The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Software Foundation Parent POM Version, version 30
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>30</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-30 ** Bug * [MPOM-386] - update documentation for previous changes ** Improvement * [MPOM-289] - Use properties to define the versions of plugins ** Dependency upgrade * [MPOM-332] - Upgrade maven-deploy-plugin to 3.1.1 * [MPOM-344] - Update maven-remote-resources-plugin to 3.1.0 * [MPOM-388] - Upgrade Maven Dependency Plugin from 3.4.0 to 3.6.0 * [MPOM-389] - Upgrade to Maven Project Info Reports Plugin 3.4.2 * [MPOM-390] - Upgrade to Maven Fluido Skin 1.11.2 * [MPOM-394] - Upgrade Maven Project Info Reports Plugin to 3.4.5 * [MPOM-395] - upgrade Maven Compiler Plugin to 3.11.0 * [MPOM-396] - upgrade Maven Assembly Plugin to 3.6.0 * [MPOM-398] - Bump maven-help-plugin from 3.3.0 to 3.4.0 * [MPOM-400] - Bump maven-invoker-plugin from 3.3.0 to 3.5.1 * [MPOM-402] - Bump maven-javadoc-plugin from 3.4.1 to 3.5.0 * [MPOM-403] - Bump maven-enforcer-plugin from 3.1.0 to 3.3.0 * [MPOM-404] - Bump maven-scm-plugin from 1.13.0 to 2.0.1 * [MPOM-405] - Bump maven.plugin.tools.version from 3.7.0 to 3.9.0 * [MPOM-406] - Bump surefire/failsafe version from 2.22.2 to 3.1.2 * [MPOM-407] - Bump maven-release-plugin from 3.0.0-M7 to 3.0.1 * [MPOM-408] - Bump maven-scm-publish-plugin from 3.1.0 to 3.2.1 * [MPOM-409] - Bump apache-source-release-assembly-descriptor from 1.0.6 to 1.5 * [MPOM-410] - Bump maven-resources-plugin from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1 * [MPOM-411] - Bump maven-install-plugin from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1 * [MPOM-416] - Bump maven-gpg-plugin from 3.0.1 to 3.1.0 * [MPOM-417] - Bump maven-source-plugin from 3.2.1 to 3.3.0 * [MPOM-423] - Bump apache-jar-resource-bundle from 1.4 to 1.5 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team