diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream/spring-cloud-stream-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream/spring-cloud-stream-kafka/pom.xml
index 18bc426364..2ba9d55358 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream/spring-cloud-stream-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream/spring-cloud-stream-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
     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>
-
-
     <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-kafka</artifactId>
     <name>spring-cloud-stream-kafka</name>
     <description>Simple Spring Cloud Stream</description>
@@ -15,13 +13,6 @@
         <version>2.1.5.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <properties>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <spring-cloud.version>Greenwich.SR1</spring-cloud.version>
-        <kafka-avro-serializer.version>4.0.0</kafka-avro-serializer.version>
-        <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -108,4 +99,11 @@
         </repository>
     </repositories>
 
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <spring-cloud.version>Greenwich.SR1</spring-cloud.version>
+        <kafka-avro-serializer.version>4.0.0</kafka-avro-serializer.version>
+        <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-ejb/spring-ejb-remote/pom.xml b/spring-ejb/spring-ejb-remote/pom.xml
index 4a365180f2..633e0387b0 100644
--- a/spring-ejb/spring-ejb-remote/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ejb/spring-ejb-remote/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-
     <profiles>
         <!-- mvn clean package cargo:run -Pwildfly-standalone -->
         <profile>
diff --git a/spring-rest-compress/pom.xml b/spring-rest-compress/pom.xml
index d5afc5708d..ca00bdc659 100644
--- a/spring-rest-compress/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest-compress/pom.xml
@@ -1,66 +1,65 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+    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>spring-rest-compress</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>spring-rest-compress</name>
+
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
     </parent>
-	<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-	<artifactId>spring-rest-compress</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<name>spring-rest-compress</name>
 
-	<properties>
-		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-		<commons-io.version>2.6</commons-io.version>
-	</properties>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
 
-	<dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jetty</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jetty</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-			<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>${commons-io.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
-
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.6</commons-io.version>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-security-core/pom.xml b/spring-security-core/pom.xml
index b144357e25..00d12ed7d2 100644
--- a/spring-security-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
     <name>spring-security-core</name>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
 
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-jsonview/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-jsonview/pom.xml
index a7f668ae8b..c21978203c 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-jsonview/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-jsonview/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>spring-security-mvc-jsonview</artifactId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
@@ -142,7 +140,6 @@
             <version>${json-path.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -153,9 +150,7 @@
                 <filtering>true</filtering>
             </resource>
         </resources>
-
         <plugins>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -200,15 +195,12 @@
                     </configuration>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
-
     </build>
 
     <properties>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
         <json-path.version>2.4.0</json-path.version>
-
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-socket/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-socket/pom.xml
index f799a7fa9f..96031e02f7 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-socket/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-socket/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 <project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
     <groupId>com.baeldung.springsecuredsockets</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-security-mvc-socket</artifactId>
     <version>1.0.0</version>
@@ -151,35 +150,34 @@
         
         <!-- Test -->
         <dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5.10.RELEASE</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <version>1.5.10.RELEASE</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
-      
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.2</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <path>/spring-security-mvc-socket</path>
-                    </configuration>
-                </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>
-        <finalName>spring-security-mvc-socket</finalName>
+        <finalName>spring-security-mvc-socket</finalName>      
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
+                <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.2</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <path>/spring-security-mvc-socket</path>
+                </configuration>
+            </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>
     </build>
 
     <properties>