diff --git a/nb-configuration.xml b/nb-configuration.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a65c4514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nb-configuration.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project-shared-configuration>
+    <!--
+This file contains additional configuration written by modules in the NetBeans IDE.
+The configuration is intended to be shared among all the users of project and
+therefore it is assumed to be part of version control checkout.
+Without this configuration present, some functionality in the IDE may be limited or fail altogether.
+-->
+    <properties xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/maven-properties-data/1">
+        <!--
+Properties that influence various parts of the IDE, especially code formatting and the like. 
+You can copy and paste the single properties, into the pom.xml file and the IDE will pick them up.
+That way multiple projects can share the same settings (useful for formatting rules for example).
+Any value defined here will override the pom.xml file value but is only applicable to the current project.
+-->
+        <netbeans.hint.jdkPlatform>JDK_1.8</netbeans.hint.jdkPlatform>
+    </properties>
+</project-shared-configuration>
diff --git a/nbactions.xml b/nbactions.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7057365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nbactions.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<actions>
+    <action>
+        <actionName>CUSTOM-versions:display-plugin-updates</actionName>
+        <displayName>versions:display-plugin-updates</displayName>
+        <goals>
+            <goal>versions:display-plugin-updates</goal>
+        </goals>
+    </action>
+    <action>
+        <actionName>CUSTOM-versions:dependency-updates-report</actionName>
+        <displayName>versions:dependency-updates-report</displayName>
+        <goals>
+            <goal>versions:dependency-updates-report</goal>
+        </goals>
+    </action>
+    <action>
+        <actionName>CUSTOM-versions:display-dependency-updates</actionName>
+        <displayName>versions:display-dependency-updates</displayName>
+        <goals>
+            <goal>versions:display-dependency-updates</goal>
+        </goals>
+    </action>
+    <action>
+        <actionName>CUSTOM-versions:display-property-updates</actionName>
+        <displayName>versions:display-property-updates</displayName>
+        <goals>
+            <goal>versions:display-property-updates</goal>
+        </goals>
+    </action>
+</actions>
diff --git a/owner-extras/pom.xml b/owner-extras/pom.xml
index 25fcba09..0f408d26 100644
--- a/owner-extras/pom.xml
+++ b/owner-extras/pom.xml
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
             <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.0</version>
+            <version>4.3.0</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
             <artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.0</version>
+            <version>4.3.0</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f323a965..8f72e800 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.6.0</version>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>