diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3615b4fd5..04e7e893e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <module>ebean-querybean</module>
     <module>ebean-postgis</module>
     <module>ebean-redis</module>
-    <!-- <module>tests</module> -->
+    <module>tests</module>
   </modules>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index 28e238922..a2b7c3faa 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
   <description>test modules</description>
 
   <modules>
-    <module>test-java16</module>
+    <!-- test-java16 REQUIRES JDK 16 to run -->
+<!--    <module>test-java16</module>-->
+    <!-- test-kotlin does NOT run with JDK 16!! -->
     <module>test-kotlin</module>
   </modules>
 
diff --git a/tests/test-java16/pom.xml b/tests/test-java16/pom.xml
index e3c81605e..d8500179f 100644
--- a/tests/test-java16/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/test-java16/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-test</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
             <path>
               <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
               <artifactId>querybean-generator</artifactId>
-              <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <version>12.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             </path>
           </annotationProcessorPaths>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/tests/test-kotlin/pom.xml b/tests/test-kotlin/pom.xml
index 87ef28f4a..4d892af66 100644
--- a/tests/test-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/test-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
 
-    <ebean-maven-plugin.version>12.11.5</ebean-maven-plugin.version>
+    <ebean-maven-plugin.version>12.12.0</ebean-maven-plugin.version>
     <kotlin.version>1.5.31</kotlin.version>
     <jackson.version>2.12.1</jackson.version>
   </properties>
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-test</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -104,15 +104,6 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
-      <!--  TODO remove. May be enable signing in release profile?   -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <skip>true</skip>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>