diff --git a/couchbase/pom.xml b/couchbase/pom.xml
index a7d231a7a7e884c5e05c99800fe6ff33f6ca3fa8..fb2d5d9809dcaee055d96091a5ea1db6ba6f6927 100644
--- a/couchbase/pom.xml
+++ b/couchbase/pom.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
-
-<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
@@ -29,13 +30,9 @@ LICENSE file.
     <name>Couchbase Binding</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
-    <properties>
-      <checkstyle.failOnViolation>false</checkstyle.failOnViolation>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>couchbase</groupId>
+            <groupId>com.couchbase.client</groupId>
             <artifactId>couchbase-client</artifactId>
             <version>${couchbase.version}</version>
         </dependency>
@@ -55,12 +52,4 @@ LICENSE file.
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>couchbase</id>
-            <name>Couchbase Maven Repository</name>
-            <url>http://files.couchbase.com/maven2/</url>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/couchbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/CouchbaseClient.java b/couchbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/CouchbaseClient.java
index 1eb3aeb318d06703e740f10562c64baa7fd6ec86..4a829202c1d3de52fc8a015249a610fb9534ffb0 100644
--- a/couchbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/CouchbaseClient.java
+++ b/couchbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/CouchbaseClient.java
@@ -50,23 +50,8 @@ import java.util.Vector;
 /**
  * A class that wraps the CouchbaseClient to allow it to be interfaced with YCSB.
  * This class extends {@link DB} and implements the database interface used by YCSB client.
- *
- * <p> The following options must be passed when using this database client.
- *
- * <ul>
- * <li><b>couchbase.url=http://127.0.0.1:8091/pools</b> The connection URL from one server.</li>
- * <li><b>couchbase.bucket=default</b> The bucket name to use./li>
- * <li><b>couchbase.password=</b> The password of the bucket.</li>
- * <li><b>couchbase.checkFutures=true</b> If the futures should be inspected (makes ops sync).</li>
- * <li><b>couchbase.persistTo=0</b> Observe Persistence ("PersistTo" constraint)</li>
- * <li><b>couchbase.replicateTo=0</b> Observe Replication ("ReplicateTo" constraint)</li>
- * <li><b>couchbase.json=true</b> Use json or java serialization as target format.</li>
- * </ul>
- *
- * @author Michael Nitschinger
  */
 public class CouchbaseClient extends DB {
-
   public static final String URL_PROPERTY = "couchbase.url";
   public static final String BUCKET_PROPERTY = "couchbase.bucket";
   public static final String PASSWORD_PROPERTY = "couchbase.password";
@@ -120,11 +105,7 @@ public class CouchbaseClient extends DB {
     System.setProperties(systemProperties);
 
     try {
-      client = new com.couchbase.client.CouchbaseClient(
-        Arrays.asList(new URI(url)),
-        bucket,
-        password
-      );
+      client = new com.couchbase.client.CouchbaseClient(Arrays.asList(new URI(url)), bucket, password);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       throw new DBException("Could not create CouchbaseClient object.", e);
     }
@@ -150,12 +131,16 @@ public class CouchbaseClient extends DB {
     int value = Integer.parseInt(property);
 
     switch (value) {
-      case 0: return ReplicateTo.ZERO;
-      case 1: return ReplicateTo.ONE;
-      case 2: return ReplicateTo.TWO;
-      case 3: return ReplicateTo.THREE;
-      default:
-        throw new DBException(REPLICATE_PROPERTY + " must be between 0 and 3");
+    case 0:
+      return ReplicateTo.ZERO;
+    case 1:
+      return ReplicateTo.ONE;
+    case 2:
+      return ReplicateTo.TWO;
+    case 3:
+      return ReplicateTo.THREE;
+    default:
+      throw new DBException(REPLICATE_PROPERTY + " must be between 0 and 3");
     }
   }
 
@@ -170,13 +155,18 @@ public class CouchbaseClient extends DB {
     int value = Integer.parseInt(property);
 
     switch (value) {
-      case 0: return PersistTo.ZERO;
-      case 1: return PersistTo.ONE;
-      case 2: return PersistTo.TWO;
-      case 3: return PersistTo.THREE;
-      case 4: return PersistTo.FOUR;
-      default:
-        throw new DBException(PERSIST_PROPERTY + " must be between 0 and 4");
+    case 0:
+      return PersistTo.ZERO;
+    case 1:
+      return PersistTo.ONE;
+    case 2:
+      return PersistTo.TWO;
+    case 3:
+      return PersistTo.THREE;
+    case 4:
+      return PersistTo.FOUR;
+    default:
+      throw new DBException(PERSIST_PROPERTY + " must be between 0 and 4");
     }
   }
 
@@ -190,7 +180,7 @@ public class CouchbaseClient extends DB {
 
   @Override
   public Status read(final String table, final String key, final Set<String> fields,
-    final HashMap<String, ByteIterator> result) {
+                     final HashMap<String, ByteIterator> result) {
     String formattedKey = formatKey(table, key);
 
     try {
@@ -210,24 +200,14 @@ public class CouchbaseClient extends DB {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Scan is currently not implemented.
-   *
-   * @param table The name of the table
-   * @param startkey The record key of the first record to read.
-   * @param recordcount The number of records to read
-   * @param fields The list of fields to read, or null for all of them
-   * @param result A Vector of HashMaps, where each HashMap is a set field/value pairs for one record
-   * @return Status.ERROR, because not implemented yet.
-   */
   @Override
   public Status scan(final String table, final String startkey, final int recordcount, final Set<String> fields,
                      final Vector<HashMap<String, ByteIterator>> result) {
     try {
       Query query = new Query().setRangeStart(startkey)
-        .setLimit(recordcount)
-        .setIncludeDocs(true)
-        .setStale(stale);
+          .setLimit(recordcount)
+          .setIncludeDocs(true)
+          .setStale(stale);
       ViewResponse response = client.query(view, query);
 
       for (ViewRow row : response) {
@@ -249,12 +229,7 @@ public class CouchbaseClient extends DB {
     String formattedKey = formatKey(table, key);
 
     try {
-      final OperationFuture<Boolean> future = client.replace(
-        formattedKey,
-        encode(values),
-        persistTo,
-        replicateTo
-      );
+      final OperationFuture<Boolean> future = client.replace(formattedKey, encode(values), persistTo, replicateTo);
       return checkFutureStatus(future);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       if (log.isErrorEnabled()) {
@@ -269,12 +244,7 @@ public class CouchbaseClient extends DB {
     String formattedKey = formatKey(table, key);
 
     try {
-      final OperationFuture<Boolean> future = client.add(
-        formattedKey,
-        encode(values),
-        persistTo,
-        replicateTo
-      );
+      final OperationFuture<Boolean> future = client.add(formattedKey, encode(values), persistTo, replicateTo);
       return checkFutureStatus(future);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       if (log.isErrorEnabled()) {
@@ -331,8 +301,7 @@ public class CouchbaseClient extends DB {
    * @param fields the fields to check.
    * @param dest the result passed back to the ycsb core.
    */
-  private void decode(final Object source, final Set<String> fields,
-    final HashMap<String, ByteIterator> dest) {
+  private void decode(final Object source, final Set<String> fields, final HashMap<String, ByteIterator> dest) {
     if (useJson) {
       try {
         JsonNode json = JSON_MAPPER.readTree((String) source);
@@ -385,6 +354,4 @@ public class CouchbaseClient extends DB {
     }
     return writer.toString();
   }
-
-
 }
diff --git a/couchbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/package-info.java b/couchbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d1bf90412761b1742de1c35b1068e05c92460337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/couchbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
+ * may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
+ * may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+ * implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+ * permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
+ * LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The YCSB binding for <a href="http://www.couchbase.com/">Couchbase</a>.
+ */
+package com.yahoo.ycsb.db;
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 190c30bafc86c1149bcd335aeed131c02434144a..acc35128b22b4e198dd70a80f012b30270164981 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ LICENSE file.
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <thrift.version>0.8.0</thrift.version>
     <hypertable.version>0.9.5.6</hypertable.version>
-    <couchbase.version>1.1.8</couchbase.version>
+    <couchbase.version>1.4.10</couchbase.version>
     <tarantool.version>1.6.5</tarantool.version>
     <aerospike.version>3.1.2</aerospike.version>
     <solr.version>5.4.0</solr.version>