The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Software Foundation Parent POM Version 20.
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>20</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-20 ** Improvement * [MPOM-186] - Upgrade several plugins to most recent versions for JDK9/10 Support * [MPOM-191] - Add maven-ear-plugin version ** Wish * [MPOM-194] - upgrade compiler target to 1.7 (instead of 1.6) * [MPOM-195] - update m-project-info-reports-p to 3.0.0 with its new report names ** Dependency upgrade * [MPOM-184] - Upgrade maven-surefie/failsafe to 2.21.0 based on JDK 10 issues * [MPOM-192] - Add maven-help-plugin Changes since version 19: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven-apache-parent.git;a=blobdiff;f=pom.xml;hb=apache-20;hpb=apache-19 https://github.com/apache/maven-apache-parent/compare/apache-19...apache-20 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team