diff --git a/ethereum/pom.xml b/ethereum/pom.xml
index 47f6c31f33..1449d9d95c 100644
--- a/ethereum/pom.xml
+++ b/ethereum/pom.xml
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${compiler.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>${source.version}</source>
-                    <target>${target.version}</target>
+                    <source>${java.version}</source>
+                    <target>${java.version}</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${war.plugin.version}</version>
+                <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <warSourceDirectory>src/main/webapp</warSourceDirectory>
                     <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
@@ -216,8 +216,5 @@
         <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
         <spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>2.0.4.RELEASE</spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>
         <compiler.plugin.version>3.1</compiler.plugin.version>
-        <source.version>1.8</source.version>
-        <target.version>1.8</target.version>
-        <war.plugin.version>3.0.0</war.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/jnosql/jnosql-diana/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/jnosql/jnosql-diana/pom.xml
index 529d3d4cc6..79c455646c 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/jnosql/jnosql-diana/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/jnosql/jnosql-diana/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec.plugin.version}</version>
+                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>document</id>
@@ -89,8 +89,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <exec.plugin.version>1.6.0</exec.plugin.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spf4j/spf4j-aspects-app/pom.xml b/spf4j/spf4j-aspects-app/pom.xml
index 3ec450c98d..db6a18f26a 100644
--- a/spf4j/spf4j-aspects-app/pom.xml
+++ b/spf4j/spf4j-aspects-app/pom.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${compiler.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>${source.version}</source>
-                    <target>${target.version}</target>
+                    <source>${java.version}</source>
+                    <target>${java.version}</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@
         <spf4j.version>8.6.10</spf4j.version>
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
         <compiler.plugin.version>3.8.0</compiler.plugin.version>
-        <source.version>1.8</source.version>
-        <target.version>1.8</target.version>
         <dependency.plugin.version>3.1.1</dependency.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spf4j/spf4j-core-app/pom.xml b/spf4j/spf4j-core-app/pom.xml
index af3598d5d1..48cbf4a1c9 100644
--- a/spf4j/spf4j-core-app/pom.xml
+++ b/spf4j/spf4j-core-app/pom.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${compiler.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>${source.version}</source>
-                    <target>${target.version}</target>
+                    <source>${java.version}</source>
+                    <target>${java.version}</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@
         <spf4j.version>8.6.10</spf4j.version>
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
         <compiler.plugin.version>3.8.0</compiler.plugin.version>
-        <source.version>1.8</source.version>
-        <target.version>1.8</target.version>
         <dependency.plugin.version>3.1.1</dependency.plugin.version>
     </properties>