The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Software Foundation Parent POM Version 21.
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>21</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-21 ** New Feature * [MPOM-205] - create SHA-512 checksum for source-release archive(s) in target/checkout/target/ during release Changes since version 20: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven-apache-parent.git;a=blobdiff;f=pom.xml;hb=apache-21;hpb=apache-20 https://github.com/apache/maven-apache-parent/compare/apache-20...apache-21 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team