitations under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.20</version>
+          <version>2.22.2</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.20</version>
+          <version>2.22.2</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -522,13 +523,6 @@ limitations under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-            <artifactId>animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule</artifactId>
-            <version>1.17</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>enforce-maven</id>
@@ -544,24 +538,6 @@ limitations under the License.
             </rules>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>check-signatures</id>
-            <phase>test</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>enforce</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <rules>
-                <checkSignatureRule implementation="org.codehaus.mojo.animal_sniffer.enforcer.CheckSignatureRule">
-                  <signature>
-                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>java1${javaVersion}</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.0</version>
-                  </signature>
-                </checkSignatureRule>
-              </rules>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
@@ -590,15 +566,15 @@ limitations under the License.
               <report>summary</report>
               <report>dependency-info</report>
               <report>modules</report>
-              <report>license</report>
-              <report>project-team</report>
+              <report>licenses</report>
+              <report>team</report>
               <report>scm</report>
-              <report>issue-tracking</report>
-              <report>mailing-list</report>
+              <report>issue-management</report>
+              <report>mailing-lists</report>
               <report>dependency-management</report>
               <report>dependencies</report>
               <report>dependency-convergence</report>
-              <report>cim</report>
+              <report>ci-management</report>
               <report>plugin-management</report>
               <report>plugins</report>
               <report>distribution-management</report>
@@ -689,6 +665,35 @@ limitations under the License.
       <id>plexus-release</id>
       <build>
         <plugins>
+          <!-- Create a source-release artifact that contains the fully buildable
+               project directory source structure. -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.apache.resources</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-source-release-assembly-descriptor</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0.6</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>source-release-assembly</id>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>single</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>true</runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>
+                  <descriptorRefs>
+                    <descriptorRef>source-release</descriptorRef>
+                  </descriptorRefs>
+                  <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -731,5 +736,46 @@ limitations under the License.
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>pre-JEP_247</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>[7,8]</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule</artifactId>
+                <version>1.19</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>check-signatures</id>
+                <phase>test</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>enforce</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <rules>
+                    <checkSignatureRule implementation="org.codehaus.mojo.animal_sniffer.enforcer.CheckSignatureRule">
+                      <signature>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>java1${javaVersion}</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.0</version>
+                      </signature>
+                    </checkSignatureRule>
+                  </rules>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 </project>