diff --git a/primefaces-webapp/pom.xml b/primefaces-webapp/pom.xml
index f7c61df..a6f9e92 100644
--- a/primefaces-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/primefaces-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hibernate-jpamodelgen</artifactId>
-			<version>1.0.0.Final</version>
+			<version>5.2.4.Final</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.3.2</version>
+				<version>2.5.1</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.6</source>
-					<target>1.6</target>
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>
 					<debug>true</debug>
 					<debuglevel>lines,vars,source</debuglevel>
 					<compilerArgument>-proc:none</compilerArgument>
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@
 							<excludes>
 								<!-- Exclude all metamodel generated Java classes -->
 								<exclude>**/model/*_.java</exclude>
-								<exclude>**/model/Abstract*.java</exclude>
 							</excludes>
 						</configuration>
 						<goals>