The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Software Foundation Parent POM Version, version 31
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>31</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-31 ** New Feature * [MPOM-440] - Add maven-checkstyle-plugin to pluginManagement ** Improvement * [MPOM-399] - Set minimalMavenBuildVersion to 3.6.3 - the minimum used by plugins ** Dependency upgrade * [MPOM-430] - Bump maven-javadoc-plugin from 3.5.0 to 3.6.2 * [MPOM-431] - Bump maven-clean-plugin from 3.2.0 to 3.3.2 * [MPOM-432] - Bump maven-enforcer-plugin from 3.3.0 to 3.4.1 * [MPOM-433] - Bump maven-invoker-plugin from 3.5.1 to 3.6.0 * [MPOM-434] - Bump maven-shade-plugin from 3.4.1 to 3.5.1 * [MPOM-435] - Bump maven-war-plugin from 3.3.2 to 3.4.0 * [MPOM-437] - Bump maven-dependency-plugin from 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 * [MPOM-438] - Bump maven-plugin-plugin from 3.9.0 to 3.10.1 * [MPOM-439] - Bump maven-surefire from 3.1.2 to 3.2.2 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team
