diff --git a/jta/pom.xml b/jta/pom.xml
index b7e39c66e1..1e86a0144c 100644
--- a/jta/pom.xml
+++ b/jta/pom.xml
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
             <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
diff --git a/libraries-testing/pom.xml b/libraries-testing/pom.xml
index a2fbed31b2..86c9bd52e1 100644
--- a/libraries-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-testing/pom.xml
@@ -125,19 +125,6 @@
 			<version>${java-hamcrest.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
-			<artifactId>serenity-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${serenity.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
-					<artifactId>asciidoctorj</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asciidoctor-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-h2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-h2/pom.xml
index bd36a46144..30c727bfc8 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-h2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-h2/pom.xml
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/spring-boot-properties/pom.xml b/spring-boot-properties/pom.xml
index ccb9204d96..5e65aadc28 100644
--- a/spring-boot-properties/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-properties/pom.xml
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-ejb/pom.xml b/spring-ejb/pom.xml
index 126bace9bd..587d626cac 100755
--- a/spring-ejb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ejb/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <repositories>