diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 36836ae..695fbe3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,23 +43,23 @@ libraryDependencies := {
 
 ## Maven sample
 
-The following `pom.xml` snippet assumes you define a `scalaBinaryVersion` property in your pom.xml file. For example, the `scalaBinaryVersion` should be set to `2.11` for any Scala 2.11.x version.
+The following `pom.xml` snippet assumes you define a `scala.compat.version` property in your pom.xml file for scala-maven-plugin 3.1.6 or later. For example, the `scala.compat.version` should be set to `2.11` for any Scala 2.11.x version.
 
 ```xml
 <!-- taken from: http://github.com/scala/scala-module-dependency-sample -->
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
-  <artifactId>scala-xml_${scalaBinaryVersion}</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>scala-xml_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
   <version>1.0.6</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
-  <artifactId>scala-parser-combinators_${scalaBinaryVersion}</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>scala-parser-combinators_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
   <version>1.0.4</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
-  <artifactId>scala-swing_${scalaBinaryVersion}</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>scala-swing_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
   <version>1.0.2</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
diff --git a/maven-sample/pom.xml b/maven-sample/pom.xml
index 641b4b0..a5c1afc 100644
--- a/maven-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-sample/pom.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
   <groupId>sample</groupId>
   <artifactId>scala-module-dependency-sample</artifactId>
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <properties>
+    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+  </properties>
   <!-- Maven profiles allow you to support both Scala 2.10, 2.11 and Scala 2.12 with
     the right dependencies for modules specified for each version separately -->
   <profiles>
@@ -13,28 +16,28 @@
         <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
       </activation>
       <properties>
-        <scalaVersion>2.12.0</scalaVersion>
-        <scalaBinaryVersion>2.12</scalaBinaryVersion>
+        <scala.version>2.12.0</scala.version>
+        <scala.compat.version>2.12</scala.compat.version>
       </properties>
       <dependencies>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
             <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
-            <version>${scalaVersion}</version>
+            <version>${scala.version}</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
-            <artifactId>scala-xml_${scalaBinaryVersion}</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>scala-xml_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.6</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
-            <artifactId>scala-parser-combinators_${scalaBinaryVersion}</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>scala-parser-combinators_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.4</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
-            <artifactId>scala-swing_${scalaBinaryVersion}</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>scala-swing_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
             <version>2.0.0-M2</version>
           </dependency>
       </dependencies>
@@ -42,28 +45,28 @@
     <profile>
       <id>scala-2.11</id>
       <properties>
-        <scalaVersion>2.11.8</scalaVersion>
-        <scalaBinaryVersion>2.11</scalaBinaryVersion>
+        <scala.version>2.11.8</scala.version>
+        <scala.compat.version>2.11</scala.compat.version>
       </properties>
       <dependencies>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
             <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
-            <version>${scalaVersion}</version>
+            <version>${scala.version}</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
-            <artifactId>scala-xml_${scalaBinaryVersion}</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>scala-xml_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.6</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
-            <artifactId>scala-parser-combinators_${scalaBinaryVersion}</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>scala-parser-combinators_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.4</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
-            <artifactId>scala-swing_${scalaBinaryVersion}</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>scala-swing_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.2</version>
           </dependency>
       </dependencies>
@@ -71,38 +74,36 @@
     <profile>
       <id>scala-2.10</id>
       <properties>
-        <scalaVersion>2.10.6</scalaVersion>
-        <scalaBinaryVersion>2.10</scalaBinaryVersion>
+        <scala.version>2.10.6</scala.version>
+        <scala.compat.version>2.10</scala.compat.version>
       </properties>
       <dependencies>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
             <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
-            <version>${scalaVersion}</version>
+            <version>${scala.version}</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
             <artifactId>scala-swing</artifactId>
-            <version>${scalaVersion}</version>
+            <version>${scala.version}</version>
           </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
   <build>
     <sourceDirectory>src/main/scala</sourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/scala</testSourceDirectory>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
-        </configuration>
+        <version>3.3</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.1</version>
+        <version>3.2.2</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
diff --git a/maven-sample/src/main/resources/.gitkeep b/maven-sample/src/main/resources/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/maven-sample/src/test/resources/.gitkeep b/maven-sample/src/test/resources/.gitkeep
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