diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a2659ad7c6..3f671b44fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
     <version>18</version>
-    <relativePath />
-    <!-- no parent resolution -->
+    <relativePath /> <!-- resolve from repository -->
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ratis</artifactId>
diff --git a/ratis-assembly/pom.xml b/ratis-assembly/pom.xml
index 3b899dfc06..75f6153dcf 100644
--- a/ratis-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@
     <artifactId>ratis</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ratis-assembly</artifactId>
   <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
   <name>Ratis Project Assembly</name>
-  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/ratis-client/pom.xml b/ratis-client/pom.xml
index 3df7eb836c..7b673d155a 100644
--- a/ratis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-client/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
     <artifactId>ratis</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ratis-client</artifactId>
   <name>Ratis Client</name>
-  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/ratis-common/pom.xml b/ratis-common/pom.xml
index 6204807e39..c9cd07c34f 100644
--- a/ratis-common/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-common/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
     <artifactId>ratis</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ratis-common</artifactId>
   <name>Ratis Common</name>
-  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/ratis-examples/pom.xml b/ratis-examples/pom.xml
index 0e67d74ebc..17fb8d5b18 100644
--- a/ratis-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-examples/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
     <artifactId>ratis</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ratis-examples</artifactId>
   <name>Ratis Examples</name>
-  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/ratis-grpc/pom.xml b/ratis-grpc/pom.xml
index 1f044f743a..437650e4c5 100644
--- a/ratis-grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-grpc/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
     <artifactId>ratis</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ratis-grpc</artifactId>
   <name>Ratis gRPC Support</name>
-  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/ratis-hadoop-shaded/pom.xml b/ratis-hadoop-shaded/pom.xml
index 3c5f586477..62926277b2 100644
--- a/ratis-hadoop-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-hadoop-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
     <artifactId>ratis</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ratis-hadoop-shaded</artifactId>
   <name>Ratis Hadoop Shaded</name>
-  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <properties>
     <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
diff --git a/ratis-hadoop/pom.xml b/ratis-hadoop/pom.xml
index 19cc95f788..308e092df5 100644
--- a/ratis-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
     <artifactId>ratis</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ratis-hadoop</artifactId>
   <name>Ratis Hadoop Support</name>
-  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/ratis-netty/pom.xml b/ratis-netty/pom.xml
index 52f6f0b474..ccc2385195 100644
--- a/ratis-netty/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-netty/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
     <artifactId>ratis</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ratis-netty</artifactId>
   <name>Ratis Netty Support</name>
-  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/ratis-proto-shaded/pom.xml b/ratis-proto-shaded/pom.xml
index 9520080ae9..28f1bb0479 100644
--- a/ratis-proto-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-proto-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
     <artifactId>ratis</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ratis-proto-shaded</artifactId>
   <name>Ratis Proto Shaded</name>
-  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <properties>
     <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
diff --git a/ratis-replicated-map/pom.xml b/ratis-replicated-map/pom.xml
index cd2249088b..992218bbf4 100644
--- a/ratis-replicated-map/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-replicated-map/pom.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,10 @@
     <artifactId>ratis</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ratis-replicated-map</artifactId>
   <name>Ratis Replicated Map</name>
-  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/ratis-server/pom.xml b/ratis-server/pom.xml
index f948c426a9..fa6a5f5931 100644
--- a/ratis-server/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-server/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
     <artifactId>ratis</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ratis-server</artifactId>
   <name>Ratis Server</name>
-  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>