diff --git a/provision/provision-nexus.sh b/provision/provision-nexus.sh
index a628300..392b77f 100644
--- a/provision/provision-nexus.sh
+++ b/provision/provision-nexus.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ config_authentication='nexus'
 
 # install java.
 apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jre-headless
+apt-get install -y gnupg
 
 
 # add the nexus user.
@@ -31,9 +32,9 @@ install -d -o root -g nexus -m 750 /opt/nexus
 pushd /opt/nexus
 # see http://www.sonatype.com/download-oss-sonatype
 # see https://help.sonatype.com/display/NXRM3
-nexus_tarball=nexus-3.12.1-01-unix.tar.gz
+nexus_tarball=nexus-3.13.0-01-unix.tar.gz
 nexus_download_url=https://sonatype-download.global.ssl.fastly.net/nexus/3/$nexus_tarball
-nexus_download_sha1=4edc154398e27e6a0000915655f462aead374c90
+nexus_download_sha1=baf74b6d61254fd409ca8a058f113c8e18e55b0f
 wget -q $nexus_download_url
 if [ "$(sha1sum $nexus_tarball | awk '{print $1}')" != "$nexus_download_sha1" ]; then
     echo "downloaded $nexus_download_url failed the checksum verification"
diff --git a/provision/provision-nexus/Makefile b/provision/provision-nexus/Makefile
index f04173e..bc7c76f 100644
--- a/provision/provision-nexus/Makefile
+++ b/provision/provision-nexus/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ binaries: binaries-download
 
 binaries-download:
 	mkdir -p binaries
-	wget -qO- https://sonatype-download.global.ssl.fastly.net/nexus/3/nexus-3.12.1-01-unix.tar.gz \
+	wget -qO- https://sonatype-download.global.ssl.fastly.net/nexus/3/nexus-3.13.0-01-unix.tar.gz \
 		| tar xzf - --strip-components 1 -C binaries
 
 clean:
diff --git a/provision/provision-nexus/pom.xml b/provision/provision-nexus/pom.xml
index e4666ed..de6039e 100644
--- a/provision/provision-nexus/pom.xml
+++ b/provision/provision-nexus/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <properties>
-    <nx-version>3.12.1-01</nx-version>
+    <nx-version>3.13.0-01</nx-version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/provision/provision-nexus/provision-nexus.iml b/provision/provision-nexus/provision-nexus.iml
index 02f9059..151bc5b 100644
--- a/provision/provision-nexus/provision-nexus.iml
+++ b/provision/provision-nexus/provision-nexus.iml
@@ -8,20 +8,20 @@
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-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-bootstrap:3.12.1-01" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-core:3.13.0-01" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-bootstrap:3.13.0-01" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.25" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:1.7.25" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: uk.org.lidalia:sysout-over-slf4j:1.0.2" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-interpolation:1.24" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-supportzip-api:3.12.1-01" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-email:3.12.1-01" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-supportzip-api:3.13.0-01" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-email:3.13.0-01" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.apache.commons:commons-email:1.5" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-ssl:3.12.1-01" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-ssl:3.13.0-01" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.apache.geronimo.framework:geronimo-crypto:2.2.1" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-webhooks:3.12.1-01" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-script:3.12.1-01" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-common:3.12.1-01" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-webhooks:3.13.0-01" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-script:3.13.0-01" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-common:3.13.0-01" level="project" />
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     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.eclipse.sisu:org.eclipse.sisu.inject:0.3.2" level="project" />
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-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.11" level="project" />
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-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: commons-io:commons-io:2.4" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-validation:3.12.1-01" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-task-logging:3.13.0-01" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-validation:3.13.0-01" level="project" />
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     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.fasterxml:classmate:1.0.0" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: commons-validator:commons-validator:1.6" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: commons-digester:commons-digester:1.8.1" level="project" />
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-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-formfields:3.12.1-01" level="project" />
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+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-audit:3.13.0-01" level="project" />
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-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-cache:3.12.1-01" level="project" />
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-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on:1.56" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-crypto:3.13.0-01" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:1.59" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk15on:1.59" level="project" />
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     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.apache.shiro:shiro-guice:1.3.2" level="project" />
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-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-mime:3.12.1-01" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs:3.1.3.Final" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.jboss.spec.javax.ws.rs:jboss-jaxrs-api_2.0_spec:1.0.1.Beta1" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs-services:3.1.3.Final" level="project" />
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+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.2" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: commons-codec:commons-codec:1.9" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: commons-io:commons-io:2.5" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: net.jcip:jcip-annotations:1.0" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:3.3.0.Final" level="project" />
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+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-capability:3.13.0-01" level="project" />
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