The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Software Foundation Parent POM Version 18.
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>18</version> </parent> Release Notes - Maven POMs - Version ASF-18 ** Improvement * [MPOM-60] - Add DEPENDENCIES file to the exclude rule for apache-rat- plugin * [MPOM-78] - Updated maven-assembly-plugin to 2.5.5 * [MPOM-92] - Upgrade maven-clean-plugin to 2.6.1 * [MPOM-93] - Upgrade maven-gpg-plugin to 1.6 * [MPOM-94] - Upgrade maven-war-plugin to 2.6 * [MPOM-98] - Upgrade maven-compiler-plugin version to 3.3 * [MPOM-99] - Upgrade maven-dependency-plugin to 2.10 * [MPOM-100] - Upgrade maven.compiler.source/target to 1.6 * [MPOM-101] - Use HTTPS by default for snapshot repository * [MPOM-103] - upgrade maven-site-plugin to 3.5.1 * [MPOM-108] - Upgrade all plugins to the latest versions * [MPOM-116] - Use https wherever possible ** Task * [MPOM-104] - Clean up src/site-docs/site.xml for MSITE 3.5.1 * [MPOM-106] - Update maven-assembly-plugin * [MPOM-113] - Missing execution ids * [MPOM-114] - Missing groupId Changes since version 17: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/pom/tags/apache-18/pom.xml?r1=HEAD&r2=1675930&diff_format=h Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team