diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a5ec74895e8..1678c811758f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
   <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-  <version>9.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>10.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>checkstyle</name>
@@ -199,42 +199,43 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire.options />
     <projectVersion>${project.version}</projectVersion>
-    <antlr4.version>4.9.2</antlr4.version>
-    <maven.site.plugin.version>3.9.1</maven.site.plugin.version>
-    <maven.spotbugs.plugin.version>4.2.3</maven.spotbugs.plugin.version>
-    <maven.pmd.plugin.version>3.15.0</maven.pmd.plugin.version>
-    <pmd.version>6.38.0</pmd.version>
+    <antlr4.version>4.9.3</antlr4.version>
+    <maven.site.plugin.version>3.11.0</maven.site.plugin.version>
+    <maven.spotbugs.plugin.version>4.6.0.0</maven.spotbugs.plugin.version>
+    <maven.pmd.plugin.version>3.16.0</maven.pmd.plugin.version>
+    <pmd.version>6.43.0</pmd.version>
     <maven.jacoco.plugin.version>0.8.7</maven.jacoco.plugin.version>
-    <powermock.version>2.0.9</powermock.version>
+    <mockito.version>4.4.0</mockito.version>
     <saxon.version>10.6</saxon.version>
     <maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>3.1.2</maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>
-    <maven.sevntu.checkstyle.plugin.version>1.40.0</maven.sevntu.checkstyle.plugin.version>
+    <maven.sevntu.checkstyle.plugin.version>1.41.0</maven.sevntu.checkstyle.plugin.version>
     <maven.sevntu-checkstyle-check.checkstyle.version>
-      8.43
+      9.1
     </maven.sevntu-checkstyle-check.checkstyle.version>
-    <maven.versions.plugin.version>2.8.1</maven.versions.plugin.version>
-    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-    <pitest.plugin.version>1.7.0</pitest.plugin.version>
+    <maven.versions.plugin.version>2.10.0</maven.versions.plugin.version>
+    <java.version>11</java.version>
+    <pitest.plugin.version>1.7.5</pitest.plugin.version>
     <pitest.plugin.timeout.factor>10</pitest.plugin.timeout.factor>
     <pitest.plugin.timeout.constant>50000</pitest.plugin.timeout.constant>
     <pitest.plugin.threads>4</pitest.plugin.threads>
     <pitest.junit5.plugin.version>0.15</pitest.junit5.plugin.version>
     <sonar.test.exclusions>**/test/resources/**/*,**/it/resources/**/*</sonar.test.exclusions>
-    <junit.version>5.8.0</junit.version>
-    <forbiddenapis.version>3.2</forbiddenapis.version>
+    <junit.version>5.8.2</junit.version>
+    <forbiddenapis.version>3.3</forbiddenapis.version>
+    <json-schema-validator.version>1.2.0</json-schema-validator.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>archunit-junit5</artifactId>
-      <version>0.21.0</version>
+      <version>0.23.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
       <artifactId>picocli</artifactId>
-      <version>4.6.1</version>
+      <version>4.6.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
@@ -249,18 +250,18 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>30.1.1-jre</version>
+      <version>31.1-jre</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.11</version>
+      <version>1.10.12</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
       <artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.12</version>
+      <version>0.10.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- test scope stuff -->
@@ -279,20 +280,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.itsallcode</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit5-system-extensions</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.0</version>
+      <version>1.2.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit-pioneer</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-pioneer</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <!-- till https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/7368 -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit.version}</version>
+      <version>1.6.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -301,37 +295,16 @@
       <version>1.1.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <!-- till https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/7368 -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.github.stefanbirkner</groupId>
-      <artifactId>system-rules</artifactId>
-      <version>1.19.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>nl.jqno.equalsverifier</groupId>
       <artifactId>equalsverifier</artifactId>
-      <version>3.7.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
-      <artifactId>powermock-api-mockito2</artifactId>
-      <version>${powermock.version}</version>
+      <version>3.10</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <!-- till https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/7368 -->
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
-      <version>3.28.0-GA</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <!-- till https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/7368 -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
-      <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4</artifactId>
-      <version>${powermock.version}</version>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-inline</artifactId>
+      <version>${mockito.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -343,13 +316,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
-      <version>5.13.0.202109080827-r</version>
+      <version>6.1.0.202203080745-r</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.32</version>
+      <version>1.7.36</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -390,7 +363,7 @@
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
-        <!-- from super-pom http://maven.apache.org/ref/3.5.2/maven-model-builder/super-pom.html
+        <!-- from super-pom https://maven.apache.org/ref/3.5.2/maven-model-builder/super-pom.html
              BEGIN -->
         <!-- we need to override just make "mvn versions:plugin-updates-report"
              see no old versions -->
@@ -404,7 +377,7 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2.0</version>
+          <version>3.3.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -421,12 +394,12 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.9.0.2155</version>
+          <version>3.9.1.2184</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2.4</version>
+          <version>3.3.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
@@ -443,10 +416,17 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.3.1</version>
+          <version>3.3.2</version>
           <configuration>
+            <!-- Exclude generated sources. -->
+            <excludePackageNames>
+              com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.grammar.java:
+              com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.grammar.javadoc:
+            </excludePackageNames>
             <source>${java.version}</source>
+            <show>private</show>
             <failOnError>true</failOnError>
+            <failOnWarnings>true</failOnWarnings>
             <linksource>true</linksource>
             <tags>
               <tag>
@@ -513,6 +493,13 @@
             <threshold>Low</threshold>
             <excludeFilterFile>config/spotbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
             <spotbugsXmlOutputDirectory>target/spotbugsreports</spotbugsXmlOutputDirectory>
+            <plugins>
+              <plugin>
+                <groupId>com.mebigfatguy.sb-contrib</groupId>
+                <artifactId>sb-contrib</artifactId>
+                <version>7.4.7</version>
+              </plugin>
+            </plugins>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
 
@@ -587,7 +574,24 @@
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
-
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.gaul</groupId>
+        <artifactId>modernizer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <javaVersion>${java.version}</javaVersion>
+          <includeTestClasses>false</includeTestClasses>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>modernizer</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>modernizer</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -697,7 +701,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.1</version>
+        <version>3.10.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>${java.version}</source>
           <target>${java.version}</target>
@@ -1055,12 +1059,12 @@
                     <limit>
                       <counter>LINE</counter>
                       <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                      <minimum>0.93</minimum>
+                      <minimum>0.91</minimum>
                     </limit>
                     <limit>
                       <counter>BRANCH</counter>
                       <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                      <minimum>0.80</minimum>
+                      <minimum>0.77</minimum>
                     </limit>
                   </limits>
                 </rule>
@@ -1075,27 +1079,12 @@
                     <limit>
                       <counter>LINE</counter>
                       <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                      <minimum>0.74</minimum>
+                      <minimum>0.95</minimum>
                     </limit>
                     <limit>
                       <counter>BRANCH</counter>
                       <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                      <minimum>0.71</minimum>
-                    </limit>
-                  </limits>
-                </rule>
-                <rule>
-                  <element>CLASS</element>
-                  <includes>
-                    <include>
-                       com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.meta.ModuleDetails
-                    </include>
-                  </includes>
-                  <limits>
-                    <limit>
-                      <counter>LINE</counter>
-                      <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                      <minimum>0.76</minimum>
+                      <minimum>0.93</minimum>
                     </limit>
                   </limits>
                 </rule>
@@ -1108,7 +1097,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.8</version>
+        <version>1.6.12</version>
         <extensions>true</extensions>
         <configuration>
           <!-- serverId is ID of a <server> section from Maven's settings.xml
@@ -1198,7 +1187,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.0</version>
+        <version>3.3.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>add-source</id>
@@ -1332,7 +1321,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.0</version>
+        <version>3.2.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <archive>
             <manifest>
@@ -1448,7 +1437,7 @@
               <includes>
                 <include>site.xml</include>
               </includes>
-              <systemId>.ci/travis/decoration-1.8.0.xsd</systemId>
+              <systemId>.ci/decoration-1.8.0.xsd</systemId>
             </validationSet>
             <validationSet>
               <validating>true</validating>
@@ -1509,6 +1498,28 @@
                 <exclude>**/JavadocPropertiesGenerator.class</exclude>
                 <!-- generated classes, unfortunately use problematic api -->
                 <exclude>**/JavadocParser.class</exclude>
+                <!-- reason at https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/7759 -->
+                <exclude>**/RegexpCheck.class</exclude>
+                <!-- no code in file, no AST to log -->
+                <exclude>**/NoCodeInFileCheck.class</exclude>
+                <!-- until https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5770 -->
+                <exclude>**/AbstractJavadocCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/AtclauseOrderCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/JavadocBlockTagLocationCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/JavadocMethodCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/JavadocMissingLeadingAsteriskCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/JavadocMissingWhitespaceAfterAsteriskCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/JavadocParagraphCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/JavadocStyleCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/JavadocTagContinuationIndentationCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/JavadocTypeCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/MissingDeprecatedCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/NonEmptyAtclauseDescriptionCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/RequireEmptyLineBeforeBlockTagGroupCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/SingleLineJavadocCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/SummaryJavadocCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/WriteTagCheck.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/JavadocMetadataScraper.class</exclude>
               </excludes>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
@@ -1528,78 +1539,83 @@
                 <exclude>**/MainTest.class</exclude>
                 <!-- tests need forbidden apis to test the main code fully -->
                 <exclude>**/XpathFileGeneratorAuditListenerTest.class</exclude>
-                <!-- These tests uses java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.isAccessible
-                  which has no Java 8 compatible workaround. -->
-                <exclude>**/AllChecksTest.class</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/XdocsPagesTest.class</exclude>
                 <!-- Needed for testing deprecated API. -->
                 <exclude>**/DefaultConfigurationTest.class</exclude>
-                <!-- Inline Config cannot be supported. -->
-                <exclude>**/UniquePropertiesCheckTest.class</exclude>
+                <!-- is not Check or Filter, it is internal module -->
+                <exclude>**/MetadataGeneratorUtilTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/LineLengthCheckTest.class</exclude>
+                <!-- Inline Config cannot be supported, bdd need support for other comment types -->
+                <exclude>**/UniquePropertiesCheckTest.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/OrderedPropertiesCheckTest.class</exclude>
 
+                <!-- some tests are not for java files, need support of different header comment -->
+                <exclude>**/RegexpMultilineCheckTest.class</exclude>
                 <exclude>**/RegexpCheckTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/SuppressionSingleFilterTest.class</exclude>
-
-                <exclude>**/AllSinglelineCommentsTest.class</exclude>
+                <!-- input files are not java files, bdd need support for other comment types -->
+                <exclude>**/SuppressWithPlainTextCommentFilterTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/FileSetCheckTest.class</exclude>
+                <!-- stay in old way as format of input files is very special -->
+                <exclude>**/IndentationCheckTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/AbstractFileSetCheckTest.class</exclude>
+                <!-- two methods use old method as Input file must be completely empty -->
+                <exclude>**/NoCodeInFileCheckTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/OrderedPropertiesCheckTest.class</exclude>
+                <!-- content of file does not matter at all -->
+                <exclude>**/RegexpOnFilenameCheckTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/SuppressionCommentFilterTest.class</exclude>
+                <!-- all bellow until https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11446 -->
 
-                <exclude>**/RegexpMultilineCheckTest.class</exclude>
+                <!-- usage of custom internal module, 'execute' method should be used -->
+                <exclude>**/FileSetCheckTest.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/AbstractFileSetCheckTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/EmptyLineSeparatorCheckTest.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/DetailAstImplTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/IndentationCheckTest.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/TreeWalkerTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/NoCodeInFileCheckTest.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/CheckerTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/TreeWalkerTest.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/AllBlockCommentsTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/RegexpOnFilenameCheckTest.class</exclude>
+                <!-- test needs to be updated -->
+                <exclude>**/SuppressionCommentFilterTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/CheckerTest.class</exclude>
+                <!-- remain test methods should be updated -->
+                <exclude>**/EmptyLineSeparatorCheckTest.class</exclude>
 
+                <!-- content header is conflicting with Input inline header -->
                 <exclude>**/HeaderCheckTest.class</exclude>
+                <!-- content header is conflicting with Input inline header -->
+                <exclude>**/RegexpHeaderCheckTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/SuppressWarningsFilterTest.class</exclude>
-
+                <!-- remain test methods should be updated -->
                 <exclude>**/SuppressWarningsHolderTest.class</exclude>
 
+                <!-- test should be updated -->
                 <exclude>**/ImportControlCheckTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/SuppressWithPlainTextCommentFilterTest.class</exclude>
-
+                <!-- test should be updated -->
                 <exclude>**/AbstractCheckTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/RegexpHeaderCheckTest.class</exclude>
-
-                <exclude>**/ImportOrderCheckTest.class</exclude>
-
-                <exclude>**/DetailAstImplTest.class</exclude>
-
+                <!-- tests need to be updated -->
                 <exclude>**/SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilterTest.class</exclude>
 
+                <!-- this class contain forbidden verify method -->
                 <exclude>**/AbstractModuleTestSupport.class</exclude>
 
+                <!-- test should be updated -->
                 <exclude>**/CommentsIndentationCheckTest.class</exclude>
 
+                <!-- test need to be updated -->
                 <exclude>**/SuppressionFilterTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <exclude>**/AllBlockCommentsTest.class</exclude>
-
-                <exclude>**/NonEmptyAtclauseDescriptionCheckTest.class</exclude>
-
+                <!-- tests should be updated -->
                 <exclude>**/WriteTagCheckTest.class</exclude>
 
+                <!-- tests should be updated -->
                 <exclude>**/AbstractJavadocCheckTest.class</exclude>
+
               </excludes>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
@@ -1614,7 +1630,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.groupon.maven.plugin.json</groupId>
         <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0</version>
+        <version>${json-schema-validator.version}</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>verify</phase>
@@ -1627,7 +1643,7 @@
           <validations>
             <validation>
               <directory>${basedir}/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/sariflogger</directory>
-              <jsonSchema>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oasis-tcs/sarif-spec/master/Schemata/sarif-schema-2.1.0.json</jsonSchema>
+              <jsonSchema>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oasis-tcs/sarif-spec/master/Documents/CommitteeSpecifications/2.1.0/sarif-schema-2.1.0.json</jsonSchema>
               <includes>
                 <include>**/*.sarif</include>
               </includes>
@@ -1642,7 +1658,7 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.2</version>
+        <version>3.2.2</version>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
@@ -1675,7 +1691,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.1</version>
+        <version>3.2.0</version>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
@@ -1687,10 +1703,9 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
         <configuration>
-          <!-- skip till http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MTAGLIST-71 -->
-          <skipTestSources>true</skipTestSources>
+          <excludes>**/*/checks/TodoCommentCheck.java</excludes>
           <tagListOptions>
             <tagClasses>
               <tagClass>
@@ -1819,7 +1834,7 @@
             <excludedLink>http://www.antlr.org/antlr4-maven-plugin</excludedLink>
             <!-- Excluded due to Maven Release Plugin's issue #919:
                  https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEASE-919 -->
-            <excludedLink>http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/</excludedLink>
+            <excludedLink>https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/</excludedLink>
             <!-- permanent java.net.UnknownHostException : -->
             <excludedLink>http://jacoco-maven-plugin/</excludedLink>
             <!-- Excluded till https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/NEXUS-9643 -->
@@ -1876,6 +1891,17 @@
             <excludedLink>https://freedomsponsors.org/*</excludedLink>
             <!-- site works fine in browser but for plugin always return 500  -->
             <excludedLink>https://liberapay.com/checkstyle/</excludedLink>
+            <!-- CertPathValidatorException: validity check failed  -->
+            <excludedLink>https://www.jarchitect.com</excludedLink>
+            <!-- until new plugins are released to generate link with https -->
+            <excludedLink>http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/</excludedLink>
+            <excludedLink>http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/</excludedLink>
+            <excludedLink>http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/</excludedLink>
+            <excludedLink>http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-install-plugin/</excludedLink>
+            <excludedLink>http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-linkcheck-plugin/</excludedLink>
+            <!-- permanent 403 -->
+            <excludedLink>https://www.ej-technologies.com/*</excludedLink>
+            <excludedLink>https://travis-ci.com/</excludedLink>
           </excludedLinks>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
@@ -1885,17 +1911,6 @@
 
   <profiles>
 
-    <!-- Till https://github.com/powermock/powermock/issues/1094 -->
-    <profile>
-      <id>java16</id>
-      <activation>
-        <jdk>[16,)</jdk>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <surefire.options>--illegal-access=warn</surefire.options>
-      </properties>
-    </profile>
-
     <profile>
       <!-- To be used during development. Run the command -->
       <!-- mvn -Pno-validations site -->
@@ -1912,7 +1927,23 @@
         <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
         <linkcheck.skip>true</linkcheck.skip>
         <jdepend.skip>true</jdepend.skip>
+        <modernizer.skip>true</modernizer.skip>
       </properties>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <!-- disable json validation plugin since it has no cli property for disable -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>com.groupon.maven.plugin.json</groupId>
+            <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
+            <version>${json-schema-validator.version}</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <phase>none</phase>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
     </profile>
 
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         <linkcheck.skip>true</linkcheck.skip>
         <jdepend.skip>true</jdepend.skip>
+        <modernizer.skip>true</modernizer.skip>
         <!-- difference from "no-validations" -->
         <maven.site.skip>true</maven.site.skip>
       </properties>
@@ -2006,6 +2038,18 @@
               </execution>
             </executions>
           </plugin>
+
+          <!-- disable json validation plugin since it has no cli property for disable -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>com.groupon.maven.plugin.json</groupId>
+            <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
+            <version>${json-schema-validator.version}</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <phase>none</phase>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
 
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       <id>pitest-misc</id>
       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
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       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
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       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
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     <profile>
       <id>pitest-coding</id>
       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
       </properties>
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                 <mutator>MATH</mutator>
                 <mutator>NEGATE_CONDITIONALS</mutator>
-                <!-- result in 115 extra survived items, too much to keep in ignore list -->
-                <!-- <mutator>REMOVE_CONDITIONALS</mutator> -->
+                <mutator>REMOVE_CONDITIONALS</mutator>
                 <mutator>RETURN_VALS</mutator>
                 <mutator>TRUE_RETURNS</mutator>
                 <mutator>VOID_METHOD_CALLS</mutator>
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                 <param>*.Input*</param>
               </excludedTestClasses>
               <coverageThreshold>100</coverageThreshold>
-              <mutationThreshold>100</mutationThreshold>
+              <mutationThreshold>99</mutationThreshold>
               <timeoutFactor>${pitest.plugin.timeout.factor}</timeoutFactor>
               <timeoutConstant>${pitest.plugin.timeout.constant}</timeoutConstant>
               <threads>${pitest.plugin.threads}</threads>
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       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
       </properties>
       <build>
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     <profile>
       <id>pitest-header</id>
       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
       </properties>
       <build>
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     <profile>
       <id>pitest-imports</id>
       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
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       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
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       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
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       <id>pitest-metrics</id>
       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
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@@ -2535,7 +2568,6 @@
     <profile>
       <id>pitest-modifier</id>
       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
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       <build>
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     <profile>
       <id>pitest-naming</id>
       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
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       <build>
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     <profile>
       <id>pitest-regexp</id>
       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
       </properties>
       <build>
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     <profile>
       <id>pitest-sizes</id>
       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
       </properties>
       <build>
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     <profile>
       <id>pitest-whitespace</id>
       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
       </properties>
       <build>
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     <profile>
       <id>pitest-ant</id>
       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
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-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
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                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.XMLLogger*</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.SarifLogger*</param>
+                <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.MetadataGeneratorLogger*</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.PackageObjectFactory*</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.PropertiesExpander*</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.PropertyCacheFile*</param>
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                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.grammar.CrAwareLexerSimulator</param>
                 <!-- interfaces -->
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.AuditEventFormatter</param>
+                <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.XdocsPropertyType</param>
+                <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.PropertyType</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.FileStatefulCheck</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.ModuleFactory</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.PropertyResolver</param>
@@ -2898,12 +2926,14 @@
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               <targetTests>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.AuditEventDefaultFormatterTest</param>
+                <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.XdocsPropertyTypeTest</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.ConfigurationLoaderTest</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.DefaultConfigurationTest</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.DefaultLoggerTest</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.DefinitionsTest</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.XMLLoggerTest</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.SarifLoggerTest</param>
+                <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.MetadataGeneratorLoggerTest</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.PackageObjectFactoryTest</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.PropertiesExpanderTest</param>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.PropertyCacheFileTest</param>
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                 <!-- this test is required for Checker -->
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.filefilters.BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilterTest</param>
+                <!-- This test is the primary user of metadataGeneratorLogger -->
+                <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.meta.MetadataGeneratorUtilTest</param>
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               <mutationThreshold>95</mutationThreshold>
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     <profile>
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       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
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       <build>
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     <profile>
       <id>pitest-tree-walker</id>
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       <build>
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       <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
       </properties>
       <build>
@@ -3154,6 +3182,8 @@
               </targetClasses>
               <targetTests>
                 <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.*</param>
+                <!-- 1% mutation in FullIdent -->
+                <param>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding.UnusedLocalVariableCheckTest</param>
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               <excludedTestClasses>
                 <param>*.Input*</param>
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       <build>
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                   com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.AbstractJavadocCheckTest
                 </param>
+                <param>
+                  com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharactersCheckTest
+                </param>
+                <param>
+                  com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.whitespace.SingleSpaceSeparatorCheckTest
+                </param>
+                <!-- 35% coverage, 29% mutation in CodePointUtil -->
+                <param>
+                  com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.whitespace.SeparatorWrapCheckTest
+                </param>
                 <!-- 2% mutation in ScopeUtil -->
                 <param>
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@@ -3291,12 +3329,21 @@
                 <param>
                   com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding.MultipleStringLiteralsCheckTest
                 </param>
+                <param>
+                  com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding.IllegalThrowsCheckTest
+                </param>
                 <param>
                   com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.JavadocMethodCheckTest
                 </param>
                 <param>
                   com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.OuterTypeFilenameCheckTest
                 </param>
+                <param>
+                  com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding.UnusedLocalVariableCheckTest
+                </param>
+                <param>
+                  com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.design.FinalClassCheckTest
+                </param>
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