diff --git a/library/pom.xml b/library/pom.xml
index 081bbc74b..201553e57 100644
--- a/library/pom.xml
+++ b/library/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
 			<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
 			<artifactId>support-v4</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+         	<dependency>
+        		 <groupId>com.actionbarsherlock</groupId>
+             		 <artifactId>actionbarsherlock</artifactId>
+        		 <version>4.4.0</version>
+			 <type>apklib</type>
+         	</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/library/src/com/jeremyfeinstein/slidingmenu/lib/app/SlidingActivity.java b/library/src/com/jeremyfeinstein/slidingmenu/lib/app/SlidingActivity.java
index a47114d6f..26017f341 100644
--- a/library/src/com/jeremyfeinstein/slidingmenu/lib/app/SlidingActivity.java
+++ b/library/src/com/jeremyfeinstein/slidingmenu/lib/app/SlidingActivity.java
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams;
+import com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockActivity;
 
 import com.jeremyfeinstein.slidingmenu.lib.SlidingMenu;
 
-public class SlidingActivity extends Activity implements SlidingActivityBase {
+public class SlidingActivity extends SherlockActivity implements SlidingActivityBase {
 
 	private SlidingActivityHelper mHelper;
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b0df6036..2b8592600 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 
 	<modules>
 		<module>library</module>
-		<module>library-maps-support</module>
+		<!-- This is not used, so commenting this out -->
+		<!--<module>library-maps-support</module>-->
 	</modules>
 
 	<scm>
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.google.android.maps</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maps</artifactId>
-				<version>17_r1</version>
+				<version>19_r5</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
 					<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.6.0</version>
+					<version>3.9.0-rc.2</version>
 
 					<configuration>
 						<sdk>