diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ebc8ef7..4f27259 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
     <artifactId>commons-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>26</version>
+    <version>28</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ under the License.
       <id>bstansberry</id>
       <name>Brian Stansberry</name>
     </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>tn</id>
+      <name>Thomas Neidhart</name>
+    </developer>
   </developers>
   <contributors>
     <contributor>
@@ -307,15 +311,29 @@ under the License.
           - that those tests must be run *after* the "package" build phase.
           -
           - In order to not mess with the Ant build we "disable" the normal test
-          - phase. This is done by only running a single test, one that does not
-          - need to be run after the "package" phase.
+          - phase. This is done by skipping the execution of the surefire plugin.
           -->
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <includes>
-            <include>**/AvalonLoggerTestCase.java</include>
-          </includes>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <!--
+          - Many of JCL's tests use tricky techniques to place the generated
+          - JCL jarfiles on the classpath in various configurations. This means
+          - that those tests must be run *after* the "package" build phase.
+          -
+          - Disable cobertura report generation as this does not work correctly
+          - with integration-tests and the normal unit tests are disabled too.
+          -->
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${commons.cobertura.version}</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
@@ -501,10 +519,11 @@ under the License.
     <maven.compile.source>1.2</maven.compile.source>
     <maven.compile.target>1.1</maven.compile.target>
     <commons.componentid>logging</commons.componentid>
-    <commons.release.version>1.1.1</commons.release.version>
+    <commons.release.version>1.1.2</commons.release.version>
     <commons.binary.suffix>-bin</commons.binary.suffix>
     <commons.jira.id>LOGGING</commons.jira.id>
     <commons.jira.pid>12310484</commons.jira.pid>
     <commons.surefire.version>2.12</commons.surefire.version>
+    <skipSurefireReport>true</skipSurefireReport>    
   </properties>
 </project>