The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Parent POMs Version 38.
Maven Parent POMs include Maven Parent POM itself, but also Maven Plugins Parent POM, Maven Shared Components Parent POM, Maven Skins Parent POM and Maven Doxia Tools Parent POM. https://maven.apache.org/pom/maven/ You should specify the version in your project as parent like the following: <parent> <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId> <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId> <version>38</version> </parent> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page: https://maven.apache.org/pom/maven/download.html Release Notes - Maven POMs - Version MAVEN-38 ** Improvement * [MPOM-340] - Remove test-javadoc reports * [MPOM-353] - Use standard value for ignoreFailures at m-invoker-p * [MPOM-357] - Execute checkstyle after enforcer ** Task * [MPOM-349] - Enable spotless for autoformatting * [MPOM-350] - Raise JDK requirement to 1.8 * [MPOM-352] - Remove managed dependency on deprecated plexus-component-annotations ** Dependency upgrade * [MPOM-341] - Bump extra-enforcer-rules from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1 * [MPOM-343] - Upgrade Maven Checkstyle Plugin to 3.2.0 * [MPOM-348] - Remove configuration for Maven Changes Plugin * [MPOM-351] - Upgrade plexus-utils to 3.5.0 * [MPOM-355] - Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.17.0 to 3.19.0 * [MPOM-356] - Bump maven-jxr-plugin from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team
