diff --git a/parent-boot-1/pom.xml b/parent-boot-1/pom.xml
index df4703f1db..8f1af24466 100644
--- a/parent-boot-1/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-boot-1/pom.xml
@@ -1,218 +1,61 @@
 <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">
+	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.ethereum</groupId>
-	<artifactId>ethereum</artifactId>
-	<name>ethereum</name>
+	<artifactId>parent-boot-1</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>parent-boot-1</name>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+	<description>Parent for all Spring Boot 1.x modules</description>
 
 	<parent>
-		<artifactId>parent-spring-5</artifactId>
 		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-		<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-		<relativePath>../parent-spring-5</relativePath>
+		<artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
+				<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
+				<type>pom</type>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
 	<dependencies>
-
-		<!-- Spring Boot Dependencies -->
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
+			<groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+			<artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
+			<version>${rest-assured.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<!-- Spring Dependencies -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<!-- Ethereum -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.ethereum</groupId>
-			<artifactId>ethereumj-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${ethereumj-core.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.web3j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>core</artifactId>
-			<version>${web3j.core.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<!-- Jackson Dependencies -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<!-- Servlet -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
-			<version>${jstl.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${javax.servlet-api.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jstl-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${jstl.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
-			<artifactId>javax.servlet.jsp-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${javax.servlet.jsp-api.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<!-- Logging -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-			<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-			<version>${logback.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<!-- Spring Testing -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
-			<version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<!-- Testing -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${mockito.version}</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-					<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-					<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
-			<artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-			<version>${jsonpath.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
-		<finalName>ethereum</finalName>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${spring-boot-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.0.0</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<warSourceDirectory>src/main/webapp</warSourceDirectory>
-					<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
+		<pluginManagement>
+			<plugins>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
+					<configuration>
+						<mainClass>${start-class}</mainClass>
+						<!-- this is necessary as we're not using the Boot parent -->
+					</configuration>
+				</plugin>
+			</plugins>
+		</pluginManagement>
 	</build>
 
-	<repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<id>Ethereum</id>
-			<name>Ethereum</name>
-			<url>https://dl.bintray.com/ethereum/maven/</url>
-		</repository>
-	</repositories>
-
 	<properties>
-		<ethereumj-core.version>1.5.0-RELEASE</ethereumj-core.version>
-		<web3j.core.version>3.3.1</web3j.core.version>
-		<spring.boot.version>1.5.6.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
-		<mockito.version>2.21.0</mockito.version>
-		<jsonpath.version>2.4.0</jsonpath.version>
-		<logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
-		<slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
-		<spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>2.0.4.RELEASE</spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>
+		<rest-assured.version>3.1.0</rest-assured.version>
+		<spring-boot.version>1.5.22.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
 	</properties>
+	
 </project>