diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 2c2bfe7f..5d053ccf 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -16,24 +16,24 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.threerings</groupId>
       <artifactId>ooo-util</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.1</version>
+      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.threerings</groupId>
       <artifactId>narya</artifactId>
-      <version>1.15</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.threerings</groupId>
       <artifactId>nenya</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- optional dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.threerings</groupId>
       <artifactId>nenya-tools</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.samskivert</groupId>
       <artifactId>depot</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57cd02c0..498c7a9e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,10 +51,9 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1</version>
+        <version>3.13.0</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <release>10</release>
           <fork>true</fork>
           <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
           <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>