diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e1335d59cdc..ac752ea98301 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
     <groupId>org.mage</groupId>
     <artifactId>mage-root</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.49</version>
+    <version>1.4.50</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Mage Root</name>
     <description>Mage Root POM</description>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.1</version>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
                     <target>1.8</target>
@@ -51,20 +50,57 @@
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+
+            <!-- JaCoCo Code Coverage report generation -->
+            <!-- Examples: http://tdongsi.github.io/blog/2017/09/23/jacoco-in-maven-project/ -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.8.7</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <!-- prepare command line to inject in java agent (collect code executing stats) -->
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <!-- generate current module's report -->
+                        <id>generate-code-coverage-report</id>
+                        <phase>verify</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>report</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <!-- generate combined report (current and dependency modules) -->
+                        <id>report-aggregate</id>
+                        <phase>verify</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>report-aggregate</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
+
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.22.2</version>
+                    <version>3.0.0-M5</version>
+                    <!--
+                    for compatible with jacoco code coverage - argLine moved to properties section
                     <configuration>
                         <argLine>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</argLine>
                     </configuration>
+                    -->
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>
+
     <modules>
         <module>Mage</module>
         <module>Mage.Common</module>
@@ -98,47 +134,117 @@
     </repositories>
 
     <properties>
-        <mage-version>1.4.49</mage-version>
+        <mage-version>1.4.50</mage-version>
+        <argLine>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</argLine>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'</maven.build.timestamp.format>
+
+        <!--
+            JaCoCo code coverage disabled by default. If you need to generate
+            execute stats and reports then run tests by maven command
+            like "mvn install -Djacoco.skip=false".
+            Stats:
+            - load coverage data for IntelliJ IDEA from ./target/jacoco.exec
+            - web report in ./target/site/jacoco/index.html
+            - for sonar support see below
+        -->
+        <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
+
+        <!-- Sonar settings for code coverage. Must be only one report for all modules (use report-aggregate goal report from JaCoCo) -->
+        <aggregate.report.dir>Mage.Verify/target/site/jacoco-aggregate/jacoco.xml</aggregate.report.dir>
+        <sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>${project.basedir}/../${aggregate.report.dir}</sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
     </properties>
 
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- GLOBAL dependencies - used in all xmage modules (no need to add it to child modules) -->
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- logs support (log4j as engine + slf4j as facade) -->
+            <!-- TODO: migrate from log4j to logback code usage (see SLF4J Migrator http://www.slf4j.org/migrator.html) -->
+            <!-- TODO: migrate log4j configs to logback xml (see properties to xml translation http://logback.qos.ch/translator/ -->
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+            <version>1.7.32</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- database support - ORM -->
+            <groupId>com.j256.ormlite</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ormlite-jdbc</artifactId>
+            <version>5.7</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- database support - H2 db engine (main db) -->
+            <!-- WARNING, do not update db engine (stable: 1.4.197) cause compatibility issues, see https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/2078 -->
+            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.206</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- junit 4 tests -->
+            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
+            <version>5.8.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- junit 5 tests -->
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+            <version>5.8.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- write asserts in unit tests like a real language -->
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>3.21.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
     <dependencyManagement>
+        <!-- OTHER dependencies - you must add it to child modules manually (copy groupId and artifactId without scope and version) -->
+        <!-- write shared libs from all childs here to version control -->
         <dependencies>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>junit</groupId>
-                <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-                <version>4.13.1</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.17</version>
+                <!-- junit compatible dependencies (xmage uses junit 5 platform for all v4 and v5 tests) -->
+                <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
+                <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>5.8.1</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-                <version>1.8.0-beta2</version>
+                <!-- json support -->
+                <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+                <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+                <version>2.8.8</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
+                <!-- extended lib from google (collections, io, etc) -->
                 <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
                 <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
                 <version>30.1.1-jre</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-                <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-                <version>5.7.0</version>
+                <!-- escape/unescape html in texts -->
+                <groupId>org.unbescape</groupId>
+                <artifactId>unbescape</artifactId>
+                <version>1.1.6.RELEASE</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-                <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-                <version>3.18.0</version>
+                <!-- zip files support -->
+                <groupId>net.java.truevfs</groupId>
+                <artifactId>truevfs-profile-base</artifactId>
+                <version>0.14.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
+                <!-- lib with useful code and utils -->
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11</version>
+                <version>3.12.0</version>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>