diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml
index a5677a5..ad2e8f7 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
index 8dc083d..9d2a115 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
index a74a540..1166842 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
index 3d927d9..04fc66f 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
index 954938a..0cf1bab 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.6</source>
 					<target>1.6</target>
+					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
index 41979d3..9ba1603 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml
index e40dfb0..458b5ee 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
index 19e6711..a62398c 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
-        </configuration>
+          <fork>true</fork>
+	  <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+	</configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/hivesterix/pom.xml b/hivesterix/pom.xml
index 55f837e..07299bb 100644
--- a/hivesterix/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/pom.xml
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.6</source>
 					<target>1.6</target>
+					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
index 72f0d8b..7778b31 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/pom.xml
index 7bb6123..a11c28b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
index c7eedb3..934dbb2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
index 096f2e1..08f013d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
index 9ecc083..7a68467 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
index 3f051f9..d676088 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
index a0ffb66..34cb096 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml
index f9d5153..57b59c7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-hadoop</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-dataflow-hadoop</name>
 
   <parent>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index bf27d20..7e1a9a5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-dataflow-std</name>
 
   <parent>
@@ -20,6 +18,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml
index ed24adb..7aedd57 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-documentation</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-documentation</name>
 
   <parent>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
index 6350054..792cedd 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   <artifactId>btreeapp</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>btreeapp</name>
 
   <parent>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
index ba296ac..ebca323 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
index 8e90606..ddb5b39 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
index 70c663d..b1c0d41 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoopcompatapp</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoopcompatapp</name>
 
   <parent>
@@ -149,6 +148,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
index dd96db8..054f97d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoopcompatclient</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoopcompatclient</name>
 
   <parent>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
index 1e029be..d4b9abb 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoopcompathelper</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoopcompathelper</name>
 
   <parent>
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
index a2cf5ae..16787ca 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hadoop-compat-example</name>
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
index e31af75..86813ef 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
index 8ce8108..551e2be 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hyracks-examples</name>
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
index ba8649e..0476bb3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>text-example</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>text-example</name>
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
index 8ac69d8..27dc508 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
   <artifactId>textapp</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>textapp</name>
 
   <parent>
@@ -144,6 +143,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
index 901f1fb2..796c95c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
   <artifactId>textclient</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>textclient</name>
 
   <parent>
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
index 8e32c8c..121c785 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
index b237c9b..9951792 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>tpch-example</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>tpch-example</name>
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
index 6b3f603..1e5e3c0 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
index 3426293..426a333 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
index e74d610..c8634f9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.6</source>
 					<target>1.6</target>
+					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
index 27a1e33..c28b3a2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.6</source>
 					<target>1.6</target>
+					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
index fccfec4..1e51a04 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.6</source>
 					<target>1.6</target>
+					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml
index cb0de08..f12e10c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 50c05da..64a3616 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
index a079306..d2962c4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
index 6c6640e..66d1c8d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
index 118d46d..a1f362e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
index 0b32733..93f2e90 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/pom.xml
index a647e9d..b8a7b7c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
index 61620ec..fd432ff 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
index 289171a..834c7d3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
index 25a5378..0cc8762 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
index 7b03a71..bf8c478 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
index 2cf6ce2..03490c7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
index ea86042..ba6da6d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
index bd10e13..d7b6288 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
index 0643804..2d1659d 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.6</source>
 					<target>1.6</target>
+					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
index 0908829..57ae85e 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.6</source>
 					<target>1.6</target>
+					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
index 05a1508..63fb33e 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.6</source>
 					<target>1.6</target>
+					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index 3f3ba00..9815cd1 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.6</source>
 					<target>1.6</target>
+					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
index 107f059..4de8290 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.6</source>
 					<target>1.6</target>
+					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
index ce8f985..e8e04a1 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.6</source>
 					<target>1.6</target>
+					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
index 82be6b9..22219e5 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.6</source>
 					<target>1.6</target>
+					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>