diff --git a/animal-sniffer-ant-tasks/pom.xml b/animal-sniffer-ant-tasks/pom.xml
index f5bc6e37..791f17dd 100644
--- a/animal-sniffer-ant-tasks/pom.xml
+++ b/animal-sniffer-ant-tasks/pom.xml
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
   The MIT License
- 
+
   Copyright (c) 2009 codehaus.org.
- 
+
   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
   of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
   in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
   to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
   copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
   furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- 
+
   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
   all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- 
+
   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
   IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
   AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
   OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-  THE SOFTWARE. 
+  THE SOFTWARE.
 -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>package</phase>
diff --git a/animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule/pom.xml b/animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule/pom.xml
index d2ab8e47..fff8f53f 100644
--- a/animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule/pom.xml
+++ b/animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule/pom.xml
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
   The MIT License
- 
+
   Copyright (c) 2009 codehaus.org.
- 
+
   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
   of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
   in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
   to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
   copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
   furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- 
+
   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
   all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- 
+
   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
   IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
   AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
   OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-  THE SOFTWARE. 
+  THE SOFTWARE.
 -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -57,17 +57,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
-      <version>${maven.version}</version>
+      <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${maven.version}</version>
+      <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
-      <version>${maven.version}</version>
+      <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.13.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule/src/it/setup-001/pom.xml b/animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule/src/it/setup-001/pom.xml
index a79c851b..3223ff64 100644
--- a/animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule/src/it/setup-001/pom.xml
+++ b/animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule/src/it/setup-001/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Dummy API Signature</name>
-  
+
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@build-helper.version@</version>
+        <version>@build-helper-maven-plugin.version@</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>attach-artifacts</id>
diff --git a/animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule/src/it/setup-002/pom.xml b/animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule/src/it/setup-002/pom.xml
index 0025b3f7..f0aab3bc 100644
--- a/animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule/src/it/setup-002/pom.xml
+++ b/animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule/src/it/setup-002/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@build-helper.version@</version>
+        <version>@build-helper-maven-plugin.version@</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>attach-artifacts</id>
diff --git a/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index dae1f248..921dee0f 100644
--- a/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
   The MIT License
- 
+
   Copyright (c) 2009 codehaus.org.
- 
+
   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
   of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
   in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
   to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
   copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
   furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- 
+
   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
   all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- 
+
   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
   IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
   AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
   OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-  THE SOFTWARE. 
+  THE SOFTWARE.
 -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   </description>
 
   <prerequisites>
-    <maven>${maven.version}</maven>
+    <maven>${mavenVersion}</maven>
   </prerequisites>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -57,19 +57,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${maven.version}</version>
+      <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${maven.version}</version>
+      <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
-      <version>${maven.version}</version>
+      <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-boot-classpath-detector/pom.xml b/java-boot-classpath-detector/pom.xml
index e9212550..1a70a77a 100644
--- a/java-boot-classpath-detector/pom.xml
+++ b/java-boot-classpath-detector/pom.xml
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
   The MIT License
- 
+
   Copyright (c) 2009 codehaus.org.
- 
+
   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
   of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
   in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
   to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
   copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
   furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- 
+
   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
   all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- 
+
   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
   IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
   AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
   OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-  THE SOFTWARE. 
+  THE SOFTWARE.
 -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
     <version>1.24-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
-  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-boot-classpath-detector</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@
               <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
               <mainClass>org.codehaus.mojo.animal_sniffer.jbcpd.ShowClassPath</mainClass>
             </manifest>
-          </archive>          
+          </archive>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 08be01f9..a1ad0375 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
     <artifactId>mojo-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>74</version>
+    <version>77</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>animal-sniffer-parent</artifactId>
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <scmpublish.content>${project.build.directory}/staging/animal-sniffer-parent</scmpublish.content>
-    <maven.version>3.6.3</maven.version>
-    <mojo.java.target>8</mojo.java.target>
-    <build-helper.version>3.4.0</build-helper.version>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-03-25T07:56:10Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
@@ -142,11 +139,6 @@
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-          <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${build-helper.version}</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <!-- multi module project - stage site -->
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -162,6 +154,11 @@
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.5.1</version>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>