diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 26d1f509..05ee95c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.1</version>
+                <version>3.1.10</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludeFilterFile>src/config/spotbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
+                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.20.1</version>
+                <version>2.22.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <parallel>classes</parallel>
                     <threadCount>10</threadCount>
@@ -193,7 +196,6 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.0.1</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <detectLinks>true</detectLinks>
                     <doclint>syntax,reference</doclint>
                     <linksource>true</linksource>
                     <locale>en</locale>
diff --git a/src/config/spotbugs-exclude.xml b/src/config/spotbugs-exclude.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40762176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/spotbugs-exclude.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<FindBugsFilter
+          xmlns="https://github.com/spotbugs/filter/3.0.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="https://github.com/spotbugs/filter/3.0.0 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spotbugs/spotbugs/3.1.0/spotbugs/etc/findbugsfilter.xsd">
+
+    <!-- False positive on Java 11  -->
+    <!-- Workaround for https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs/issues/756 -->
+    <Match>
+        <Bug pattern="RCN_REDUNDANT_NULLCHECK_WOULD_HAVE_BEEN_A_NPE" />
+    </Match>
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
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