diff --git a/activejdbc/pom.xml b/activejdbc/pom.xml
index 0c8047f10b..542e674ff3 100644
--- a/activejdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/activejdbc/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
     <artifactId>activejdbc</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -79,55 +78,11 @@
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <reportFormat>brief</reportFormat>
-                    <trimStackTrace>true</trimStackTrace>
-                    <useFile>false</useFile>
-                    <includes>
-                        <include>**/*Spec*.java</include>
-                        <include>**/*Test*.java</include>
-                    </includes>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/helpers/*</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*$*</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>snapshots1</id>
-            <name>JavaLite Snapshots1</name>
-            <url>http://repo.javalite.io/</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-                <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
-                <checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
-    <pluginRepositories>
-        <pluginRepository>
-            <id>snapshots2</id>
-            <name>JavaLite Snapshots2</name>
-            <url>http://repo.javalite.io/</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-                <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
-                <checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
-            </snapshots>
-        </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
-
     <properties>
-        <activejdbc.version>1.4.13</activejdbc.version>
+        <activejdbc.version>2.0</activejdbc.version>
         <environments>development.test,development</environments>
         <mysql.connector.version>5.1.34</mysql.connector.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/activejdbc/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Employee.java b/activejdbc/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Employee.java
index b7fa8aaf1f..e6e9be2aac 100644
--- a/activejdbc/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Employee.java
+++ b/activejdbc/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Employee.java
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ public class Employee extends Model {
         set("created_by",createdBy);
     }
 
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return getString("last_name");
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/activejdbc/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Role.java b/activejdbc/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Role.java
index 3f425dbe6b..bbd5a7d169 100644
--- a/activejdbc/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Role.java
+++ b/activejdbc/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Role.java
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ public class Role extends Model {
         set("role_name",role);
         set("created_by",createdBy);
     }
+
+    public String getRoleName() {
+        return getString("role_name");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/activejdbc/src/test/java/com/baeldung/ActiveJDBCAppTest.java b/activejdbc/src/test/java/com/baeldung/ActiveJDBCAppManualTest.java
similarity index 97%
rename from activejdbc/src/test/java/com/baeldung/ActiveJDBCAppTest.java
rename to activejdbc/src/test/java/com/baeldung/ActiveJDBCAppManualTest.java
index 316dc34712..22eb87f930 100644
--- a/activejdbc/src/test/java/com/baeldung/ActiveJDBCAppTest.java
+++ b/activejdbc/src/test/java/com/baeldung/ActiveJDBCAppManualTest.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-public class ActiveJDBCAppTest extends DBSpec
+public class ActiveJDBCAppManualTest extends DBSpec
 {
     @Test
     public void ifEmployeeCreated_thenIsValid() {
diff --git a/apache-shiro/pom.xml b/apache-shiro/pom.xml
index 3a72804ab1..98d9563284 100644
--- a/apache-shiro/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-shiro/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-shiro</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
@@ -36,13 +35,11 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j-version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j-version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -53,26 +50,9 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${java.version}</source>
-                    <target>${java.version}</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
         <apache-shiro-core-version>1.4.0</apache-shiro-core-version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <log4j-version>1.2.17</log4j-version>
-        <slf4j-version>1.7.25</slf4j-version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asm/pom.xml b/asm/pom.xml
index 7bbaa2a8f1..5aad2a0e37 100644
--- a/asm/pom.xml
+++ b/asm/pom.xml
@@ -42,14 +42,6 @@
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <argLine>-javaagent:"C:\asm-1.0.jar"</argLine>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/cas/cas-secured-app/pom.xml b/cas/cas-secured-app/pom.xml
index 22d1522fbe..2291da9084 100644
--- a/cas/cas-secured-app/pom.xml
+++ b/cas/cas-secured-app/pom.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
     <artifactId>cas-secured-app</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>cas-secured-app</name>
-    <description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
+    <description>Demo project for CAS</description>
 
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent-boot-1</artifactId>
@@ -60,10 +58,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/cas/cas-server/pom.xml b/cas/cas-server/pom.xml
index a15b4b58d5..9a8c3e47e2 100644
--- a/cas/cas-server/pom.xml
+++ b/cas/cas-server/pom.xml
@@ -2,11 +2,17 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd ">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
     <artifactId>cas-server</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <version>1.0</version>
 
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-1</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-boot-1</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apereo.cas</groupId>
@@ -39,7 +45,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${springboot.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <mainClass>${mainClassName}</mainClass>
                     <addResources>true</addResources>
@@ -74,42 +79,10 @@
                     </overlays>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <finalName>cas</finalName>
     </build>
 
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-releases</id>
-            <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </releases>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>shibboleth-releases</id>
-            <url>https://build.shibboleth.net/nexus/content/repositories/releases</url>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <activation>
@@ -214,8 +187,7 @@
     </profiles>
 
     <properties>
-        <cas.version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</cas.version>
-        <springboot.version>1.5.13.RELEASE</springboot.version>
+        <cas.version>5.3.3</cas.version>
         <!-- app.server could be -jetty, -undertow, -tomcat, or blank if you plan to provide appserver -->
         <app.server>-tomcat</app.server>
 
@@ -223,9 +195,6 @@
         <isExecutable>false</isExecutable>
         <manifestFileToUse>${project.build.directory}/war/work/org.apereo.cas/cas-server-webapp${app.server}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFileToUse>
 
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <wrapper-maven-plugin.version>0.0.4</wrapper-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.3</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
diff --git a/core-java-io/pom.xml b/core-java-io/pom.xml
index bc71fb8838..cf3e950cb8 100644
--- a/core-java-io/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-io/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
     <artifactId>core-java-io</artifactId>
     <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -166,36 +165,6 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring-boot-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>repackage</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <classifier>spring-boot</classifier>
-                            <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -229,32 +198,6 @@
             <id>integration</id>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <phase>integration-test</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>test</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                                <configuration>
-                                    <excludes>
-                                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
-                                    </excludes>
-                                    <includes>
-                                        <include>**/*IntegrationTest.java</include>
-                                        <include>**/*IntTest.java</include>
-                                    </includes>
-                                </configuration>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <systemPropertyVariables>
-                                <test.mime>json</test.mime>
-                            </systemPropertyVariables>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -310,14 +253,11 @@
         <avaitility.version>1.7.0</avaitility.version>
 
         <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.4.0</hsqldb.version>
         <esapi.version>2.1.0.1</esapi.version>
         <jmh-generator-annprocess.version>1.19</jmh-generator-annprocess.version>
         <async-http-client.version>2.4.5</async-http-client.version>
-        <spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>2.0.4.RELEASE</spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-io/src/test/java/com/baeldung/symlink/SymLinkExampleUnitTest.java b/core-java-io/src/test/java/com/baeldung/symlink/SymLinkExampleManualTest.java
similarity index 96%
rename from core-java-io/src/test/java/com/baeldung/symlink/SymLinkExampleUnitTest.java
rename to core-java-io/src/test/java/com/baeldung/symlink/SymLinkExampleManualTest.java
index 803d8881b4..caa7049475 100644
--- a/core-java-io/src/test/java/com/baeldung/symlink/SymLinkExampleUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-io/src/test/java/com/baeldung/symlink/SymLinkExampleManualTest.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-public class SymLinkExampleUnitTest {
+public class SymLinkExampleManualTest {
 
     @Test
     public void whenUsingFiles_thenCreateSymbolicLink() throws IOException {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 66293fe31b..c16d150b39 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@
 				<module>jta</module>
 				<!--<module>java-dates</module> --> <!-- Commented because we have still not upgraded to java 9 -->
 				<module>java-websocket</module>
-				<!-- <module>activejdbc</module> --><!-- PMD voilation -->
+				<module>activejdbc</module>
 				<!-- <module>animal-sniffer-mvn-plugin</module> --><!-- PMD voilation -->
 				<!-- <module>apache-avro</module> --><!-- Malformed POM -->
 				<module>apache-bval</module>
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@
 				<module>wicket</module>
 				<module>xstream</module>
 				<module>cas/cas-secured-app</module>
-				<!-- <module>cas/cas-server</module> --><!-- Takes too much time -->
+				<module>cas/cas-server</module>
 				<!-- <module>graphql/graphql-java</module> --><!-- Wrong parent -->
 				<!-- <module>guest/deep-jsf</module> --><!-- guest post on different site -->
 				<!-- <module>guest/junit5-example</module> --><!-- guest post on different site - Compilation failure -->