The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Software Foundation Parent POM Version, version 28
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>28</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-28 ** Bug * [MPOM-345] - Respect property assembly.tarLongFileMode ** Improvement * [MPOM-347] - Allow custom Release Distribution Repository ** Dependency upgrade * [MPOM-354] - Upgrade maven plugin tools to 3.7.0 * [MPOM-360] - Bump apache-rat-plugin from 0.14 to 0.15 * [MPOM-361] - Bump maven-jar-plugin from 3.2.2 to 3.3.0 * [MPOM-362] - Bump maven-help-plugin from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 * [MPOM-363] - Bump maven-project-info-reports-plugin from 3.3.0 to 3.4.1 * [MPOM-364] - Bump maven-javadoc-plugin from 3.4.0 to 3.4.1 * [MPOM-365] - Bump maven-site-plugin from 3.12.0 to 3.12.1 * [MPOM-366] - Bump maven-resources-plugin from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 * [MPOM-367] - Bump maven-assembly-plugin from 3.4.1 to 3.4.2 * [MPOM-368] - Bump maven-install-plugin from 2.5.2 to 3.0.1 * [MPOM-369] - Bump maven-shade-plugin from 3.3.0 to 3.4.1 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team