diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0cdf4bca404..26c9a5ddf71 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -586,9 +586,10 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 					<artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.3.2</version>
+					<version>2.5.2</version>
 					<configuration>
-						<findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
+						<xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
+						<excludeFilterFile>releng/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
 						<failOnError>false</failOnError>
 					</configuration>
 					<executions>
@@ -602,11 +603,11 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.5</version>
+					<version>2.7.1</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding>
 						<minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
-						<targetJdk>1.6</targetJdk>
+						<targetJdk>1.7</targetJdk>
 						<format>xml</format>
 						<failOnViolation>false</failOnViolation>
 					</configuration>
diff --git a/releng/findbugs-exclude.xml b/releng/findbugs-exclude.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49b4015d3e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releng/findbugs-exclude.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<FindBugsFilter>
+	<!-- Set maximum rank level to 16 -->
+	<Match>
+		<Rank value="17"/>
+	</Match>
+
+	<!-- Ignore all I18N Internationalization bugs -->
+	<Match>
+		<Bug category="I18N"/>
+	</Match>
+	
+	<!-- Ignore all NM_SAME_SIMPLE_NAME_AS_SUPERCLASS or NM_SAME_SIMPLE_NAME_AS_INTERFACE violations -->
+	<Match>
+		<Bug pattern="NM_SAME_SIMPLE_NAME_AS_SUPERCLASS"/>
+	</Match>
+	<Match>
+		<Bug pattern="NM_SAME_SIMPLE_NAME_AS_INTERFACE"/>
+	</Match>
+
+	<!-- Ignore all SF_SWITCH_NO_DEFAULT violations -->
+	<Match>
+		<Bug pattern="SF_SWITCH_NO_DEFAULT"/>
+	</Match>
+
+	<!-- Ignore all serialization violations -->
+	<Match>
+		<Or>
+			<Bug pattern="SE_BAD_FIELD"/>
+			<Bug pattern="SE_BAD_FIELD_INNER_CLASS"/>
+			<Bug pattern="SE_COMPARATOR_SHOULD_BE_SERIALIZABLE"/>
+		</Or>
+	</Match>
+	
+	<!-- Ignore all inner class should be static violations -->
+	<Match>
+		<Or>
+			<Bug pattern="SIC_INNER_SHOULD_BE_STATIC"/>
+			<Bug pattern="SIC_INNER_SHOULD_BE_STATIC_ANON"/>
+			<Bug pattern="SIC_INNER_SHOULD_BE_STATIC_NEEDS_THIS"/>
+		</Or>
+	</Match>
+	
+	<!-- Ignore all REC_CATCH_EXCEPTION -->
+	<Match>
+		<Bug pattern="REC_CATCH_EXCEPTION"/>
+	</Match>
+	
+	<!-- Ignore all STCAL_INVOKE_ON_STATIC_DATE_FORMAT_INSTANCE -->
+	<Match>
+		<Bug pattern="STCAL_INVOKE_ON_STATIC_DATE_FORMAT_INSTANCE"/>
+	</Match>
+	
+	<!-- Ignore all ST_WRITE_TO_STATIC_FROM_INSTANCE_METHOD violations in bundle activators -->
+	<Match>
+		<Bug pattern="ST_WRITE_TO_STATIC_FROM_INSTANCE_METHOD"/>
+		<Or>
+			<Method name="start" params="org.osgi.framework.BundleContext" returns="void"/>
+			<Method name="stop" params="org.osgi.framework.BundleContext" returns="void"/>
+			<Class name="~.*\.Activator"/>
+		</Or>
+	</Match>
+	
+	<!-- Ignore RCN_REDUNDANT_NULLCHECK_OF_NONNULL_VALUE -->
+	<Match>
+		<Bug pattern="RCN_REDUNDANT_NULLCHECK_OF_NONNULL_VALUE"/>
+	</Match>
+
+</FindBugsFilter>