diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index fcce7104..28d5595f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: '8'
         distribution: 'adopt'
-    - name: Build IrpTransmogrifier
-      run: ./common/scripts/build-harctoolbox-project.sh IrpTransmogrifier
-    - name: Build Girr
-      run: ./common/scripts/build-harctoolbox-project.sh Girr
-    - name: Build Jirc
-      run: ./common/scripts/build-harctoolbox-project.sh Jirc
+#    - name: Build IrpTransmogrifier
+#      run: ./common/scripts/build-harctoolbox-project.sh IrpTransmogrifier
+#    - name: Build Girr
+#      run: ./common/scripts/build-harctoolbox-project.sh Girr
+#    - name: Build Jirc
+#      run: ./common/scripts/build-harctoolbox-project.sh Jirc
     - name: Build RemoteLocator
       run: ./common/scripts/build-harctoolbox-project.sh RemoteLocator
     - name: Build HarcHardware
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5f30bdb..2c4879a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0.0</version>
+                        <version>3.2.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>create-windows-jre</id>
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0.0</version>
+                        <version>3.2.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>make-appimage</id>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.0</version>
+                <version>3.1.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <resourceBundles>
                         <resourceBundle>${project.groupId}:IrpTransmogrifier:${IrpTransmogrifier.version}</resourceBundle>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xml-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0.2</version>
+                <version>1.1.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <!-- FIRST, make the fat jar, and NOT the *-bin.zip -->
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.10.1</version>
+                <version>3.12.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
                 </configuration>
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>generate-sources</phase>
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <version>3.2.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>sillify docs</id>
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-            <version>7.5.1</version>
+            <version>7.9.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
diff --git a/tools/build-all.sh b/tools/build-all.sh
index 1d22a842..40e38d9f 100755
--- a/tools/build-all.sh
+++ b/tools/build-all.sh
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ done
 
 for proj in ${SUBPROJECTS} ; do
     (cd $proj ; \
-    xpath -e "/project/version/text()" -q  pom.xml )
+     xsltproc common/xslt/extract_project_version.xsl  pom.xml ;
+     echo "" )
 done