The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Software Foundation Parent POM Version, version 26
https://maven.apache.org/pom/asf/ You should specify the version in your project as parent like the following: <parent> <groupId>org.apache</groupId> <artifactId>apache</artifactId> <version>26</version> </parent> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page: http://maven.apache.org/pom/asf/download.html Release Notes - Maven POMs - Version ASF-26 ** Improvement * [MPOM-310] - Replace Google Analytics with ASF Matomo in documentation ** Task * [MPOM-305] - Set minimum enforced Maven version to 3.2.5 ** Dependency upgrade * [MPOM-304] - Upgrade Maven Project Info Reports Plugin from 3.1.2 to 3.2.2 * [MPOM-306] - Upgrade Maven Compiler Plugin from 3.10.0 to 3.10.1 * [MPOM-307] - Upgrade Maven Dependency Plugin from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 * [MPOM-312] - Upgrade Maven Shade Plugin from 3.2.4 to 3.3.0 * [MPOM-315] - Upgrade Maven Clean Plugin from 3.1.0 to 3.2.0 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team