diff --git a/ratis-assembly/pom.xml b/ratis-assembly/pom.xml
index 75f6153dcf..d9163848fd 100644
--- a/ratis-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven-source-plugin.version}</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>prepare-package</phase>
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven-assembly-plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <!--Else will use ratis-assembly as final name.-->
           <finalName>ratis-${project.version}</finalName>
diff --git a/ratis-hadoop-shaded/pom.xml b/ratis-hadoop-shaded/pom.xml
index 62926277b2..9b4936bd2f 100644
--- a/ratis-hadoop-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-hadoop-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -44,12 +44,10 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven-source-plugin.version}</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven-assembly-plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -161,7 +159,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven-shade-plugin.version}</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <phase>package</phase>
@@ -284,7 +281,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven-dependency-plugin.version}</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>unpack</id>
diff --git a/ratis-proto-shaded/pom.xml b/ratis-proto-shaded/pom.xml
index 28f1bb0479..7db8eee523 100644
--- a/ratis-proto-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/ratis-proto-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -46,12 +46,10 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven-source-plugin.version}</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven-assembly-plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -450,7 +448,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.xolstice.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven-xolstice-plugin.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <protocArtifact>
                 com.google.protobuf:protoc:${shaded.protobuf.version}:exe:${os.detected.classifier}
@@ -484,7 +481,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven-shade-plugin.version}</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <phase>package</phase>
@@ -587,7 +583,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven-dependency-plugin.version}</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>unpack</id>