diff --git a/protected/gatk-package-distribution/pom.xml b/protected/gatk-package-distribution/pom.xml
index e44ecc15d..c48ffad7b 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-package-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/gatk-package-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <!-- Tribble codecs & the variant package (VCF, BCF, and VariantContext) -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>samtools</groupId>
+            <groupId>com.github.samtools</groupId>
             <artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Workaround - depend on the logger impl required by JEXL -->
diff --git a/protected/gatk-queue-extensions-distribution/pom.xml b/protected/gatk-queue-extensions-distribution/pom.xml
index 44018ec4e..6b8e52749 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-queue-extensions-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/gatk-queue-extensions-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>picard</groupId>
+            <groupId>com.github.broadinstitute</groupId>
             <artifactId>picard</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <!--
diff --git a/protected/gatk-queue-package-distribution/pom.xml b/protected/gatk-queue-package-distribution/pom.xml
index 2140bf855..cb653c91b 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-queue-package-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/gatk-queue-package-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <!-- Picard -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>picard</groupId>
+            <groupId>com.github.broadinstitute</groupId>
             <artifactId>picard</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <!-- JavaMail -->
diff --git a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/gvcf/HomRefBlock.java b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/gvcf/HomRefBlock.java
index 8e2308590..6e27a5a63 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/gvcf/HomRefBlock.java
+++ b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/gvcf/HomRefBlock.java
@@ -187,7 +187,10 @@ final class HomRefBlock {
     }
 
     public VCFHeaderLine toVCFHeaderLine() {
-        return new VCFHeaderLine("GVCFBlock", "minGQ=" + getGQLowerBound() + "(inclusive),maxGQ=" + getGQUpperBound() + "(exclusive)");
+        // Need to uniquify the key for the header line using the min/max GQ, since
+        // VCFHeader does not allow lines with duplicate keys.
+        final String key = String.format("GVCFBlock%d-%d", getGQLowerBound(), getGQUpperBound());
+        return new VCFHeaderLine(key, "minGQ=" + getGQLowerBound() + "(inclusive),maxGQ=" + getGQUpperBound() + "(exclusive)");
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/beagle/BeagleIntegrationTest.java b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/beagle/BeagleIntegrationTest.java
index 7f84b792d..30ae63869 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/beagle/BeagleIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/beagle/BeagleIntegrationTest.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class BeagleIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                         "--beagleR2:BEAGLE " + beagleValidationDataLocation + "inttestbgl.r2 " +
                         "--beagleProbs:BEAGLE " + beagleValidationDataLocation + "inttestbgl.gprobs " +
                         "--beaglePhased:BEAGLE " + beagleValidationDataLocation + "inttestbgl.phased " +
-                        "-o %s --no_cmdline_in_header -U LENIENT_VCF_PROCESSING", 1, Arrays.asList("989449fa3e262b88ba126867fa3ad9fb"));
+                        "-o %s --no_cmdline_in_header -U LENIENT_VCF_PROCESSING", 1, Arrays.asList("1c4f2fed1d452368fa4dfe3e209ebb57"));
         spec.disableShadowBCF();
         executeTest("test BeagleOutputToVCF", spec);
     }
diff --git a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/haplotypecaller/HaplotypeCallerGVCFIntegrationTest.java b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/haplotypecaller/HaplotypeCallerGVCFIntegrationTest.java
index d18f24d20..42c8c6285 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/haplotypecaller/HaplotypeCallerGVCFIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/haplotypecaller/HaplotypeCallerGVCFIntegrationTest.java
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ public class HaplotypeCallerGVCFIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
         // this functionality can be adapted to provide input data for whatever you might want in your data
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.NONE, PCRFreeIntervals, "3e440b1b755a21d7bd3ecb093af8f43e"});
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.BP_RESOLUTION, PCRFreeIntervals, "ebe078a1e209a5b231aeeba6deebcb8a"});
-        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, PCRFreeIntervals, "b6d3cbc4eecb8d295898d94335be54c2"});
+        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, PCRFreeIntervals, "2ad9b5d87416c466292c2b97480e1f5c"});
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.NONE, WExIntervals, "6ca1e6cb78157273a4a96ba00e6d4713"});
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.BP_RESOLUTION, WExIntervals, "8645c191ca5dbbae8dcb1389717f985a"});
-        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, WExIntervals, "82f2efd1e9ec6197344d9001b653c7fb"});
+        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, WExIntervals, "9606db453f9e8beae27669afcea288a1"});
 
         return tests.toArray(new Object[][]{});
     }
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ public class HaplotypeCallerGVCFIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
         // this functionality can be adapted to provide input data for whatever you might want in your data
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.NONE, PCRFreeIntervals, "92c7415dd1a5793161032d839b88fc28"});
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.BP_RESOLUTION, PCRFreeIntervals, "b90d7c900ff4a8b5e58d6bd4ad64d750"});
-        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, PCRFreeIntervals, "7abdd32f0d11cbf43f5bceeca946a428"});
+        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, PCRFreeIntervals, "8a1dcc091cb28e1fbbc86a1de85dfd4c"});
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.NONE, WExIntervals, "7e84e4562d8df6e593e58f017f697355"});
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.BP_RESOLUTION, WExIntervals, "307ce5ada7c68e2f08664937bafa6281"});
 
-        final String NA12878bandedResolutionMD5 = "74f728f1c42e3014776197606ddf5116";
+        final String NA12878bandedResolutionMD5 = "d51df38ad52cf2b0ecbce362e60fb24e";
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, WExIntervals, NA12878bandedResolutionMD5});
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx + " -I " + privateTestDir + "NA20313.highCoverageRegion.bam -sn NA12878",
                 ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, WExIntervals, NA12878bandedResolutionMD5});
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ public class HaplotypeCallerGVCFIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
         // this functionality can be adapted to provide input data for whatever you might want in your data
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.NONE, PCRFreeIntervals, "f441aab92b07591281fa44748b7bd71e"});
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.BP_RESOLUTION, PCRFreeIntervals, "d54d7988552a13de90977ba06b094b74"});
-        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, PCRFreeIntervals, "a1e2f104c50c89b9c562045daebf07ca"});
+        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, PCRFreeIntervals, "c3c12414059390f3d6e3e533502c1869"});
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.NONE, WExIntervals, "91164cf1247f5b187ad133b280aa1fd2"});
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.BP_RESOLUTION, WExIntervals, "b5c1b79550a8d8bb479895e2be38d945"});
-        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, WExIntervals, "48b737b4f1739edd275eb347c6ca5997"});
+        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, WExIntervals, "79e913ab2ddf19b3cae75f2da9394239"});
 
         return tests.toArray(new Object[][]{});
     }
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ public class HaplotypeCallerGVCFIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
         // this functionality can be adapted to provide input data for whatever you might want in your data
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.NONE, PCRFreeIntervals, "081d943a092b7ad71d1f1fa6ec191ace"});
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.BP_RESOLUTION, PCRFreeIntervals, "93f95c7a51741f8e527f1308ffd91052"});
-        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, PCRFreeIntervals, "a6e858123e40efece5a9a43a0c05bdb2"});
+        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_PCRFREE, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, PCRFreeIntervals, "1f2e5b5c06cb6d1196315c4308421f6d"});
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.NONE, WExIntervals, "3d8f4f849df0b9cddb1ec61279e91a83"});
         tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.BP_RESOLUTION, WExIntervals, "1fbe1435b860400ecae3115141453c9a"});
-        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, WExIntervals, "af7f383fd675d2edfaba7f67a96e67c7"});
+        tests.add(new Object[]{NA12878_WEx, ReferenceConfidenceMode.GVCF, WExIntervals, "fe9e1992cc28b798dd3ee66aaba726aa"});
 
         return tests.toArray(new Object[][]{});
     }
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public class HaplotypeCallerGVCFIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
     public void testWrongGVCFNonVariantRecordOrderBugFix() {
         final String commandLine = String.format("-T HaplotypeCaller --pcr_indel_model NONE -pairHMMSub %s %s -R %s -I %s -L %s -ERC GVCF --no_cmdline_in_header -variant_index_type %s -variant_index_parameter %d",
                 HMM_SUB_IMPLEMENTATION, ALWAYS_LOAD_VECTOR_HMM, b37KGReference, WRONG_GVCF_RECORD_ORDER_BUGFIX_BAM, WRONG_GVCF_RECORD_ORDER_BUGFIX_INTERVALS, GATKVCFUtils.DEFAULT_GVCF_INDEX_TYPE, GATKVCFUtils.DEFAULT_GVCF_INDEX_PARAMETER);
-        final WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(commandLine + " -o %s", Arrays.asList("ae90a1b5c40f19df38e8ac58c3844ed5"));
+        final WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(commandLine + " -o %s", Arrays.asList("7fa0578150ea8ef333cb141f78cf4a5a"));
         spec.disableShadowBCF();
         executeTest("testMissingGVCFIndexingStrategyException", spec);
     }
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ public class HaplotypeCallerGVCFIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
     public void testNoCallGVCFMissingPLsBugFix() {
         final String commandLine = String.format("-T HaplotypeCaller --pcr_indel_model NONE -pairHMMSub %s %s -R %s -I %s -L %s -ERC GVCF --no_cmdline_in_header -variant_index_type %s -variant_index_parameter %d",
                 HMM_SUB_IMPLEMENTATION, ALWAYS_LOAD_VECTOR_HMM, b37KGReference, NOCALL_GVCF_BUGFIX_BAM, NOCALL_GVCF_BUGFIX_INTERVALS, GATKVCFUtils.DEFAULT_GVCF_INDEX_TYPE, GATKVCFUtils.DEFAULT_GVCF_INDEX_PARAMETER);
-        final WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(commandLine + " -o %s", Arrays.asList("bf6325fbc06c80893f3170668cfbed06"));
+        final WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(commandLine + " -o %s", Arrays.asList("befa4bf150099b3faf44130a6c9cdbb9"));
         spec.disableShadowBCF();
         executeTest("testNoCallGVCFMissingPLsBugFix", spec);
     }
diff --git a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/validation/ValidationSiteSelectorIntegrationTest.java b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/validation/ValidationSiteSelectorIntegrationTest.java
index 4c385ab5a..cbe3408de 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/validation/ValidationSiteSelectorIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/validation/ValidationSiteSelectorIntegrationTest.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class ValidationSiteSelectorIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
         WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(
                 baseTestString(sampleNone + freqUnif + "--variant " + testfile),
                 1,
-                Arrays.asList("658c70cbb93faed8ca18e51cd6dd593f")
+                Arrays.asList("19fe0e3297bfd502911608490222a2fd")
         );
 
         executeTest("testNoSampleSelectionFreqUniform--" + testfile, spec);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class ValidationSiteSelectorIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
         WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(
                 baseTestString(sampleNone + freqAF + "--variant " + testfile),
                 1,
-                Arrays.asList("90411433ea42846352b767da735af53b")
+                Arrays.asList("91a7f3bf452241040646e61ee6ab1a23")
         );
 
         executeTest("testNoSampleSelectionFreqAF--" + testfile, spec);
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class ValidationSiteSelectorIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
         WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(
                 baseTestString(sampleGT + freqUnif + "--variant " + testfile),
                 1,
-                Arrays.asList("2afabd447185cf017f60c85380902117")
+                Arrays.asList("faae3baf1feb76877fcb81c01b5d44f3")
         );
 
         executeTest("testPolyGTFreqUniform--" + testfile, spec);
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class ValidationSiteSelectorIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
         WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(
                 baseTestString(sampleGT + freqAF + "--variant " + testfile),
                 1,
-                Arrays.asList("381e1a2f0e1908b4d7cba5d6361cf5aa")
+                Arrays.asList("d2ba4e3e76f87e2c1a12d82e7a3dc595")
         );
 
         executeTest("testPolyGTFreqAF--" + testfile, spec);
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class ValidationSiteSelectorIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
         WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(
                 baseTestString(sampleGL + freqAF + "--variant " + testfile),
                 1,
-                Arrays.asList("381e1a2f0e1908b4d7cba5d6361cf5aa")
+                Arrays.asList("d2ba4e3e76f87e2c1a12d82e7a3dc595")
         );
 
         executeTest("testPolyGLFreqAF--" + testfile, spec);
diff --git a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/gvcf/HomRefBlockUnitTest.java b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/gvcf/HomRefBlockUnitTest.java
index 59da23416..88b5b6bbc 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/gvcf/HomRefBlockUnitTest.java
+++ b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/gvcf/HomRefBlockUnitTest.java
@@ -167,4 +167,10 @@ public class HomRefBlockUnitTest extends BaseTest {
         final VariantContext testVC = new VariantContextBuilder(vc).chr(contig).start(pos).stop(pos).make();
         Assert.assertEquals(band.isContiguous(testVC), expected);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testToVCFHeaderLine() {
+        final HomRefBlock band = new HomRefBlock(vc, 10, 20, HomoSapiensConstants.DEFAULT_PLOIDY);
+        Assert.assertEquals(band.toVCFHeaderLine().getKey(), "GVCFBlock10-20", "Wrong key for HomRefBlock " + band);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/public/external-example/pom.xml b/public/external-example/pom.xml
index 67535a788..46bdab5d2 100644
--- a/public/external-example/pom.xml
+++ b/public/external-example/pom.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
                                     </includes>
                                 </filter>
                                 <filter>
-                                    <artifact>samtools:htsjdk</artifact>
+                                    <artifact>com.github.samtools:htsjdk</artifact>
                                     <includes>
                                         <include>**</include>
                                     </includes>
diff --git a/public/gatk-engine/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/engine/datasources/providers/IntervalReferenceOrderedViewUnitTest.java b/public/gatk-engine/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/engine/datasources/providers/IntervalReferenceOrderedViewUnitTest.java
index f77b6613a..791046a77 100644
--- a/public/gatk-engine/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/engine/datasources/providers/IntervalReferenceOrderedViewUnitTest.java
+++ b/public/gatk-engine/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/engine/datasources/providers/IntervalReferenceOrderedViewUnitTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ package org.broadinstitute.gatk.engine.datasources.providers;
 
 import htsjdk.samtools.util.PeekableIterator;
 import htsjdk.samtools.SAMFileHeader;
-import htsjdk.tribble.BasicFeature;
+import htsjdk.tribble.SimpleFeature;
 import htsjdk.tribble.Feature;
 import org.broadinstitute.gatk.utils.BaseTest;
 import org.broadinstitute.gatk.utils.commandline.RodBinding;
@@ -109,35 +109,35 @@ public class IntervalReferenceOrderedViewUnitTest extends BaseTest {
     public void initializeTests() {
         final List<Feature> handPickedFeatures = new ArrayList<Feature>();
 
-        handPickedFeatures.add(new BasicFeature(contig, 1, 1));
-        handPickedFeatures.add(new BasicFeature(contig, 2, 5));
-        handPickedFeatures.add(new BasicFeature(contig, 4, 4));
-        handPickedFeatures.add(new BasicFeature(contig, 6, 6));
-        handPickedFeatures.add(new BasicFeature(contig, 9, 10));
-        handPickedFeatures.add(new BasicFeature(contig, 10, 10));
-        handPickedFeatures.add(new BasicFeature(contig, 10, 11));
-        handPickedFeatures.add(new BasicFeature(contig, 13, 20));
+        handPickedFeatures.add(new SimpleFeature(contig, 1, 1));
+        handPickedFeatures.add(new SimpleFeature(contig, 2, 5));
+        handPickedFeatures.add(new SimpleFeature(contig, 4, 4));
+        handPickedFeatures.add(new SimpleFeature(contig, 6, 6));
+        handPickedFeatures.add(new SimpleFeature(contig, 9, 10));
+        handPickedFeatures.add(new SimpleFeature(contig, 10, 10));
+        handPickedFeatures.add(new SimpleFeature(contig, 10, 11));
+        handPickedFeatures.add(new SimpleFeature(contig, 13, 20));
 
         createTestsForFeatures(handPickedFeatures);
 
         // test in the present of a large spanning element
         {
             List<Feature> oneLargeSpan = new ArrayList<Feature>(handPickedFeatures);
-            oneLargeSpan.add(new BasicFeature(contig, 1, 30));
+            oneLargeSpan.add(new SimpleFeature(contig, 1, 30));
             createTestsForFeatures(oneLargeSpan);
         }
 
         // test in the presence of a partially spanning element
         {
             List<Feature> partialSpanStart = new ArrayList<Feature>(handPickedFeatures);
-            partialSpanStart.add(new BasicFeature(contig, 1, 6));
+            partialSpanStart.add(new SimpleFeature(contig, 1, 6));
             createTestsForFeatures(partialSpanStart);
         }
 
         // test in the presence of a partially spanning element at the end
         {
             List<Feature> partialSpanEnd = new ArrayList<Feature>(handPickedFeatures);
-            partialSpanEnd.add(new BasicFeature(contig, 10, 30));
+            partialSpanEnd.add(new SimpleFeature(contig, 10, 30));
             createTestsForFeatures(partialSpanEnd);
         }
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-queue-extensions-public/pom.xml b/public/gatk-queue-extensions-public/pom.xml
index b2d833d50..287479a94 100644
--- a/public/gatk-queue-extensions-public/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-queue-extensions-public/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>picard</groupId>
+            <groupId>com.github.broadinstitute</groupId>
             <artifactId>picard</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <!--
diff --git a/public/gatk-root/pom.xml b/public/gatk-root/pom.xml
index e91ff3e31..2f3a01b44 100644
--- a/public/gatk-root/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-root/pom.xml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
         <test.listeners>org.testng.reporters.FailedReporter,org.testng.reporters.JUnitXMLReporter,org.broadinstitute.gatk.utils.TestNGTestTransformer,org.broadinstitute.gatk.utils.GATKTextReporter,org.uncommons.reportng.HTMLReporter</test.listeners>
 
         <!-- Version numbers for picard and htsjdk -->
-        <htsjdk.version>1.128.1696</htsjdk.version>
-        <picard.version>1.128.1678</picard.version>
+        <htsjdk.version>1.132</htsjdk.version>
+        <picard.version>1.131</picard.version>
     </properties>
 
     <!-- Dependency configuration (versions, etc.) -->
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
                 <version>1.0-r139</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>samtools</groupId>
+                <groupId>com.github.samtools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
                 <version>${htsjdk.version}</version>
                 <exclusions>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>picard</groupId>
+                <groupId>com.github.broadinstitute</groupId>
                 <artifactId>picard</artifactId>
                 <version>${picard.version}</version>
             </dependency>
diff --git a/public/gatk-tools-public/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/readutils/SplitSamFileIntegrationTest.java b/public/gatk-tools-public/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/readutils/SplitSamFileIntegrationTest.java
index 5a5258b3d..1c2e6bbac 100644
--- a/public/gatk-tools-public/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/readutils/SplitSamFileIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/public/gatk-tools-public/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/readutils/SplitSamFileIntegrationTest.java
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ public class SplitSamFileIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                         " --outputRoot " + prefix,
                 Collections.<String>emptyList()
         );
-        addSplitOutput(spec, prefix, "NA12878", "b1a57327a3f0bdbe167dbc7d547f1247");
-        addSplitOutput(spec, prefix, "NA12891", "3bb331fd468fc91c548f38857473f399");
-        addSplitOutput(spec, prefix, "NA12892", "ac61ae9cd168ac15e3a03fe7ab51fb22");
+        addSplitOutput(spec, prefix, "NA12878", "ffb8a1e76798fa78c9ffe46abc02e92f");
+        addSplitOutput(spec, prefix, "NA12891", "42154dc36451dfe98922a579d329bbe2");
+        addSplitOutput(spec, prefix, "NA12892", "6abb5d11e615310987da22212dd9fc84");
         executeTest("testSplitSamFile", spec);
     }
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-utils/pom.xml b/public/gatk-utils/pom.xml
index e0e2fad72..cee26590f 100644
--- a/public/gatk-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-utils/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>samtools</groupId>
+            <groupId>com.github.samtools</groupId>
             <artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/beagle/BeagleFeature.java b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/beagle/BeagleFeature.java
index bd9e4ef4c..673885a1b 100644
--- a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/beagle/BeagleFeature.java
+++ b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/beagle/BeagleFeature.java
@@ -44,15 +44,22 @@ public class BeagleFeature implements Feature {
     Allele AlleleA;
     Allele AlleleB;
 
-
+    @Override
     public String getChr() {
+        return getContig();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getContig() {
         return chr;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public int getStart() {
         return start;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public int getEnd() {
         return end;
     }
diff --git a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/hapmap/RawHapMapFeature.java b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/hapmap/RawHapMapFeature.java
index a9b878847..e760aaa83 100644
--- a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/hapmap/RawHapMapFeature.java
+++ b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/hapmap/RawHapMapFeature.java
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ public class RawHapMapFeature implements Feature {
      * @return a string representing the contig
      */
     public String getChr() {
+        return getContig();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * get the contig value
+     * @return a string representing the contig
+     */
+    public String getContig() {
         return contig;
     }
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/refseq/RefSeqFeature.java b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/refseq/RefSeqFeature.java
index 97ff961d9..0e7b80d75 100644
--- a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/refseq/RefSeqFeature.java
+++ b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/refseq/RefSeqFeature.java
@@ -309,14 +309,22 @@ public class RefSeqFeature implements Transcript, Feature {
         this.name = name;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public String getChr() {
+        return getContig();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getContig() {
         return transcript_interval.getContig();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public int getStart() {
         return transcript_interval.getStart();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public int getEnd() {
         return transcript_interval.getStop();
     }
diff --git a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/sampileup/SAMPileupFeature.java b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/sampileup/SAMPileupFeature.java
index 89f168b67..501a7b597 100644
--- a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/sampileup/SAMPileupFeature.java
+++ b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/sampileup/SAMPileupFeature.java
@@ -66,7 +66,13 @@ public class SAMPileupFeature implements Feature {
      */
     SAMPileupFeature() {}
 
+    @Override
     public String getChr() {
+        return getContig();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getContig() {
         return contig;
     }
 
@@ -74,6 +80,7 @@ public class SAMPileupFeature implements Feature {
         this.contig = chr;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public int getStart() {
         return start;
     }
@@ -82,6 +89,7 @@ public class SAMPileupFeature implements Feature {
         this.start = start;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public int getEnd() {
         return stop;
     }
diff --git a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/samread/SAMReadFeature.java b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/samread/SAMReadFeature.java
index 129ae6e66..857871cfd 100644
--- a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/samread/SAMReadFeature.java
+++ b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/samread/SAMReadFeature.java
@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ public class SAMReadFeature implements Feature {
      * @return Aligned contig name.
      */
     public String getChr() {
+        return getContig();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * An alias for getReferenceName, required by Feature interface.
+     * @return Aligned contig name.
+     */
+    public String getContig() {
         return getReferenceName();
     }
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/table/TableFeature.java b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/table/TableFeature.java
index 58b06c954..680c13f92 100644
--- a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/table/TableFeature.java
+++ b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/codecs/table/TableFeature.java
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ public class TableFeature implements Feature {
 
     @Override
     public String getChr() {
+        return getContig();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getContig() {
         return position.getContig();
     }
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/refdata/utils/GATKFeature.java b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/refdata/utils/GATKFeature.java
index e638ab48e..428055f0b 100644
--- a/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/refdata/utils/GATKFeature.java
+++ b/public/gatk-utils/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/refdata/utils/GATKFeature.java
@@ -82,7 +82,13 @@ public abstract class GATKFeature implements Feature, HasGenomeLocation {
         /** Return the features reference sequence name, e.g chromosome or contig */
         @Override
         public String getChr() {
-            return feature.getChr();
+            return getContig();
+        }
+
+        /** Return the features reference sequence name, e.g chromosome or contig */
+        @Override
+        public String getContig() {
+            return feature.getContig();
         }
 
         /** Return the start position in 1-based coordinates (first base is 1) */
diff --git a/public/gatk-utils/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/GenomeLocParserUnitTest.java b/public/gatk-utils/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/GenomeLocParserUnitTest.java
index d413633b6..c3f5bbd88 100644
--- a/public/gatk-utils/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/GenomeLocParserUnitTest.java
+++ b/public/gatk-utils/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/GenomeLocParserUnitTest.java
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ package org.broadinstitute.gatk.utils;
 import htsjdk.samtools.SAMFileHeader;
 import htsjdk.samtools.SAMSequenceDictionary;
 import htsjdk.samtools.SAMSequenceRecord;
-import htsjdk.tribble.BasicFeature;
 import htsjdk.tribble.Feature;
+import htsjdk.tribble.SimpleFeature;
 import org.broadinstitute.gatk.utils.BaseTest;
 import org.broadinstitute.gatk.utils.exceptions.ReviewedGATKException;
 import org.broadinstitute.gatk.utils.exceptions.UserException;
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ public class GenomeLocParserUnitTest extends BaseTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testCreationFromFeature() {
-        final Feature feature = new BasicFeature("chr1", 1, 5);
+        final Feature feature = new SimpleFeature("chr1", 1, 5);
         final GenomeLoc loc = genomeLocParser.createGenomeLoc(feature);
         Assert.assertEquals(loc.getContig(), feature.getChr());
         Assert.assertEquals(loc.getStart(), feature.getStart());
diff --git a/public/gatk-utils/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/interval/IntervalUtilsUnitTest.java b/public/gatk-utils/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/interval/IntervalUtilsUnitTest.java
index 88b17c766..48c6cb480 100644
--- a/public/gatk-utils/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/interval/IntervalUtilsUnitTest.java
+++ b/public/gatk-utils/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/interval/IntervalUtilsUnitTest.java
@@ -1046,7 +1046,18 @@ public class IntervalUtilsUnitTest extends BaseTest {
         };
     }
 
-    @Test(dataProvider="invalidIntervalTestData")
+    /*
+     * This test is disabled because its assumption that we will not throw an error
+     * upon parsing invalid Picard intervals is no longer true, as htsjdk has added
+     * extra protection against invalid intervals to IntervalList.add().
+     *
+     * We should reconsider our decision in IntervalUtils.intervalFileToList() to
+     * silently ignore invalid intervals when parsing Picard interval files, as it's
+     * inconsistent with the way we handle invalid intervals for GATK interval files
+     * (throw a UserException, covered by testInvalidGATKFileIntervalHandling() below),
+     * and update this test accordingly.
+     */
+    @Test(dataProvider="invalidIntervalTestData", enabled = false)
     public void testInvalidPicardIntervalHandling(GenomeLocParser genomeLocParser,
                                                   String contig, int intervalStart, int intervalEnd ) throws Exception {
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-utils/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/refdata/utils/FlashBackIteratorUnitTest.java b/public/gatk-utils/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/refdata/utils/FlashBackIteratorUnitTest.java
index 34129abc8..ee5f17ef9 100644
--- a/public/gatk-utils/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/refdata/utils/FlashBackIteratorUnitTest.java
+++ b/public/gatk-utils/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/refdata/utils/FlashBackIteratorUnitTest.java
@@ -316,6 +316,11 @@ class FakeRODatum extends GATKFeature implements ReferenceOrderedDatum {
 
     @Override
     public String getChr() {
+        return getContig();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getContig() {
         return location.getContig();
     }
 
diff --git a/public/repo/picard/picard/1.128.1678/picard-1.128.1678.jar b/public/repo/picard/picard/1.128.1678/picard-1.128.1678.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 25c3620a8..000000000
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diff --git a/public/repo/picard/picard/1.128.1678/picard-1.128.1678.pom b/public/repo/picard/picard/1.128.1678/picard-1.128.1678.pom
deleted file mode 100644
index 33426f07c..000000000
--- a/public/repo/picard/picard/1.128.1678/picard-1.128.1678.pom
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>picard</groupId>
-    <artifactId>picard</artifactId>
-    <version>1.128.1678</version>
-    <name>picard</name>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>samtools</groupId>
-            <artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
-            <version>1.128.1696</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- TODO: Picard is using a custom zip with just ant's BZip2 classes. See also: http://www.kohsuke.org/bzip2 -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
-            <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.2</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>ant-launcher</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.sun</groupId>
-            <artifactId>tools.jar</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5</version>
-            <scope>system</scope>
-            <systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/public/repo/samtools/htsjdk/1.128.1696/htsjdk-1.128.1696.jar b/public/repo/samtools/htsjdk/1.128.1696/htsjdk-1.128.1696.jar
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index 9425b73ff..000000000
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diff --git a/public/repo/samtools/htsjdk/1.128.1696/htsjdk-1.128.1696.pom b/public/repo/samtools/htsjdk/1.128.1696/htsjdk-1.128.1696.pom
deleted file mode 100644
index 0932ccb78..000000000
--- a/public/repo/samtools/htsjdk/1.128.1696/htsjdk-1.128.1696.pom
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>samtools</groupId>
-    <artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
-    <version>1.128.1696</version>
-    <name>htsjdk</name>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
-            <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5</version>
-            <classifier>jdk15</classifier>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
-            <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.3-rc3</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- TODO: This artifact is only in the GATK local repo, not in central, yet. -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.code.cofoja</groupId>
-            <artifactId>cofoja</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-r139</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-</project>