diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e84c846..dfc86a3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.3.7</version>
+                    <version>2.5.3</version>
                     <extensions>true</extensions>
                 </plugin>
 
@@ -493,6 +493,12 @@
                         <artifactId>onos-build-conf</artifactId>
                         <version>1.0</version>
                     </dependency>
+                    <!-- For Java 8 lambda support-->
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+                        <version>5.9</version>
+                    </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
                 <configuration>
                     <configLocation>onos/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>