diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 41386eb3f59..6e31e31c6f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <module>sonar-testing-harness</module>
     <module>sonar-squid</module>
     <module>sonar-ws-client</module>
-    
+
     <module>plugins/sonar-core-plugin</module>
     <module>plugins/sonar-checkstyle-plugin</module>
     <module>plugins/sonar-pmd-plugin</module>
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@
     <pluginManagement>
       <!-- Plugins ordered by shortname (archetype, assembly ...) -->
       <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.6</version>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -487,6 +492,12 @@ mmmm
         <artifactId>gwt-incubator</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.1</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
+        <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
+        <!-- animal-sniffer doesn't work with 2.6.1 -->
+        <version>3.4.4</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>jfree</groupId>
         <artifactId>jfreechart</artifactId>
@@ -883,7 +894,6 @@ mmmm
         <module>sonar-server</module>
         <module>sonar-application</module>
       </modules>
-
     </profile>
 
     <profile>
@@ -913,9 +923,30 @@ mmmm
               </execution>
             </executions>
           </plugin>
+
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>check-java-version</id>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>check</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <signature>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>java15</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.0</version>
+                  </signature>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>