The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Parent POMs Version 41.
https://maven.apache.org/pom/maven/ You should specify the version in your project as parent like the following: <parent> <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId> <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId> <version>41</version> </parent> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page: https://maven.apache.org/pom/maven/download.html Release Notes - Maven POMs - Version MAVEN-41 ** Improvement * [MPOM-426] - downgrade plexus-xml to 3.0.0: 4.0.0 is incompatible with Maven 3 * [MPOM-429] - Support development with Java 21 (palantirJavaFormat) * [MPOM-443] - Skip empty surefire reports ** Task * [MPOM-427] - use version.artifactId property for dependency versions (like plugins) * [MPOM-436] - Remove quality-checks profile with maven-docck-plugin * [MPOM-445] - Use maven-checkstyle-plugin version from parent ** Dependency upgrade * [MPOM-425] - Bump com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin from 2.37.0 to 2.40.0 * [MPOM-441] - Bump maven-jxr-plugin from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1 * [MPOM-442] - Bump org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-maven-plugin from 2.7.9 to 2.7.10 * [MPOM-444] - Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.21.0 to 3.21.2 * [MPOM-446] - Upgrade Parent to 31 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team