diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 68b42987..90841360 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,118 @@
         <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
 
+    <properties>
+        <main-prefix>geostore</main-prefix>
+        <cxf-version>3.5.7</cxf-version>
+        <activemq-version>5.3.0.4-fuse</activemq-version>
+        <jersey-version>2.5.1</jersey-version>
+        <!--
+        spring-security-core 3.0.4 requires spring-core 3.x, otherwise we'd normally use 2.5.6, which
+        is what the rest of the app uses
+        -->
+        <spring-version>5.3.18</spring-version>
+        <!-- 2.5.6.SEC01 is the version used by smix-->
+        <!-- 2.5.5 is the version used by memberService-->
+        <spring-security-version>5.7.13</spring-security-version>
+        <spring-security-oauth2-version>2.5.2.RELEASE</spring-security-oauth2-version>
+        <camel-version>1.6.1.2-fuse</camel-version>
+        <velocity-version>1.6.2</velocity-version>
+        <javax-mail-version>1.4</javax-mail-version>
+        <javax-annotation-version>1.0</javax-annotation-version>
+        <xalan-version>2.7.0</xalan-version>
+        <xercesImpl-version>2.8.1</xercesImpl-version>
+        <xml-apis-version>1.3.03</xml-apis-version>
+        <jaxws-version>2.3.1</jaxws-version>
+        <commons-logging-version>1.1.1</commons-logging-version>
+        <commons-lang-version>2.3</commons-lang-version>
+        <commons-collections-version>3.2.2</commons-collections-version>
+        <commons-beanutils-version>1.9.4</commons-beanutils-version>
+        <commons-dbcp-version>1.2.2</commons-dbcp-version>
+        <commons-codec-version>1.4</commons-codec-version>
+        <geronimo-specs-version>1.1</geronimo-specs-version>
+        <dozer-version>4.0</dozer-version>
+        <jaxb-api-version>2.1</jaxb-api-version>
+        <jaxb-impl-version>2.1.2</jaxb-impl-version>
+        <log4j-version>2.19.0</log4j-version>
+        <maven-assembly-plugin-version>2.2-beta-5</maven-assembly-plugin-version>
+        <xbean-version>3.1.0.2-fuse</xbean-version>
+        <spring-support>2.0.8</spring-support>
+        <spring-ws-version>1.0.1</spring-ws-version>
+        <aspectj-version>1.5.4</aspectj-version>
+        <ubl-version>2.0</ubl-version>
+        <jetty-version>6.1H.22</jetty-version>
+        <jettison-version>1.5.4</jettison-version>
+        <persistence-version>1.0</persistence-version>
+        <hibernate-version>5.4.33.Final</hibernate-version>
+        <hibernate-generic-dao-version>geosolutions-1.3.0</hibernate-generic-dao-version>
+        <asm-version>2.2.3</asm-version>
+        <cglib-version>2.1_3</cglib-version>
+        <guava-version>32.0.0-android</guava-version>
+        <mockito-version>4.0.0</mockito-version>
+        <javassist-version>3.8.0.GA</javassist-version>
+        <geoapi-version>2.3-M1</geoapi-version>
+        <gt-version>2.7-RC2</gt-version>
+        <jackson-version>2.16.1</jackson-version>
+        <gson.version>2.9.0</gson.version>
+        <quartz.version>1.5.2</quartz.version>
+        <jdom.version>1.0</jdom.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.14.0</commons-io.version>
+        <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>
+        <acegi-security-tiger.version>1.0.7</acegi-security-tiger.version>
+        <hibernate-jpa-2.1-api.version>1.0.2.Final</hibernate-jpa-2.1-api.version>
+        <javax.servlet-api.version>3.0.1</javax.servlet-api.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
+        <dao-hibernate.version>geosolutions-1.3.0</dao-hibernate.version>
+        <jsr-275.version>1.0-beta-2</jsr-275.version>
+        <jt-utils.version>1.1.1</jt-utils.version>
+        <jai_imageio.version>1.1</jai_imageio.version>
+        <jai_codec.version>1.1.3</jai_codec.version>
+        <hibernate-spatial-postgis.version>1.1.1</hibernate-spatial-postgis.version>
+        <postgis-jdbc.version>1.3.3</postgis-jdbc.version>
+        <postgresql.version>42.3.9</postgresql.version>
+        <jts.version>1.10</jts.version>
+        <h2.version>1.3.175</h2.version>
+        <picocli.version>4.6.1</picocli.version>
+        <ojdbc6.version>11.2.0</ojdbc6.version>
+        <spring-security-oauth2.version>2.0.17.RELEASE</spring-security-oauth2.version>
+        <jasypt.version>1.9.3</jasypt.version>
+        <keycloak-spring-security-adapter.version>18.0.0</keycloak-spring-security-adapter.version>
+        <spring-security-jwt.version>1.0.11.RELEASE</spring-security-jwt.version>
+        <java-jwt.version>3.18.3</java-jwt.version>
+        <wiremock-standalone.version>2.1.12</wiremock-standalone.version>
+        <hamcrest-core.version>1.3</hamcrest-core.version>
+        <jersey-apache-client.version>1.12</jersey-apache-client.version>
+        <freemarker.version>2.3.20</freemarker.version>
+        <apacheds-all.version>1.5.5</apacheds-all.version>
+        <shared-ldap.version>0.9.16</shared-ldap.version>
+        <jetty.version>6.1.23</jetty.version>
+        <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
+        <json-lib.version>2.4.2-geoserver</json-lib.version>
+        <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.10.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <qa>true</qa>
+        <lint>deprecation</lint>
+        <spotbugs-maven-pligin>3.1.12.2</spotbugs-maven-pligin>
+        <pmd.version>6.42.0</pmd.version>
+        <errorProneFlags />
+        <errorProne.version>2.18.0</errorProne.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.source>8</maven-compiler-plugin.source>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.target>8</maven-compiler-plugin.target>
+        <maven-source-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
+        <maven-release-plugin.version>2.5.2</maven-release-plugin.version>
+        <maven-jar-plugin.version>2.4</maven-jar-plugin.version>
+        <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-resources-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M7</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <dependency-check-maven.version>9.0.9</dependency-check-maven.version>
+        <fmt-maven-plugin.version>2.9.1</fmt-maven-plugin.version>
+        <directory-maven-plugin.version>0.3.1</directory-maven-plugin.version>
+        <wagon-ftp.version>2.10</wagon-ftp.version>
+        <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.10</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
+        <coveralls-maven-plugin.version>4.1.0</coveralls-maven-plugin.version>
+        <cobertura-maven-plugin.version>2.7</cobertura-maven-plugin.version>
+    </properties>
+
     <ciManagement>
         <system>jenkins</system>
         <url>http://build.geo-solutions.it/jenkins/view/GeoStore/</url>
@@ -95,13 +207,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.10.1</version>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <encoding>utf8</encoding>
-                    <source>8</source>
-                    <target>8</target>
+                    <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
+                    <source>${maven-compiler-plugin.source}</source>
+                    <target>${maven-compiler-plugin.target}</target>
                     <debug>true</debug>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                     <!--
                         On the win32 build box the compiler oom's due to the compiler accumulating
                         too many classes in the permanent generation, similar to GEOT-2462
@@ -119,7 +230,7 @@
                 <inherited>true</inherited>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.1</version>
+                <version>${maven-source-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <attach>true</attach>
                 </configuration>
@@ -139,7 +250,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.2</version>
+                <version>${maven-release-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <tagNameFormat>v@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
                 </configuration>
@@ -148,7 +259,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
+                <version>${maven-jar-plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -159,27 +270,59 @@
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.eluder.coveralls</groupId>
-                <artifactId>coveralls-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>4.1.0</version>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-resources-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Maven Surefire Plugin -->
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7</version>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <format>xml</format>
-                    <maxmem>256m</maxmem>
-                    <!-- aggregated reports for multi-module projects -->
-                    <aggregate>true</aggregate>
+                    <useModulePath>false</useModulePath>
+                    <argLine>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -noverify</argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${jacoco-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>report</id>
+                        <phase>test</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>report</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.eluder.coveralls</groupId>
+                <artifactId>coveralls-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${coveralls-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+                <!-- configuration>
+                    <repoToken>${env.COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN}</repoToken>
+                    <jacocoReportPath>${project.reporting.outputDirectory}/jacoco/unit/jacoco.xml</jacocoReportPath>
+                </configuration -->
+            </plugin>
+
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>9.0.9</version>
+                <version>${dependency-check-maven.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>true</skip>
                     <!-- <nvdApiKey>******-****-****-****-*********</nvdApiKey> -->
@@ -196,7 +339,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.coveo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>fmt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9.1</version>
+                <version>${fmt-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <verbose>false</verbose>
                     <filesNamePattern>.*\.java</filesNamePattern>
@@ -215,7 +358,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.commonjava.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>directory-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.3.1</version>
+                <version>${directory-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>directories</id>
@@ -235,7 +378,7 @@
             <extension>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
                 <artifactId>wagon-ftp</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10</version>
+                <version>${wagon-ftp.version}</version>
             </extension>
         </extensions>
 
@@ -260,9 +403,4 @@
     <modules>
         <module>src</module>
     </modules>
-
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/src/core/persistence/pom.xml b/src/core/persistence/pom.xml
index 3e9eb5d3..5464441d 100644
--- a/src/core/persistence/pom.xml
+++ b/src/core/persistence/pom.xml
@@ -211,11 +211,10 @@
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
-    <!-- if you want to create a new profile for support another DB create a profile including -->
-    <!-- JDBC dependency and right esclusion/inclusion rule for load the right override file -->
+    <!-- if you want to create a new profile for support, another DB create a profile including -->
+    <!-- JDBC dependency and right exclusion/inclusion rule for a load the right override file -->
     <!-- Profile for supporting Postgres -->
     <profiles>
         <profile>
diff --git a/src/core/security/pom.xml b/src/core/security/pom.xml
index b3805bf0..be542885 100644
--- a/src/core/security/pom.xml
+++ b/src/core/security/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@
             <groupId>it.geosolutions.geostore</groupId>
             <artifactId>geostore-model</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/src/core/services-api/pom.xml b/src/core/services-api/pom.xml
index cb41c59a..d601405d 100644
--- a/src/core/services-api/pom.xml
+++ b/src/core/services-api/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/src/core/services-impl/pom.xml b/src/core/services-impl/pom.xml
index 55d59fbf..7e11d606 100644
--- a/src/core/services-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/src/core/services-impl/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.7</version>
+                        <version>${cobertura-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <instrumentation>
                             </instrumentation>
diff --git a/src/modules/rest/client/pom.xml b/src/modules/rest/client/pom.xml
index a2e6a66b..f6389187 100644
--- a/src/modules/rest/client/pom.xml
+++ b/src/modules/rest/client/pom.xml
@@ -95,11 +95,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.15</version>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/src/modules/rest/extjs/pom.xml b/src/modules/rest/extjs/pom.xml
index 1beb7a84..19eff24a 100644
--- a/src/modules/rest/extjs/pom.xml
+++ b/src/modules/rest/extjs/pom.xml
@@ -103,40 +103,4 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- Attach sources ============================================ -->
-            <!--
-                        <plugin>
-                            <inherited>true</inherited>
-                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                            <configuration>
-                                <attach>true</attach>
-                            </configuration>
-                            <executions>
-                                <execution>
-                                    <id>attach-sources</id>
-                                    <goals>
-                                        <goal>jar</goal>
-                                    </goals>
-                                </execution>
-                            </executions>
-                        </plugin>
-            -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.15</version>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
-
 </project>
diff --git a/src/modules/rest/impl/pom.xml b/src/modules/rest/impl/pom.xml
index f278bb81..f4fbfeb3 100644
--- a/src/modules/rest/impl/pom.xml
+++ b/src/modules/rest/impl/pom.xml
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@
             <version>4.8.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -283,36 +282,6 @@
                 </includes>
             </resource>
         </resources>
-
-        <plugins>
-            <!-- Attach sources ============================================ -->
-            <!--
-                        <plugin>
-                            <inherited>true</inherited>
-                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                            <configuration>
-                                <attach>true</attach>
-                            </configuration>
-                            <executions>
-                                <execution>
-                                    <id>attach-sources</id>
-                                    <goals>
-                                        <goal>jar</goal>
-                                    </goals>
-                                </execution>
-                            </executions>
-                        </plugin>
-            -->
-            <!-- Maven Surefire Plugin -->
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <useModulePath>false</useModulePath>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
     </build>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/src/modules/rest/test/pom.xml b/src/modules/rest/test/pom.xml
index b1cfa583..1830dc85 100644
--- a/src/modules/rest/test/pom.xml
+++ b/src/modules/rest/test/pom.xml
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-
         <!-- =============================================================== -->
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/src/pom.xml b/src/pom.xml
index 09e02f95..c19c221b 100644
--- a/src/pom.xml
+++ b/src/pom.xml
@@ -33,103 +33,6 @@
 
     <name>GeoStore - 0 Server Root</name>
 
-    <properties>
-        <main-prefix>geostore</main-prefix>
-        <cxf-version>3.5.7</cxf-version>
-        <activemq-version>5.3.0.4-fuse</activemq-version>
-        <jersey-version>2.5.1</jersey-version>
-        <!--
-        spring-security-core 3.0.4 requires spring-core 3.x, otherwise we'd normally use 2.5.6, which
-        is what the rest of the app uses
-        -->
-        <spring-version>5.3.18</spring-version>
-        <!-- 2.5.6.SEC01 is the version used by smix-->
-        <!-- 2.5.5 is the version used by memberService-->
-        <spring-security-version>5.7.13</spring-security-version>
-        <spring-security-oauth2-version>2.5.2.RELEASE</spring-security-oauth2-version>
-        <camel-version>1.6.1.2-fuse</camel-version>
-        <velocity-version>1.6.2</velocity-version>
-        <javax-mail-version>1.4</javax-mail-version>
-        <javax-annotation-version>1.0</javax-annotation-version>
-        <xalan-version>2.7.0</xalan-version>
-        <xercesImpl-version>2.8.1</xercesImpl-version>
-        <xml-apis-version>1.3.03</xml-apis-version>
-        <jaxws-version>2.3.1</jaxws-version>
-        <commons-logging-version>1.1.1</commons-logging-version>
-        <commons-lang-version>2.3</commons-lang-version>
-        <commons-collections-version>3.2.2</commons-collections-version>
-        <commons-beanutils-version>1.9.4</commons-beanutils-version>
-        <commons-dbcp-version>1.2.2</commons-dbcp-version>
-        <commons-codec-version>1.4</commons-codec-version>
-        <geronimo-specs-version>1.1</geronimo-specs-version>
-        <dozer-version>4.0</dozer-version>
-        <jaxb-api-version>2.1</jaxb-api-version>
-        <jaxb-impl-version>2.1.2</jaxb-impl-version>
-        <log4j-version>2.19.0</log4j-version>
-        <maven-assembly-plugin-version>2.2-beta-5</maven-assembly-plugin-version>
-        <xbean-version>3.1.0.2-fuse</xbean-version>
-        <spring-support>2.0.8</spring-support>
-        <spring-ws-version>1.0.1</spring-ws-version>
-        <aspectj-version>1.5.4</aspectj-version>
-        <ubl-version>2.0</ubl-version>
-        <jetty-version>6.1H.22</jetty-version>
-        <jettison-version>1.5.4</jettison-version>
-        <persistence-version>1.0</persistence-version>
-        <hibernate-version>5.4.33.Final</hibernate-version>
-        <hibernate-generic-dao-version>geosolutions-1.3.0</hibernate-generic-dao-version>
-        <asm-version>2.2.3</asm-version>
-        <cglib-version>2.1_3</cglib-version>
-        <guava-version>18.0</guava-version>
-        <mockito-version>4.0.0</mockito-version>
-        <javassist-version>3.8.0.GA</javassist-version>
-        <geoapi-version>2.3-M1</geoapi-version>
-        <gt-version>2.7-RC2</gt-version>
-        <jackson-version>2.16.1</jackson-version>
-        <gson.version>2.9.0</gson.version>
-        <quartz.version>1.5.2</quartz.version>
-        <jdom.version>1.0</jdom.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.14.0</commons-io.version>
-        <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>
-        <acegi-security-tiger.version>1.0.7</acegi-security-tiger.version>
-        <hibernate-jpa-2.1-api.version>1.0.2.Final</hibernate-jpa-2.1-api.version>
-        <javax.servlet-api.version>3.0.1</javax.servlet-api.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
-        <dao-hibernate.version>geosolutions-1.3.0</dao-hibernate.version>
-        <jsr-275.version>1.0-beta-2</jsr-275.version>
-        <jt-utils.version>1.1.1</jt-utils.version>
-        <jai_imageio.version>1.1</jai_imageio.version>
-        <jai_codec.version>1.1.3</jai_codec.version>
-        <hibernate-spatial-postgis.version>1.1.1</hibernate-spatial-postgis.version>
-        <postgis-jdbc.version>1.3.3</postgis-jdbc.version>
-        <postgresql.version>42.3.9</postgresql.version>
-        <jts.version>1.10</jts.version>
-        <h2.version>1.3.175</h2.version>
-        <picocli.version>4.6.1</picocli.version>
-        <ojdbc6.version>11.2.0</ojdbc6.version>
-        <spring-security-oauth2.version>2.0.17.RELEASE</spring-security-oauth2.version>
-        <jasypt.version>1.9.3</jasypt.version>
-        <keycloak-spring-security-adapter.version>18.0.0</keycloak-spring-security-adapter.version>
-        <spring-security-jwt.version>1.0.11.RELEASE</spring-security-jwt.version>
-        <java-jwt.version>3.18.3</java-jwt.version>
-        <wiremock-standalone.version>2.1.12</wiremock-standalone.version>
-        <hamcrest-core.version>1.3</hamcrest-core.version>
-        <jersey-apache-client.version>1.12</jersey-apache-client.version>
-        <freemarker.version>2.3.20</freemarker.version>
-        <apacheds-all.version>1.5.5</apacheds-all.version>
-        <shared-ldap.version>0.9.16</shared-ldap.version>
-        <jetty.version>6.1.23</jetty.version>
-        <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
-        <json-lib.version>2.4.2-geoserver</json-lib.version>
-        <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <qa>true</qa>
-        <lint>deprecation</lint>
-        <spotbugs-maven-pligin>3.1.12.2</spotbugs-maven-pligin>
-        <pmd.version>6.42.0</pmd.version>
-        <errorProneFlags />
-        <errorProne.version>2.18.0</errorProne.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <ciManagement>
         <system>jenkins</system>
         <url>http://ci.geo-solutions.it/</url>
@@ -1082,37 +985,6 @@
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <!-- compilation -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-
-                <!-- Use 2.4.2 because 2.4.3 has bug with system properties
-				     see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SUREFIRE-121 -->
-                <version>2.4.2</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <argLine>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -noverify</argLine>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <repositories>
         <!-- GeoSolutions -->
         <repository>
diff --git a/src/web/app/pom.xml b/src/web/app/pom.xml
index 69885652..3abee446 100644
--- a/src/web/app/pom.xml
+++ b/src/web/app/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@
             <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <!-- if you want to create a new profile for support another DB create a