diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9ab2ea4c0f057b279635f11bed37c69a2165ac7..2966541a607c9d0ae0cb4f2f8511f97de985a39d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -154,21 +154,16 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-        <!--maven properties -->
+        <!-- Maven properties -->
         <maven.test.skip>false</maven.test.skip>
         <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
-        <!-- compiler settings properties -->
+        <!-- Compiler settings properties -->
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
 
-        <!-- BEFORE SonarQube 4.4.0 - the destination file for the code coverage report has to be set to the same value
-             in the parent pom and in each module pom. Then JaCoCo will add up information in
-             the same report, so that, it will give the cross-module code coverage. -->
+        <!-- Overwritten by the test configuration,otherwise the JaCoCo agent cannot be attached.Details see http://www.eclemma.org/jacoco/trunk/doc/prepare-agent-mojo.html -->
+        <argLine>-Xms512m -Xmx1024m</argLine>
         <sonar.java.coveragePlugin>jacoco</sonar.java.coveragePlugin>
-        <sonar.dynamicAnalysis>reuseReports</sonar.dynamicAnalysis>
-        <sonar.jacoco.reportPath>${project.basedir}/../target/jacoco.exec</sonar.jacoco.reportPath>
-        <sonar.jacoco.itReportPath>${project.basedir}/../target/jacoco-it.exec</sonar.jacoco.itReportPath>
-        <sonar.language>java</sonar.language>
         <!-- URL of the ASF SonarQube server -->
         <sonar.host.url>https://builds.apache.org/analysis</sonar.host.url>
         <!-- Exclude all generated code -->
@@ -245,12 +240,21 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.19.1</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <argLine>-Xms512m -Xmx1024m</argLine>
+                    <forkCount>1</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
                     <includes>
                         <include>**/*Test.java</include>
                     </includes>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.19.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>1</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.10.4</version>
@@ -341,30 +345,38 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.7.6.201602180812</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <append>true</append>
-                </configuration>
+                <version>0.7.8</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
-                        <id>agent-for-ut</id>
+                        <id>default-prepare-agent</id>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                     <execution>
-                        <id>agent-for-it</id>
+                        <id>default-prepare-agent-integration</id>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>prepare-agent-integration</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                     <execution>
-                        <id>report</id>
-                        <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+                        <id>default-report</id>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>report</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>default-report-integration</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>report-integration</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>default-check</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>