diff --git a/github-oauth/pom.xml b/github-oauth/pom.xml
index 0b7a9b5..dc8b456 100644
--- a/github-oauth/pom.xml
+++ b/github-oauth/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.github</groupId>
     <artifactId>github-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.5.0.1</version>
+    <version>3.6.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>github-oauth</artifactId>
   <name>Gerrit Code Review - GitHub OAuth login</name>
diff --git a/github-oauth/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/github/oauth/OAuthFilter.java b/github-oauth/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/github/oauth/OAuthFilter.java
index 5025002..425755f 100644
--- a/github-oauth/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/github/oauth/OAuthFilter.java
+++ b/github-oauth/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/github/oauth/OAuthFilter.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 @Singleton
diff --git a/github-oauth/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/github/oauth/OAuthWebFilter.java b/github-oauth/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/github/oauth/OAuthWebFilter.java
index 316d1bb..87f56e5 100644
--- a/github-oauth/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/github/oauth/OAuthWebFilter.java
+++ b/github-oauth/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/github/oauth/OAuthWebFilter.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.ConfigInvalidException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileBasedConfig;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS;
diff --git a/github-plugin/pom.xml b/github-plugin/pom.xml
index fed554e..e12fd99 100644
--- a/github-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/github-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>github-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.github</groupId>
-    <version>3.5.0.1</version>
+    <version>3.6.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>github-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/github-plugin/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/github/git/PullRequestCreateChange.java b/github-plugin/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/github/git/PullRequestCreateChange.java
index 9a16329..3d0ec26 100644
--- a/github-plugin/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/github/git/PullRequestCreateChange.java
+++ b/github-plugin/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/github/git/PullRequestCreateChange.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Provider;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
@@ -100,7 +101,9 @@
           RestApiException {
     try (BatchUpdate bu =
         updateFactory.create(
-            project.getNameKey(), userFactory.create(pullRequestOwner), TimeUtil.nowTs())) {
+            project.getNameKey(),
+            userFactory.create(pullRequestOwner),
+            Instant.now())) {
 
       return internalAddCommitToChange(
           bu,
@@ -254,7 +257,7 @@
             Change.id(sequences.nextChangeId()),
             pullRequestOwner,
             BranchNameKey.create(project, destRef.getName()),
-            TimeUtil.nowTs());
+            Instant.now());
     if (topic != null) {
       change.setTopic(topic);
     }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 106f4c3..6202ae3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.github</groupId>
   <artifactId>github-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>3.5.0.2</version>
+  <version>3.6.0-rc1</version>
   <name>Gerrit Code Review - GitHub integration</name>
   <url>http://www.gerritforge.com</url>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
         <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-        <version>1.18.16</version>
+        <version>1.18.22</version>
         <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>