diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 277fc11..cd8f060 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ To add Wookiee caching you need to include the dependency into your maven pom, l
 ```
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.webtrends</groupId>
-  <artifactId>wookiee-cache_2.11</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>wookiee-cache_2.12</artifactId>
   <version>${platform.version}</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ This would then download the libraries that allow using the Cacheable Trait. By
 ```
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.webtrends</groupId>
-  <artifactId>wookiee-cache-memcache_2.11</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>wookiee-cache-memcache_2.12</artifactId>
   <version>${platform.version}</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f48d33..de131ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@
         <build.number>999</build.number>
         <build.version>1.0.0</build.version>
         <release.type>SNAPSHOT</release.type>
-        <scala.artifact.version>2.11</scala.artifact.version>
-        <scala.version>2.11.12</scala.version>
+        <scala.artifact.version>2.12</scala.artifact.version>
+        <scala.version>2.12.10</scala.version>
         <build>${build.number}</build>
         <build-artifact-name>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</build-artifact-name>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <scoverage.plugin.version>1.1.1</scoverage.plugin.version>
-        <wookiee.core.version>1.3.41</wookiee.core.version>
+        <wookiee.core.version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</wookiee.core.version>
     </properties>
 
     <groupId>com.webtrends</groupId>
-    <artifactId>wookiee-cache_2.11</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <artifactId>wookiee-cache_${scala.artifact.version}</artifactId>
+    <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Component: Cache</name>
     <description>Wookiee Cache enables an easy Cacheable trait for in process memory caching.
@@ -85,23 +85,47 @@
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>wookiee-test_${scala.artifact.version}</artifactId>
             <version>${wookiee.core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.liftweb</groupId>
             <artifactId>lift-json-ext_${scala.artifact.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.2</version>
+            <version>3.4.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
             <artifactId>scalatest_${scala.artifact.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.0</version>
+            <version>3.1.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
             <artifactId>scalatest-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-M2</version>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.specs2</groupId>
+            <artifactId>specs2-junit_${scala.artifact.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>3.9.2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
+            <artifactId>akka-testkit_${scala.artifact.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>2.6.5</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.11</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jboss.netty/netty -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+            <version>3.2.10.Final</version>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -137,7 +161,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.code.sbt-compiler-maven-plugin</groupId>
                 <artifactId>sbt-compiler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0.0-beta5</version>
+                <version>1.0.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>default-sbt-compile</id>