diff --git a/microservices-modules/micronaut/pom.xml b/microservices-modules/micronaut/pom.xml
index 8647d1a3a7..2cc91bc510 100644
--- a/microservices-modules/micronaut/pom.xml
+++ b/microservices-modules/micronaut/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         <!-- <exec.mainClass>com.baeldung.micronaut.helloworld.server.ServerApplication</exec.mainClass> -->
         <exec.mainClass>com.baeldung.micronaut.vs.springboot.CompareApplication</exec.mainClass>
         <micronaut.version>1.0.0.RC2</micronaut.version>
-        <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
+        <jdk.version>17</jdk.version>
         <annotation.api.version>1.3.2</annotation.api.version>
         <reactor.version>3.1.6.RELEASE</reactor.version>
         <compiler.plugin.version>3.7.0</compiler.plugin.version>
diff --git a/microservices-modules/open-liberty/pom.xml b/microservices-modules/open-liberty/pom.xml
index c4b0fd0b82..1c2e948765 100644
--- a/microservices-modules/open-liberty/pom.xml
+++ b/microservices-modules/open-liberty/pom.xml
@@ -95,14 +95,11 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${version.maven-war-plugin}</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
@@ -111,7 +108,6 @@
         <version.microprofile>3.2</version.microprofile>
         <version.derby>10.14.2.0</version.derby>
         <version.liberty-maven-plugin>3.3-M3</version.liberty-maven-plugin>
-        <version.maven-war-plugin>3.2.3</version.maven-war-plugin>
         <version.yasson>1.0.5</version.yasson>
         <version.cxf-rt-rs-client>3.2.6</version.cxf-rt-rs-client>
         <version.javax.json>1.0.4</version.javax.json>
diff --git a/microservices-modules/pom.xml b/microservices-modules/pom.xml
index a9cd8d2cd9..2111390481 100644
--- a/microservices-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/microservices-modules/pom.xml
@@ -22,4 +22,8 @@
         <module>rest-express</module>
     </modules>
 
+    <properties>
+        <maven-war-plugin.version>3.3.2</maven-war-plugin.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/microservices-modules/rest-express/pom.xml b/microservices-modules/rest-express/pom.xml
index f222998340..e3fed19e29 100644
--- a/microservices-modules/rest-express/pom.xml
+++ b/microservices-modules/rest-express/pom.xml
@@ -94,12 +94,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 24f100d1db..d2f7724c1a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@
                 <module>lombok-modules</module>
                 <module>maven-modules</module>
 
-                <module>microservices-modules</module>
                 <module>muleesb</module>
 
                 <module>osgi</module>
@@ -553,7 +552,7 @@
                 <module>logging-modules</module>
                 <module>lombok-modules</module>
                 <module>maven-modules</module>
-                <module>microservices-modules</module>
+
                 <module>muleesb</module>
 
                 <module>osgi</module>
@@ -740,6 +739,7 @@
             </build>
 
             <modules>
+                <module>microservices-modules</module>
                 <module>spring-ejb-modules</module>
                 <module>spring-di</module>
                 <module>spring-di-2</module>
@@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@
             </build>
 
             <modules>
+                <module>microservices-modules</module>
                 <module>spring-ejb-modules</module>
                 <module>spring-di</module>
                 <module>spring-di-2</module>