diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index e2d015316..b0f07214b 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -156,51 +156,6 @@
           </archive>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.1</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>copy-resources</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-resources</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>../eclipse_plugin/lib</outputDirectory>
-              <resources>
-                <resource>
-                  <directory>target</directory>
-                  <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jar</include>
-                </resource>
-              </resources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.10</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>../eclipse_plugin/lib</outputDirectory>
-              <overWriteReleases>true</overWriteReleases>
-              <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
-              <excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive>
-              <excludeArtifactIds>org.eclipse.jdt.core</excludeArtifactIds>
-              <excludeScope>compile</excludeScope>
-              <excludeScope>provided</excludeScope>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin</groupId>
         <artifactId>replacer</artifactId>
diff --git a/eclipse_plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/eclipse_plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 27613e9ce..fb8d1bbde 100644
--- a/eclipse_plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/eclipse_plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: google-java-format
 Bundle-SymbolicName: google-java-format-eclipse-plugin;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 1.6.0
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
+Bundle-Vendor: Google
+Bundle-Version: 1.9.0
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-11
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.jdt.core;bundle-version="3.10.0",
  org.eclipse.jface,
  org.eclipse.text,
  org.eclipse.ui,
  org.eclipse.equinox.common
 Bundle-ClassPath: .,
- lib/guava-22.0.jar,
- lib/javac-shaded-9+181-r4173-1.jar,
- lib/google-java-format-1.6.jar
+ lib/guava-28.1-jre.jar,
+ lib/google-java-format-1.9.jar
diff --git a/eclipse_plugin/README.md b/eclipse_plugin/README.md
index 332468d7e..39f608bf7 100644
--- a/eclipse_plugin/README.md
+++ b/eclipse_plugin/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# google-java-format Eclipse Plugin
+# Google Java Format Eclipse Plugin
 
 ## Enabling
 
@@ -6,21 +6,41 @@ See https://github.com/google/google-java-format#eclipse
 
 ## Development
 
-1) Uncomment `<module>eclipse_plugin</module>` in the parent `pom.xml`
+### Prerequisites
 
-2) Run `mvn install`, which will copy the dependences of the plugin to
-`eclipse_plugin/lib`.
+Make sure that the `build.properties` and `META-INF/MANIFEST.MF` contain all necessary dependencies
+for the build. Furthermore, make sure that the dependencies declared in the `pom.xml` match the
+entries in `build.properties` and `META-INF/MANIFEST.MF`.
 
-2) If you are using Java 9, add
+If the used google java format core version is a 'SNAPSHOT' release, the version for the Eclipse
+plugin in the `pom.xml` must end in '-SNAPSHOT' as well and the bundle version specified in
+`META-INF/MANIFEST.MF` must end in '.qualifier'.
 
-    ```
-    -vm
-    /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_91.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
-    ```
+### Building the Plugin
 
-    to `/Applications/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/eclipse.ini`.
+1) Run `mvn clean package` in the `eclipse_plugin` directory. This will first copy the dependencies
+of the plugin to `eclipse_plugin/lib/` and then triggers the tycho build that uses these
+dependencies (as declared in `build.properties`) for the actual Eclipse plugin build.<br><br>
+If you also want to add the build artifact to the local maven repository, you can use
+`mvn clean install -Dtycho.localArtifacts=ignore` instead. Note, however, that you then must use
+this build command for every build with that specific version number until you clear the build
+artifact (or the
+[p2-local-metadata.properties](https://wiki.eclipse.org/Tycho/Target_Platform#Locally_built_artifacts))
+from your local repository. Otherwise, you might run into issues caused by the build using an
+outdated build artifact created by a previous build instead of re-building the plugin. More
+information on this issue is given
+[in this thread](https://www.eclipse.org/lists/tycho-user/msg00952.html) and
+[this bug tracker entry](https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=355367).
 
-3) Open the `eclipse_plugin` project in a recent Eclipse SDK build.
+2) You can find the built plugin in
+`eclipse_plugin/target/google-java-format-eclipse-plugin-<version>.jar`
 
-4) From `File > Export` select `Plugin-in Development > Deployable plugin-ins
-and fragments` and follow the wizard to export a plugin jar.
+#### Building against a local (snapshot) release of the core
+
+With the current build setup, the Eclipse plugin build pulls the needed build artifacts of the
+google java format core specified in the property `google-java-format.version` and copies it into
+the `eclipse_plugin/lib/` directory.
+
+If you instead want to build against a local (snapshot) build of the core which is not available in
+a maven repository (local or otherwise), you will have to place the appropriate version into the
+`eclipse_plugin/lib/` directory yourself before the build.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eclipse_plugin/build.properties b/eclipse_plugin/build.properties
index dc5ae7c7e..161a94d3d 100644
--- a/eclipse_plugin/build.properties
+++ b/eclipse_plugin/build.properties
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ output.. = target/classes
 bin.includes = META-INF/,\
                .,\
                plugin.xml,\
-               lib/javac-shaded-9+181-r4173-1.jar,\
-               lib/guava-22.0.jar,\
-               lib/google-java-format-1.6.jar
+               lib/guava-28.1-jre.jar,\
+               lib/google-java-format-1.9.jar
diff --git a/eclipse_plugin/plugin.xml b/eclipse_plugin/plugin.xml
index b832a1e21..1fdfb6e41 100644
--- a/eclipse_plugin/plugin.xml
+++ b/eclipse_plugin/plugin.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
 <!--
   Copyright 2020 Google Inc.
 
@@ -14,7 +16,6 @@
   limitations under the License.
 -->
 
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <?eclipse version="3.4"?>
 <plugin>
    <extension point="org.eclipse.jdt.core.javaFormatter">
diff --git a/eclipse_plugin/pom.xml b/eclipse_plugin/pom.xml
index bb581cdb6..3c538a33c 100644
--- a/eclipse_plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/eclipse_plugin/pom.xml
@@ -14,28 +14,47 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>com.google.googlejavaformat</groupId>
-    <artifactId>google-java-format-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6</version>
-  </parent>
 
+  <groupId>com.google.googlejavaformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-java-format-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>1.6.0</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
-  <name>google-java-format Plugin for Eclipse 4.5+</name>
+  <version>1.9.0</version>
+
+  <name>Google Java Format Plugin for Eclipse 4.5+</name>
 
   <description>
-    A Java source code formatter that follows Google Java Style.
+    A Java source code formatter plugin for Eclipse that follows Google Java Style.
   </description>
 
   <properties>
-    <tycho-version>0.26.0</tycho-version>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+
+    <tycho-version>1.7.0</tycho-version>
+
+    <!-- specific library versions; must match declarations in build.properties and META-INF/MANIFEST.MF -->
+    <google-java-format.version>1.9</google-java-format.version>
+    <guava.version>28.1-jre</guava.version>
   </properties>
 
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.googlejavaformat</groupId>
+      <artifactId>google-java-format</artifactId>
+      <version>${google-java-format.version}</version>
+      <type>jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+      <version>${guava.version}</version>
+      <type>jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
   <repositories>
     <repository>
       <id>mars</id>
@@ -44,16 +63,28 @@
     </repository>
   </repositories>
 
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.googlejavaformat</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-java-format</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1.2</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
+            <phase>initialize</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+          <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
+          <excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive>
+          <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
@@ -61,7 +92,6 @@
         <version>${tycho-version}</version>
         <extensions>true</extensions>
       </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
         <artifactId>target-platform-configuration</artifactId>
@@ -97,7 +127,15 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.7.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>11</source>
+          <target>11</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-
 </project>