The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Software Foundation Parent POM Version, version 29
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>29</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-29 ** Improvement * [MPOM-378] - Using an SPDX identifier as the license name is recommended by Maven ** Dependency upgrade * [MPOM-380] - Bump maven-ear-plugin from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 * [MPOM-381] - Bump maven-release-plugin from 3.0.0-M6 to 3.0.0-M7 * [MPOM-382] - Bump maven-install-plugin from 3.0.1 to 3.1.0 * [MPOM-383] - Bump maven-dependency-plugin from 3.3.0 to 3.4.0 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team