diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 259816d44b91f36e8d12db7f82121a06613dfa87..96ffdbd8a7d3cd43f507d4c694b02ff930fa23fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 ## 1.4.1
 
 * Fixed NullPointerException when using KernelManger from the KernelManagers class 
+* Now requires maven 3.0.4 or later.
+* Removed explicit versions from several plugins in the pom as these are defined in the parent.
 
 ## 1.4.0
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 82569c5066eefa63c69affd2d22b33aa02fcdb32..ddf25d887d655c24c2153ca8bc28c88f9b17e7da 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
     <version>1.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
+    <prerequisites>
+        <maven>3.0.4</maven>
+    </prerequisites>
+
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
@@ -128,7 +132,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.mycila.maven-license-plugin</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-license-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.9.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skipExistingHeaders>false</skipExistingHeaders>
                 </configuration>
@@ -152,7 +155,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
                 </configuration>