diff --git a/dropwizard-metrics-influxdb/src/test/java/com/izettle/metrics/dw/InfluxDbReporterFactoryTest.java b/dropwizard-metrics-influxdb/src/test/java/com/izettle/metrics/dw/InfluxDbReporterFactoryTest.java
index 32094b3..5640bca 100644
--- a/dropwizard-metrics-influxdb/src/test/java/com/izettle/metrics/dw/InfluxDbReporterFactoryTest.java
+++ b/dropwizard-metrics-influxdb/src/test/java/com/izettle/metrics/dw/InfluxDbReporterFactoryTest.java
@@ -198,4 +198,11 @@ protected InfluxDbReporter.Builder builder(MetricRegistry registry) {
 
         assertThat(getField(influxDb, InfluxDbUdpSender.class, "socketTimeout")).isEqualTo(3000);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldSetProtocolAndDefaultToHttp() {
+        assertThat(factory.getProtocol()).isEqualTo("http");
+        factory.setProtocol("tcp");
+        assertThat(factory.getProtocol()).isEqualTo("tcp");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dropwizard-metrics-influxdb/src/test/java/com/izettle/metrics/dw/NoopTransformerTest.java b/dropwizard-metrics-influxdb/src/test/java/com/izettle/metrics/dw/NoopTransformerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd3fb4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dropwizard-metrics-influxdb/src/test/java/com/izettle/metrics/dw/NoopTransformerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.izettle.metrics.dw;
+
+import com.izettle.metrics.dw.tags.NoopTransformer;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class NoopTransformerTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldDoNoTransform() {
+        Assertions.assertThat(new NoopTransformer().getTags("com.izettle.metrics.influxdb.tags.NoopTransformer.count"))
+            .containsEntry("metricName", "com.izettle.metrics.influxdb.tags.NoopTransformer.count");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/metrics-influxdb/pom.xml b/metrics-influxdb/pom.xml
index 432bd90..3034065 100644
--- a/metrics-influxdb/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-influxdb/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>0.11.0.0</version>
+            <version>1.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9</version>
+            <version>1.11</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/metrics-influxdb/src/main/java/com/izettle/metrics/influxdb/InfluxDbBaseSender.java b/metrics-influxdb/src/main/java/com/izettle/metrics/influxdb/InfluxDbBaseSender.java
index 4bfc1a8..4de49c9 100644
--- a/metrics-influxdb/src/main/java/com/izettle/metrics/influxdb/InfluxDbBaseSender.java
+++ b/metrics-influxdb/src/main/java/com/izettle/metrics/influxdb/InfluxDbBaseSender.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ abstract class InfluxDbBaseSender implements InfluxDbSender {
 
     @Override
     public void flush() {
-        influxDbWriteObject.setPoints(new HashSet<InfluxDbPoint>());
+        influxDbWriteObject.setPoints(new HashSet<>());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/metrics-influxdb/src/main/java/com/izettle/metrics/influxdb/tags/NoopTransformer.java b/metrics-influxdb/src/main/java/com/izettle/metrics/influxdb/tags/NoopTransformer.java
index 98fbc78..4ec0dcf 100644
--- a/metrics-influxdb/src/main/java/com/izettle/metrics/influxdb/tags/NoopTransformer.java
+++ b/metrics-influxdb/src/main/java/com/izettle/metrics/influxdb/tags/NoopTransformer.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 public class NoopTransformer implements Transformer {
     @Override
     public Map<String, String> getTags(String metricName) {
-        Map<String, String> tags = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        Map<String, String> tags = new HashMap<>();
         tags.put("metricName", metricName);
         return tags;
     }
diff --git a/metrics-influxdb/src/test/java/com/izettle/metrics/influxdb/InfluxDbReporterTest.java b/metrics-influxdb/src/test/java/com/izettle/metrics/influxdb/InfluxDbReporterTest.java
index 2aca940..1d68937 100644
--- a/metrics-influxdb/src/test/java/com/izettle/metrics/influxdb/InfluxDbReporterTest.java
+++ b/metrics-influxdb/src/test/java/com/izettle/metrics/influxdb/InfluxDbReporterTest.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class InfluxDbReporterTest {
 
     @Before
     public void init() {
-        globalTags = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        globalTags = new HashMap<>();
         globalTags.put("global", "tag001");
         MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
         reporter = InfluxDbReporter
@@ -267,11 +267,11 @@ public void shouldMapMeasurementToDefinedMeasurementNameAndRegex() {
             .build(influxDb);
 
         reporter.report(
-            this.<Gauge>map(),
-            this.<Counter>map(),
-            this.<Histogram>map(),
+            this.map(),
+            this.map(),
+            this.map(),
             this.map("com.example.resources.RandomResource", mock(Meter.class)),
-            this.<Timer>map()
+            this.map()
         );
 
         final ArgumentCaptor<InfluxDbPoint> influxDbPointCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(InfluxDbPoint.class);
@@ -293,11 +293,11 @@ public void shouldNotMapMeasurementToDefinedMeasurementNameAndRegex() {
             .build(influxDb);
 
         reporter.report(
-            this.<Gauge>map(),
-            this.<Counter>map(),
-            this.<Histogram>map(),
+            this.map(),
+            this.map(),
+            this.map(),
             this.map("com.example.resources.RandomResource", mock(Meter.class)),
-            this.<Timer>map()
+            this.map()
         );
 
         final ArgumentCaptor<InfluxDbPoint> influxDbPointCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(InfluxDbPoint.class);
@@ -519,12 +519,12 @@ public void shouldSkipIdleMetrics() throws Exception {
 
     @Test
     public void shouldCatchExceptions() throws Exception {
-        doThrow(ConnectException.class).when(influxDb).flush();
-        reporter
-        .report(map("gauge", gauge((byte) 1)), this.<Counter>map(), this.<Histogram>map(), this.<Meter>map(), this.<Timer>map());
-        doThrow(IOException.class).when(influxDb).flush();
-        reporter
-        .report(map("gauge", gauge((byte) 1)), this.<Counter>map(), this.<Histogram>map(), this.<Meter>map(), this.<Timer>map());
+        doThrow(ConnectException.class).when(influxDb).writeData();
+        reporter.report(map("gauge", gauge((byte) 1)), this.map(), this.map(), this.map(), this.map());
+        doThrow(IOException.class).when(influxDb).writeData();
+        reporter.report(map("gauge", gauge((byte) 1)), this.map(), this.map(), this.map(), this.map());
+        doThrow(RuntimeException.class).when(influxDb).flush();
+        reporter.report(map("gauge", gauge((byte) 1)), this.map(), this.map(), this.map(), this.map());
     }
 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 462d8ad..128ac08 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.izettle</groupId>
         <artifactId>izettle-oss</artifactId>
-        <version>1.14</version>
+        <version>1.18</version>
         <relativePath />
     </parent>
     <artifactId>metrics-parent</artifactId>
@@ -37,14 +37,13 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <dropwizard.version>1.0.0</dropwizard.version>
+        <dropwizard.version>1.3.1</dropwizard.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.4.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>enforce</id>
@@ -98,12 +97,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.eluder.coveralls</groupId>
                 <artifactId>coveralls-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>4.0.0</version>
+                <version>4.3.0</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.3</version>
+                <version>${findbugs-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <effort>Max</effort>
                     <threshold>Low</threshold>
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@
                         <plugin>
                             <groupId>com.h3xstream.findsecbugs</groupId>
                             <artifactId>findsecbugs-plugin</artifactId>
-                            <version>1.4.5</version>
+                            <version>1.7.1</version>
                         </plugin>
                     </plugins>
                 </configuration>