diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f237bea..b7b02d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 		<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
 		<downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
 		<java.version>1.7</java.version>
+		<jaxb-api.version>2.3.0</jaxb-api.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<scm>
@@ -52,13 +53,6 @@
 	</contributors>
 
 	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.sun</groupId>
-			<artifactId>tools</artifactId>
-			<version>${java.version}</version>
-			<scope>system</scope>
-			<systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
@@ -68,13 +62,13 @@
 			<!-- use SLF4J for logging -->
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.12</version>
+			<version>1.7.30</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<!-- use SLF4J-simple for logging of unit tests -->
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.12</version>
+			<version>1.7.30</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -83,6 +77,22 @@
 			<version>4.12</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${jaxb-api.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+			<version>${jaxb-api.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- JAXB needs javax.activation module (jdk9) -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.activation-api</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2.0</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
@@ -91,7 +101,7 @@
 				<!-- Generate the XML binding classes from schema -->
 				<groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-jaxb2-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>0.12.3</version>
+				<version>0.14.0</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<phase>generate-sources</phase>