diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9d239fb14..f1742ed25 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ sudo: required
 dist: trusty
 
 jdk:
-  - oraclejdk8
+  - oraclejdk11
 
 services:
   - docker
diff --git a/debezium-connector-mongodb/pom.xml b/debezium-connector-mongodb/pom.xml
index 1c4a74711..a2598d5ae 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-connector-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${version.assembly.plugin}</version>
                         <dependencies>
                             <dependency>
                                 <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
diff --git a/debezium-connector-mysql/pom.xml b/debezium-connector-mysql/pom.xml
index 23c30e78a..e230a006f 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-connector-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -349,6 +349,11 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+              <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+              <version>${version.assembly.plugin}</version>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <resources>
             <!-- Apply the properties set in the POM to the resource files -->
@@ -433,6 +438,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${version.failsafe.plugin}</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <skipTests>${skipITs}</skipTests>
                             <enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
diff --git a/debezium-connector-postgres/pom.xml b/debezium-connector-postgres/pom.xml
index e5d116cee..1b0e23078 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-postgres/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-connector-postgres/pom.xml
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${version.assembly.plugin}</version>
                         <dependencies>
                             <dependency>
                                 <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
diff --git a/debezium-connector-sqlserver/pom.xml b/debezium-connector-sqlserver/pom.xml
index dce4fb0ce..eeba8a26f 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-sqlserver/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-connector-sqlserver/pom.xml
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${version.assembly.plugin}</version>
                         <dependencies>
                             <dependency>
                                 <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/config/Instantiator.java b/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/config/Instantiator.java
index 3c1d6ff87..3f82b13a2 100644
--- a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/config/Instantiator.java
+++ b/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/config/Instantiator.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static <T> T getInstance(String className, Supplier<ClassLoader> classloaderSupp
                     : Configuration.class.getClassLoader();
             try {
                 Class<? extends T> clazz = (Class<? extends T>) classloader.loadClass(className);
-                return configuration == null ? clazz.newInstance()
+                return configuration == null ? clazz.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance()
                         : clazz.getConstructor(Configuration.class).newInstance(configuration);
             }
             catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/jdbc/JdbcConnection.java b/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/jdbc/JdbcConnection.java
index 0e3b65174..009971d4a 100644
--- a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/jdbc/JdbcConnection.java
+++ b/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/jdbc/JdbcConnection.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 package io.debezium.jdbc;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.sql.CallableStatement;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
@@ -176,10 +177,10 @@ public static ConnectionFactory patternBasedFactory(String urlPattern, String dr
                     driverClassLoader = JdbcConnection.class.getClassLoader();
                 }
                 Class<java.sql.Driver> driverClazz = (Class<java.sql.Driver>) Class.forName(driverClassName, true, driverClassLoader);
-                java.sql.Driver driver = driverClazz.newInstance();
+                java.sql.Driver driver = driverClazz.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
                 conn = driver.connect(url, props);
             }
-            catch (ClassNotFoundException | IllegalAccessException | InstantiationException e) {
+            catch (ClassNotFoundException | IllegalAccessException | InstantiationException | NoSuchMethodException | InvocationTargetException e) {
                 throw new SQLException(e);
             }
             LOGGER.debug("Connected to {} with {}", url, props);
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/relational/mapping/ColumnMappers.java b/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/relational/mapping/ColumnMappers.java
index 6f32a523e..4f3ccf726 100644
--- a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/relational/mapping/ColumnMappers.java
+++ b/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/relational/mapping/ColumnMappers.java
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ protected boolean matches(ColumnId id) {
 
     protected static ColumnMapper instantiateMapper(Class<ColumnMapper> clazz, Configuration config) {
         try {
-            ColumnMapper mapper = clazz.newInstance();
+            ColumnMapper mapper = clazz.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
             if (config != null) {
                 mapper.initialize(config);
             }
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/junit/ConditionalFail.java b/debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/junit/ConditionalFail.java
index 6cf7d1e9f..303b94e66 100644
--- a/debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/junit/ConditionalFail.java
+++ b/debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/junit/ConditionalFail.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 package io.debezium.junit;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ public Statement apply(final Statement base, final Description description) {
             return base;
         }
         try {
-            Supplier<Boolean> condition = conditionClass.value().newInstance();
+            Supplier<Boolean> condition = conditionClass.value().getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
             return new Statement() {
                 @Override
                 public void evaluate() throws Throwable {
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ else if (failure != null) {
                 }
             };
         }
-        catch (final InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+        catch (final InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | NoSuchMethodException | InvocationTargetException e) {
             throw new IllegalStateException(e);
         }
     }
diff --git a/debezium-ddl-parser/pom.xml b/debezium-ddl-parser/pom.xml
index 0a0bf3d5c..47ab7fb24 100644
--- a/debezium-ddl-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-ddl-parser/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                 <!-- https://github.com/antlr/antlr4test-maven-plugin -->
                 <groupId>com.khubla.antlr</groupId>
                 <artifactId>antlr4test-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.10</version>
+                <version>1.11</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <verbose>false</verbose>
                     <showTree>false</showTree>
diff --git a/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngine.java b/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngine.java
index cba96a3a7..9653c4828 100644
--- a/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngine.java
+++ b/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngine.java
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ public void run() {
                 try {
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                     Class<? extends SourceConnector> connectorClass = (Class<SourceConnector>) classLoader.loadClass(connectorClassName);
-                    connector = connectorClass.newInstance();
+                    connector = connectorClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
                 }
                 catch (Throwable t) {
                     fail("Unable to instantiate connector class '" + connectorClassName + "'", t);
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ public void run() {
                 try {
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                     Class<? extends OffsetBackingStore> offsetStoreClass = (Class<OffsetBackingStore>) classLoader.loadClass(offsetStoreClassName);
-                    offsetStore = offsetStoreClass.newInstance();
+                    offsetStore = offsetStoreClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
                 }
                 catch (Throwable t) {
                     fail("Unable to instantiate OffsetBackingStore class '" + offsetStoreClassName + "'", t);
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ public void raiseError(Exception e) {
                     Class<? extends Task> taskClass = connector.taskClass();
                     task = null;
                     try {
-                        task = (SourceTask) taskClass.newInstance();
+                        task = (SourceTask) taskClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
                     }
                     catch (IllegalAccessException | InstantiationException t) {
                         fail("Unable to instantiate connector's task class '" + taskClass.getName() + "'", t);
diff --git a/debezium-embedded/src/test/java/io/debezium/embedded/ConnectorOutputTest.java b/debezium-embedded/src/test/java/io/debezium/embedded/ConnectorOutputTest.java
index deacbfa39..9740a913e 100644
--- a/debezium-embedded/src/test/java/io/debezium/embedded/ConnectorOutputTest.java
+++ b/debezium-embedded/src/test/java/io/debezium/embedded/ConnectorOutputTest.java
@@ -622,7 +622,19 @@ protected TestSpecification usingSpec(String name) {
      * @return the test specification; never null
      */
     protected TestSpecification usingSpec(String name, String directory) {
-        return usingSpec(name, Paths.get(directory));
+        String version = System.getProperty("java.version");
+        String modulePath = "";
+        /**
+         * Java 11 seems to have issues finding the file when tests are invoked from the root directory. However, running
+         * the tests directory from the module directory work, so we only need to mess with the path when we are invoking
+         * the tests from the root.
+         */
+        if (!version.startsWith("1.")) {
+            if (!Paths.get(directory).toAbsolutePath().toString().contains("debezium-embedded")) {
+                modulePath = "debezium-embedded/";
+            }
+        }
+        return usingSpec(name, Paths.get(modulePath + directory));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d71596739..f621d866c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:debezium/debezium.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:debezium/debezium.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/debezium/debezium</url>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
     <issueManagement>
         <system>jira</system>
@@ -53,17 +53,18 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <release>8</release>
 
         <!-- Kafka and it's dependencies MUST reflect what the Kafka version uses -->
         <version.kafka>2.3.1</version.kafka>
         <version.kafka.scala>2.12</version.kafka.scala>
-        <version.curator>2.11.0</version.curator>
+        <version.curator>4.2.0</version.curator>
         <version.zookeeper>3.4.14</version.zookeeper>
         <version.jackson>2.10.0</version.jackson>
         <version.org.slf4j>1.7.26</version.org.slf4j>
         <version.log4j>1.2.17</version.log4j>
         <!-- check new release version at https://github.com/confluentinc/schema-registry/releases -->
-        <version.confluent.platform>5.1.2</version.confluent.platform>
+        <version.confluent.platform>5.3.1</version.confluent.platform>
 
         <!-- Databases -->
         <version.postgresql.driver>42.2.8</version.postgresql.driver>
@@ -78,28 +79,35 @@
         <version.com.google.protobuf>3.8.0</version.com.google.protobuf>
 
         <!-- ANTLR -->
-        <antlr.version>4.7</antlr.version>
+        <antlr.version>4.7.2</antlr.version>
 
         <!-- Testing -->
         <version.junit>4.12</version.junit>
         <version.fest>1.4</version.fest>
         <version.jmh>1.21</version.jmh>
-        <version.mockito>2.13.0</version.mockito>
+        <version.mockito>3.0.0</version.mockito>
         <version.awaitility>3.1.6</version.awaitility>
 
         <!-- Maven Plugins -->
-        <version.resources.plugin>2.7</version.resources.plugin>
-        <version.dependency.plugin>2.10</version.dependency.plugin>
-        <version.enforcer.plugin>3.0.0-M1</version.enforcer.plugin>
+        <version.compiler.plugin>3.8.1</version.compiler.plugin>
+        <version.resources.plugin>3.1.0</version.resources.plugin>
+        <version.filtering.plugin>3.1.1</version.filtering.plugin>
+        <version.dependency.plugin>3.1.1</version.dependency.plugin>
+        <version.enforcer.plugin>3.0.0-M2</version.enforcer.plugin>
+
         <version.jar.plugin>3.0.2</version.jar.plugin>
-        <version.source.plugin>3.0.1</version.source.plugin>
-        <version.assembly.plugin>2.4</version.assembly.plugin>
+        <version.source.plugin>3.1.0</version.source.plugin>
+        <version.assembly.plugin>3.1.1</version.assembly.plugin>
         <version.war.plugin>2.5</version.war.plugin>
-        <version.google.formatter.plugin>0.3.1</version.google.formatter.plugin>
-        <version.docker.maven.plugin>0.26.0</version.docker.maven.plugin>
-        <version.staging.plugin>1.6.3</version.staging.plugin>
+        <version.google.formatter.plugin>0.4</version.google.formatter.plugin>
+        <version.docker.maven.plugin>0.31.0</version.docker.maven.plugin>
+        <version.staging.plugin>1.6.8</version.staging.plugin>
         <version.protoc.maven.plugin>3.8.0</version.protoc.maven.plugin>
+        <version.javadoc.plugin>3.1.1</version.javadoc.plugin>
         <version.code.formatter>2.8.1</version.code.formatter>
+        <version.surefire.plugin>3.0.0-M3</version.surefire.plugin>
+        <version.checkstyle.plugin>3.0.0</version.checkstyle.plugin>
+        <version.release.plugin>2.5.3</version.release.plugin>
         <version.impsort>1.2.0</version.impsort>
 
         <!-- Dockerfiles -->
@@ -108,6 +116,13 @@
         <!--Skip long running tests by default-->
         <skipLongRunningTests>true</skipLongRunningTests>
 
+        <!--Configure forking for surefire plugin, jdk11 needs
+        different settings per
+        https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53437819/maven-surefire-and-jdk-11
+        https://winterbe.com/posts/2018/08/29/migrate-maven-projects-to-java-11-jigsaw/-->
+        <forkCount>2</forkCount>
+        <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+
         <!-- Don't skip integration tests by default -->
         <skipITs>false</skipITs>
 
@@ -119,16 +134,19 @@
         <format.imports.goal>sort</format.imports.goal>
 
         <!-- No debug options by default -->
-        <debug.argline />
+        <debug.argline/>
 
         <!-- No modules options by default -->
-        <modules.argline />
+        <modules.argline/>
 
         <!-- No test options by default -->
-        <test.argline />
+        <test.argline/>
 
         <!-- Assembly configuration -->
         <assembly.descriptor>connector-distribution</assembly.descriptor>
+
+        <!-- Needed for pre jdk 9 -->
+        <useSystemClassLoader>true</useSystemClassLoader>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
@@ -170,7 +188,7 @@
         </repository>
         <repository>
             <id>ossrh</id>
-            <name>OSS Sonatype Nexus </name>
+            <name>OSS Sonatype Nexus</name>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/</url>
             <releases>
                 <enabled>true</enabled>
@@ -219,7 +237,7 @@
                 <version>${version.kafka}</version>
             </dependency>
 
-           <!-- Kafka -->
+            <!-- Kafka -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
                 <artifactId>kafka_${version.kafka.scala}</artifactId>
@@ -404,6 +422,11 @@
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
                 <type>test-jar</type>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+                <version>2.3.1</version>
+            </dependency>
 
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
@@ -462,6 +485,11 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${version.resources.plugin}</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-filtering</artifactId>
+                    <version>${version.filtering.plugin}</version>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -478,6 +506,7 @@
                     <version>${version.failsafe.plugin}</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <argLine>${debug.argline} ${modules.argline} ${test.argline}</argLine>
+                        <useSystemClassLoader>${useSystemClassLoader}</useSystemClassLoader>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
@@ -626,7 +655,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <rules>
                                 <requireMavenVersion>
-                                    <version>3.0.0</version>
+                                    <version>3.0.5</version>
                                 </requireMavenVersion>
                             </rules>
                         </configuration>
@@ -672,6 +701,9 @@
                     <!--runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder-->
                     <useFile>false</useFile>
                     <enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
+                    <forkCount>${forkCount}</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>${reuseForks}</reuseForks>
+                    <useSystemClassLoader>${useSystemClassLoader}</useSystemClassLoader>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
@@ -821,12 +853,20 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
         <profile>
-            <id>jdk9</id>
+            <id>jdk11</id>
             <activation>
-                <jdk>9</jdk>
+                <jdk>11</jdk>
             </activation>
             <properties>
-                <modules.argline>--add-modules java.xml.bind</modules.argline>
+                <modules.argline>--add-modules java.xml.bind --illegal-access=permit</modules.argline>
+                <forkCount>0</forkCount>
+                <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
+                <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
+                <!-- When using this profile the following warning pops up,
+                [WARNING] bootstrap class path not set in conjunction with -source 8 -->
+                <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+                <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+                <release>11</release>
             </properties>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
diff --git a/support/checkstyle/pom.xml b/support/checkstyle/pom.xml
index 282282dda..355593bfd 100644
--- a/support/checkstyle/pom.xml
+++ b/support/checkstyle/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Instruct the build to use only UTF-8 encoding for source code -->
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
-        <version.enforcer.plugin>3.0.0-M1</version.enforcer.plugin>
+        <version.enforcer.plugin>3.0.0-M2</version.enforcer.plugin>
         <version.jar.plugin>3.0.2</version.jar.plugin>
-        <version.source.plugin>3.0.1</version.source.plugin>
+        <version.source.plugin>3.1.0</version.source.plugin>
+        <version.checkstyle.plugin>3.0.0</version.checkstyle.plugin>
     </properties>
    <!--
    This module is referenced by Debezium's parent POM, so it needs to be built before the parent
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.compiler.plugin}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
                     <showWarnings>false</showWarnings>
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.checkstyle.plugin}</version>
             </plugin>
             <!-- 
             This is not deployed into a Maven repository. It is merely installed into the local Maven repository
@@ -55,6 +56,17 @@
                     <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <rules>
+                        <requireMavenVersion>
+                            <version>3.0.5</version>
+                        </requireMavenVersion>
+                    </rules>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>