diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 879002d0c60..7fe2dbdd7f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,13 +148,13 @@
     <!-- Maven plugins -->
     <maven_jar_version>3.4.2</maven_jar_version>
     <maven_surefire_version>3.5.2</maven_surefire_version>
-    <maven_failsafe_version>3.5.2</maven_failsafe_version>
     <maven_deploy_version>3.1.3</maven_deploy_version>
+    <maven_shade_version>3.6.0</maven_shade_version>
     <maven_compiler_version>3.13.0</maven_compiler_version>
     <maven_source_version>3.3.1</maven_source_version>
     <maven_javadoc_version>3.11.2</maven_javadoc_version>
-    <maven_jetty_version>9.4.56.v20240826</maven_jetty_version>
     <maven_checkstyle_version>3.6.0</maven_checkstyle_version>
+    <build_helper_maven_plugin_version>3.6.0</build_helper_maven_plugin_version>
     <maven_jacoco_version>0.8.12</maven_jacoco_version>
     <maven_flatten_version>1.6.0</maven_flatten_version>
     <maven_enforce_version>3.5.0</maven_enforce_version>
@@ -259,57 +259,19 @@
             <forkNode implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.extensions.SurefireForkNodeFactory" />
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
-        <!-- keep surefire and failsafe in sync -->
-        <plugin>
-          <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven_failsafe_version}</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4.0</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.exam</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-paxexam-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.2.4</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.8.1</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <!-- Do NOT upgrade -->
-          <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.6.0</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.fusesource.hawtjni</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-hawtjni-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.15</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>kr.motd.maven</groupId>
-          <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0.Final</version>
+          <version>${build_helper_maven_plugin_version}</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.6.0</version>
+          <version>${maven_shade_version}</version>
           <configuration>
             <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven_jetty_version}</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>