diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 60958c2..d5f500c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ addons:
 env:
   - PATH=$PATH:.
 before_script:
-  - wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/0.10.0/vault_0.10.0_linux_amd64.zip
-  - wget -q -O - https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/0.10.0/vault_0.10.0_SHA256SUMS | grep linux_amd64 | sha256sum -c
-  - unzip vault_0.10.0_linux_amd64.zip
-  - rm vault_0.10.0_linux_amd64.zip
+  - wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/0.11.2/vault_0.11.2_linux_amd64.zip
+  - wget -q -O - https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/0.11.2/vault_0.11.2_SHA256SUMS | grep linux_amd64 | sha256sum -c
+  - unzip vault_0.11.2_linux_amd64.zip
+  - rm vault_0.11.2_linux_amd64.zip
 cache:
   directories:
     - '$HOME/.m2/repository'
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb0b758..ee4a0ed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 * **[breaking]** Removed support for `HTTPVaultConnectorFactory#withSslContext()` in favor of `#withTrustedCA()` due to 
 refactoring of the internal SSL handling (#17)
 * [improvement] `VaultConnector` extends `java.io.Serializable` (#19)
+* [improvement] Build environment and tests now compatible with Java 10
+* [dependencies] Updated dependencies to fix vulnerabilities (i.e. CVE-2018-7489)
 * [deprecation] `VaultConnectorFactory` is deprecated in favor of `VaultConnectorBuilder` with identical API (#18)
 
 ## 0.7.1 [2018-03-17]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5972ddf..5633707 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Java Vault Connector 
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/stklcode/jvaultconnector.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/stklcode/jvaultconnector)
-[![Quality Gate](https://sonarcloud.io/api/badges/gate?key=de.stklcode.jvault%3Aconnector)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=de.stklcode.jvault%3Aconnector)
+[![Quality Gate](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=de.stklcode.jvault%3Aconnector&metric=alert_status)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=de.stklcode.jvault%3Aconnector)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://github.com/stklcode/jvaultconnector/blob/master/LICENSE.txt) 
 [![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/de.stklcode.jvault/connector.svg)](https://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22de.stklcode.jvault%22%20AND%20a%3A%22connector%22)
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Java Vault Connector is a connector library for [Vault](https://www.vaultproject
     * Raw secret content or JSON decoding
     * SQL secret handling
 * Connector Factory with builder pattern
-* Tested against Vault 0.10.0
+* Tested against Vault 0.11.2
 
 
 ## Maven Artifact
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 035e47c..678e991 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.7.0</version>
+                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
                     <target>1.8</target>
@@ -61,17 +61,17 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0</version>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.2</version>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.2</version>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <archive>
                             <manifestEntries>
@@ -88,14 +88,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.19.1</version>
-                    <dependencies>
-                        <dependency>
-                            <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>junit-platform-surefire-provider</artifactId>
-                            <version>1.1.0</version>
-                        </dependency>
-                    </dependencies>
+                    <version>2.22.0</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
@@ -105,34 +98,34 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-            <version>4.4.9</version>
+            <version>4.4.10</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.5</version>
+            <version>4.5.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.4</version>
+            <version>2.9.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.4</version>
+            <version>2.9.6</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.0</version>
+            <version>5.3.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-migrationsupport</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.0</version>
+            <version>5.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
@@ -143,19 +136,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.stefanbirkner</groupId>
             <artifactId>system-rules</artifactId>
-            <version>1.17.1</version>
+            <version>1.17.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.0</version>
+            <version>2.21.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-inline</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.0</version>
+            <version>2.21.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorTest.java b/src/test/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorTest.java
index 0348fd6..44403a2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorTest.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions.assumeTrue;
  */
 @EnableRuleMigrationSupport
 public class HTTPVaultConnectorTest {
-    private static final String VAULT_VERISON = "0.10.0";  // the vault version this test is supposed to run against
+    private static final String VAULT_VERISON = "0.11.2";  // the vault version this test is supposed to run against
     private static final String KEY = "81011a8061e5c028bd0d9503eeba40bd9054b9af0408d080cb24f57405c27a61";
     private static final String TOKEN_ROOT = "d1bd50e2-587b-6e68-d80b-a9a507625cb7";
     private static final String USER_VALID = "validUser";