diff --git a/jOOQ-checker/pom.xml b/jOOQ-checker/pom.xml
index 72f9caac44..1c02d00b61 100644
--- a/jOOQ-checker/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-checker/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@
 
     </licenses>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifestEntries>
+                            <Automatic-Module-Name>org.jooq.checker</Automatic-Module-Name>
+                        </manifestEntries>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
@@ -41,5 +57,4 @@
             <version>2.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
index c30ad4a058..a87a8a8fcd 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5</version>
                 <configuration>
 
                     <!-- see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5346 -->
@@ -62,6 +61,18 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifestEntries>
+                            <Automatic-Module-Name>org.jooq.codegen.maven</Automatic-Module-Name>
+                        </manifestEntries>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml
index 39993317c2..a29ea04881 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@
 
     </licenses>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifestEntries>
+                            <Automatic-Module-Name>org.jooq.codegen</Automatic-Module-Name>
+                        </manifestEntries>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/db/h2/Public.java b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/db/h2/Public.java
index 3eaf9ec9f4..b8f5c6146a 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/db/h2/Public.java
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/db/h2/Public.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import org.jooq.impl.SchemaImpl;
 @SuppressWarnings({ "all", "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
 public class Public extends SchemaImpl {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1858909872;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 763160494;
 
     /**
      * The reference instance of <code>PUBLIC</code>
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ public class Public extends SchemaImpl {
 
     private final List<Sequence<?>> getSequences0() {
         return Arrays.<Sequence<?>>asList(
-            Sequences.SYSTEM_SEQUENCE_BAAE77DE_8E0A_4B04_8632_BA38E2536BFD,
-            Sequences.SYSTEM_SEQUENCE_C32829E3_148C_42AA_A816_FCC9E789E824,
             Sequences.S_AUTHOR_ID,
             Sequences.S_BOOK_ID);
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/db/h2/Sequences.java b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/db/h2/Sequences.java
index d7c9715cde..99e1a30107 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/db/h2/Sequences.java
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/db/h2/Sequences.java
@@ -23,16 +23,6 @@ import org.jooq.impl.SequenceImpl;
 @SuppressWarnings({ "all", "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
 public class Sequences {
 
-    /**
-     * The sequence <code>PUBLIC.SYSTEM_SEQUENCE_BAAE77DE_8E0A_4B04_8632_BA38E2536BFD</code>
-     */
-    public static final Sequence<Long> SYSTEM_SEQUENCE_BAAE77DE_8E0A_4B04_8632_BA38E2536BFD = new SequenceImpl<Long>("SYSTEM_SEQUENCE_BAAE77DE_8E0A_4B04_8632_BA38E2536BFD", Public.PUBLIC, org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.BIGINT);
-
-    /**
-     * The sequence <code>PUBLIC.SYSTEM_SEQUENCE_C32829E3_148C_42AA_A816_FCC9E789E824</code>
-     */
-    public static final Sequence<Long> SYSTEM_SEQUENCE_C32829E3_148C_42AA_A816_FCC9E789E824 = new SequenceImpl<Long>("SYSTEM_SEQUENCE_C32829E3_148C_42AA_A816_FCC9E789E824", Public.PUBLIC, org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.BIGINT);
-
     /**
      * The sequence <code>PUBLIC.S_AUTHOR_ID</code>
      */
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta-extensions/pom.xml b/jOOQ-meta-extensions/pom.xml
index 814d33d95f..b18718dafb 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-meta-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@
 
     </licenses>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifestEntries>
+                            <Automatic-Module-Name>org.jooq.meta.extensions</Automatic-Module-Name>
+                        </manifestEntries>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta-extensions/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/ddl/DDLDatabase.java b/jOOQ-meta-extensions/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/ddl/DDLDatabase.java
index a95459a5e5..a14ae2d225 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta-extensions/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/ddl/DDLDatabase.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta-extensions/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/ddl/DDLDatabase.java
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.sql.Connection;
-import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Scanner;
 
 import org.jooq.DSLContext;
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ public class DDLDatabase extends H2Database {
             }
 
             try {
-                connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:h2:mem:jooq-meta-extensions", "sa", "");
+                Properties info = new Properties();
+                info.put("user", "sa");
+                info.put("password", "");
+                connection = new org.h2.Driver().connect("jdbc:h2:mem:jooq-meta-extensions", info);
 
                 InputStream in = null;
                 try {
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta-extensions/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jpa/JPADatabase.java b/jOOQ-meta-extensions/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jpa/JPADatabase.java
index a514b15449..4626c00952 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta-extensions/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jpa/JPADatabase.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta-extensions/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jpa/JPADatabase.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import static org.jooq.tools.StringUtils.isBlank;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.sql.Connection;
-import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import javax.persistence.AttributeConverter;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ public class JPADatabase extends H2Database {
             boolean useAttributeConverters = Boolean.valueOf(getProperties().getProperty("use-attribute-converters", "true"));
 
             try {
-                connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:h2:mem:jooq-meta-extensions", "sa", "");
+                Properties info = new Properties();
+                info.put("user", "sa");
+                info.put("password", "");
+                connection = new org.h2.Driver().connect("jdbc:h2:mem:jooq-meta-extensions", info);
 
                 MetadataSources metadata = new MetadataSources(
                     new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder()
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml b/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml
index cce73c81b3..3ec52110f3 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@
 
     </licenses>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifestEntries>
+                            <Automatic-Module-Name>org.jooq.meta</Automatic-Module-Name>
+                        </manifestEntries>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-scala_2.11/pom.xml b/jOOQ-scala_2.11/pom.xml
index 705e5d37c7..6aa6aec522 100644
--- a/jOOQ-scala_2.11/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-scala_2.11/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <scala.version>2.11.11</scala.version>
-        <org.h2.version>1.4.195</org.h2.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@
 
 
 
-
 
 
             <!-- [/trial] -->
@@ -134,7 +132,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.scala-tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-scala-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.15.2</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -149,7 +146,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.2</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>empty-javadoc-jar</id>
@@ -160,6 +156,11 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <classifier>javadoc</classifier>
                             <classesDirectory>${basedir}/javadoc</classesDirectory>
+                            <archive>
+                                <manifestEntries>
+                                    <Automatic-Module-Name>org.jooq.scala_2_11</Automatic-Module-Name>
+                                </manifestEntries>
+                            </archive>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
@@ -203,12 +204,6 @@
 
 
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
 
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-scala_2.12/pom.xml b/jOOQ-scala_2.12/pom.xml
index 2d660001e1..26d744589e 100644
--- a/jOOQ-scala_2.12/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-scala_2.12/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <scala.version>2.12.3</scala.version>
-        <org.h2.version>1.4.195</org.h2.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@
 
 
 
-
 
 
             <!-- [/trial] -->
@@ -134,7 +132,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.scala-tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-scala-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.15.2</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -149,7 +146,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.2</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>empty-javadoc-jar</id>
@@ -160,6 +156,11 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <classifier>javadoc</classifier>
                             <classesDirectory>${basedir}/javadoc</classesDirectory>
+                            <archive>
+                                <manifestEntries>
+                                    <Automatic-Module-Name>org.jooq.scala_2_11</Automatic-Module-Name>
+                                </manifestEntries>
+                            </archive>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
@@ -203,12 +204,6 @@
 
 
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
 
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/pom.xml b/jOOQ/pom.xml
index 60d883e849..825617083e 100644
--- a/jOOQ/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.4</version>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
@@ -65,11 +64,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
-                        <!-- add the generated manifest to the jar -->
                         <manifestFile>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+                        <manifestEntries>
+                            <Automatic-Module-Name>org.jooq</Automatic-Module-Name>
+                        </manifestEntries>
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f43d61bfa..d8b407d0fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,16 +94,96 @@
 
 
 
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+            <!-- Some projects will need an H2 database for testing, or to create temporary in-memory databases -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+                <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+                <version>1.4.196</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
     <build>
         <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.7.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.5</version>
+                </plugin>
+
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>sql-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.5</version>
+                </plugin>
+
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.scala-tools</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-scala-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.15.2</version>
+                </plugin>
+
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0.2</version>
+
+                    <configuration>
+                        <archive>
+                            <manifestEntries>
+                                <Built-By>Data Geekery GmbH</Built-By>
+                            </manifestEntries>
+                        </archive>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.7.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- When compilers say false, they mean true ...
                          https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-209 -->
@@ -132,12 +212,6 @@
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.2</version>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>