diff --git a/docs/building.md b/docs/building.md
index f1d7490058..aeb52bfca9 100644
--- a/docs/building.md
+++ b/docs/building.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Building from source
 
-Ensure you have JDK 8 (or newer), Maven 3.1.1 (or newer) and Git installed
+Ensure you have JDK 8 (or newer), Maven 3.5.4 (or newer) and Git installed
 
     java -version
     mvn -version
diff --git a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/pom.xml b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/pom.xml
index 3258c88165..95e297289d 100644
--- a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/pom.xml
@@ -47,15 +47,9 @@
         <wildfly.deprecated.arquillian.wildfly.container>2.1.1.Final</wildfly.deprecated.arquillian.wildfly.container>
 
         <!--component versions-->
-        <!--
-            to update arquillian-core to 1.3.0.Final or higher
-                - see https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ARQ-2181 
-                - update org.keycloak.testsuite.arquillian.containers.KeycloakContainerTestExtension according to 
-                  current version of org.jboss.arquillian.container.test.impl.ContainerTestExtension
-        -->
-        <arquillian-core.version>1.2.1.Final</arquillian-core.version>
+        <arquillian-core.version>1.6.0.Final</arquillian-core.version>
         <!--the version of shrinkwrap_resolver should align with the version in arquillian-bom-->
-        <shrinkwrap-resolver.version>2.2.6</shrinkwrap-resolver.version>
+        <shrinkwrap-resolver.version>3.1.4</shrinkwrap-resolver.version>
         <selenium.version>3.14.0</selenium.version>
         <arquillian-drone.version>2.5.1</arquillian-drone.version>
         <arquillian-graphene.version>2.3.2</arquillian-graphene.version>
@@ -297,6 +291,26 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.enforcer.plugin}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>enforce-maven</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>enforce</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <rules>
+                                <requireMavenVersion>
+                                    <version>3.5.4</version>
+                                </requireMavenVersion>
+                            </rules>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
     
diff --git a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/pom.xml b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/pom.xml
index 1377ec0055..929b58dcf9 100644
--- a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/pom.xml
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@
             <artifactId>mvel2</artifactId>
             <version>${mvel.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     
     <build>
@@ -718,9 +722,9 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <rules>
-                                <requireProperty>	
-                                    <message>When running fuse tests 'additional.fuse.repos' is expected to be set.</message>	
-                                    <property>additional.fuse.repos</property>	
+                                <requireProperty>
+                                    <message>When running fuse tests 'additional.fuse.repos' is expected to be set.</message>
+                                    <property>additional.fuse.repos</property>
                                 </requireProperty>
                             </rules>
                         </configuration>
@@ -793,9 +797,9 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <rules>
-                                <requireProperty>	
-                                    <message>When running fuse tests 'additional.fuse.repos' is expected to be set.</message>	
-                                    <property>additional.fuse.repos</property>	
+                                <requireProperty>
+                                    <message>When running fuse tests 'additional.fuse.repos' is expected to be set.</message>
+                                    <property>additional.fuse.repos</property>
                                 </requireProperty>
                             </rules>
                         </configuration>
diff --git a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/util/pom.xml b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/util/pom.xml
index db0e3e6d4e..aadeea5f36 100644
--- a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/util/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/util/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.container</groupId>
             <artifactId>arquillian-container-karaf-managed</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.container</groupId>
             <artifactId>arquillian-container-osgi</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite/performance/README.md b/testsuite/performance/README.md
index 9593510433..13bdfc91c1 100644
--- a/testsuite/performance/README.md
+++ b/testsuite/performance/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Requirements:
 - Bash 2.05+
-- Maven 3.1.1+
+- Maven 3.5.4+
 - Keycloak server distribution installed in the local Maven repository. To do this run `mvn install -Pdistribution` from the root of the Keycloak project.
 
 ### Docker Compose Provisioner