diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-3/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-3/pom.xml
index 3b3f9dbdb0..7e61ca18af 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-3/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-            <!-- Treiber: nicht gegen diese API programmieren, erst zur Laufzeit benötigt -->
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-aws/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-aws/pom.xml
index 12a65908af..815766a846 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-aws/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-aws/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container-springboot2</artifactId>
-            <version>${springboot2.aws.version}</version>
+            <version>${aws-serverless-java-container-springboot2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -64,16 +64,18 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>11</source>
-                    <target>11</target>
+                    <source>${maven.compiler.source.version}</source>
+                    <target>${maven.compiler.target.version}</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <springboot2.aws.version>1.9.1</springboot2.aws.version>
+        <aws-serverless-java-container-springboot2.version>1.9.1</aws-serverless-java-container-springboot2.version>
         <maven-shade-plugin.version>3.2.4</maven-shade-plugin.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source.version>11</maven.compiler.source.version>
+        <maven.compiler.target.version>11</maven.compiler.target.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-ci-cd/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-ci-cd/pom.xml
index 8c12c98236..6e58f1162d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-ci-cd/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-ci-cd/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.8.5</version>
+                <version>${jacoco-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>default-prepare-agent</id>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>com.heroku.sdk</groupId>
                         <artifactId>heroku-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0.2</version>
+                        <version>${heroku-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <appName>spring-boot-ci-cd</appName>
                             <processTypes>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jib-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.2.0</version>
+                        <version>${jib-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <to>
                                 <image>registry.hub.docker.com/baeldungjib/baeldung-ci-cd-process</image>
@@ -104,4 +104,10 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
+    <properties>
+        <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.5</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
+        <heroku-maven-plugin.version>3.0.2</heroku-maven-plugin.version>
+        <jib-maven-plugin.version>2.2.0</jib-maven-plugin.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-cli/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-cli/pom.xml
index 76b14b2103..19607ac21c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-cli/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     <artifactId>spring-boot-cli</artifactId>
     <name>spring-boot-cli</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <description></description>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung.spring-boot-modules</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-crud/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-crud/pom.xml
index 7acaa49e87..35f3ec114d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-crud/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-crud/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>${maven-assembly-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <descriptorRefs>
                         <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
@@ -78,4 +78,8 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <properties>
+        <maven-assembly-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-data-3/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-data-3/pom.xml
index 4903d2ea26..6c2edbb864 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-data-3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-data-3/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws.secretsmanager</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-secretsmanager-jdbc</artifactId>
-            <version>${aws.secrets.manager.jdbc}</version>
+            <version>${aws-secretsmanager-jdbc.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.awspring.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-aws-secrets-manager-config</artifactId>
-            <version>${aws.secrets.manager.config}</version>
+            <version>${spring-cloud-starter-aws-secrets-manager-config.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <aws.secrets.manager.config>2.4.4</aws.secrets.manager.config>
-        <aws.secrets.manager.jdbc>1.0.11</aws.secrets.manager.jdbc>
+        <spring-cloud-starter-aws-secrets-manager-config.version>2.4.4</spring-cloud-starter-aws-secrets-manager-config.version>
+        <aws-secretsmanager-jdbc.version>1.0.11</aws-secretsmanager-jdbc.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-deployment/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-deployment/pom.xml
index a1819c4f38..890a5be58f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-deployment/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.18</version>
+                <version>${maven-failsafe-plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <!-- Invokes both the integration-test and the verify goals -->
                     <!-- of the Failsafe Maven plugin -->
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
         <jpa.version>2.2</jpa.version>
         <subethasmtp.version>3.1.7</subethasmtp.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.8</httpclient.version>
+        <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>2.18</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-documentation/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-documentation/pom.xml
index 513c5678d5..f0806b3c75 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-documentation/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-documentation/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.swagger.core.v3</groupId>
                 <artifactId>swagger-core-jakarta</artifactId>
-                <version>${swagger-core.version}</version>
+                <version>${swagger-core-jakarta.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.github.springwolf</groupId>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <swagger-core.version>2.2.11</swagger-core.version>
+        <swagger-core-jakarta.version>2.2.11</swagger-core-jakarta.version>
         <springwolf-kafka.version>0.12.1</springwolf-kafka.version>
         <springwolf-ui.version>0.8.0</springwolf-ui.version>
         <testcontainers-kafka.version>1.18.3</testcontainers-kafka.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-graphql/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-graphql/pom.xml
index 628babbd3f..d3c122709d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-graphql/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-graphql/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
             <extension>
                 <groupId>kr.motd.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>os-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.0</version>
+                <version>${os-maven-plugin.version}</version>
             </extension>
         </extensions>
         <plugins>
@@ -43,17 +43,6 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <protobuf.version>3.19.2</protobuf.version>
-        <protobuf-plugin.version>0.6.1</protobuf-plugin.version>
-        <grpc.version>1.43.2</grpc.version>
-        <grpc.spring.version>2.13.1.RELEASE</grpc.spring.version>
-        <jsonassert.version>1.5.1</jsonassert.version>
-        <jakarta.annotation.version>1.3.5</jakarta.annotation.version>
-        <os-maven-plugin.version>1.6.2</os-maven-plugin.version>
-        <maven-war-plugin.version>3.3.2</maven-war-plugin.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -88,7 +77,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${jakarta.annotation.version}</version>
+            <version>${jakarta.annotation-api.version}</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -119,4 +108,16 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <properties>
+        <protobuf.version>3.19.2</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf-plugin.version>0.6.1</protobuf-plugin.version>
+        <grpc.version>1.43.2</grpc.version>
+        <grpc.spring.version>2.13.1.RELEASE</grpc.spring.version>
+        <jsonassert.version>1.5.1</jsonassert.version>
+        <jakarta.annotation-api.version>1.3.5</jakarta.annotation-api.version>
+        <os-maven-plugin.version>1.6.2</os-maven-plugin.version>
+        <maven-war-plugin.version>3.3.2</maven-war-plugin.version>
+        <os-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</os-maven-plugin.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-groovy/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-groovy/pom.xml
index ab1fef6865..151160bde5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-groovy/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-groovy/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.gmavenplus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>gmavenplus-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.9.0</version>
+                <version>${gmavenplus-plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
     <properties>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.springwithgroovy.SpringBootGroovyApplication</start-class>
         <groovy.version>3.0.13</groovy.version>
+        <gmavenplus-plugin.version>1.9.0</gmavenplus-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-jasypt/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-jasypt/pom.xml
index b83162fb04..f48cd78595 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-jasypt/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-jasypt/pom.xml
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <jasypt.version>2.0.0</jasypt.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <repositories>
         <repository>
             <id>spring-milestone</id>
@@ -57,4 +53,8 @@
             <url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
         </repository>
     </repositories>
+
+    <properties>
+        <jasypt.version>2.0.0</jasypt.version>
+    </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-keycloak-2/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-keycloak-2/pom.xml
index 4c4f403776..39a7283328 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-keycloak-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-keycloak-2/pom.xml
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
         <relativePath>../../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <properties>
-        <keycloak.version>21.0.1</keycloak.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -88,4 +84,8 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <properties>
+        <keycloak.version>21.0.1</keycloak.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-keycloak/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-keycloak/pom.xml
index a4d6e18fd5..64fb39d085 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-keycloak/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-keycloak/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>wsdl4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>wsdl4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.3</version>
+            <version>${wsdl4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
     <properties>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.keycloak.SpringBoot</start-class>
         <jaxb-runtime.version>4.0.0</jaxb-runtime.version>
+        <wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
         <jaxb2-maven-plugin.version>2.5.0</jaxb2-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-5/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-5/pom.xml
index 5a4f8a6cce..a516cab049 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-5/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-5/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10</version>
+            <version>${commons-configuration.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
         <spring.fox.version>3.0.0</spring.fox.version>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.springboot.swagger.ArticleApplication</start-class>
         <spring-cloud.version>2021.0.5</spring-cloud.version>
+        <commons-configuration.version>1.10</commons-configuration.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-performance/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-performance/pom.xml
index 38f5758c1f..d63bb450b5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-performance/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-performance/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
             <artifactId>chaos-monkey-spring-boot</artifactId>
-            <version>${chaos.monkey.version}</version>
+            <version>${chaos-monkey-spring-boot.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- The main class to start by executing java -jar -->
         <start-class>com.baeldung.lazyinitialization.Application</start-class>
-        <chaos.monkey.version>2.0.0</chaos.monkey.version>
+        <chaos-monkey-spring-boot.version>2.0.0</chaos-monkey-spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-properties-2/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-properties-2/pom.xml
index 2c74f7f186..60ee9538c1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-properties-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-properties-2/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-react/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-react/pom.xml
index dc0c6914c9..6361d9b82a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-react/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-react/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>${maven-resources-plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>copy-resources</id>
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <frontend-maven-plugin.version>1.6</frontend-maven-plugin.version>
         <node.version>v14.18.0</node.version>
         <yarn.version>v1.12.1</yarn.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-redis/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-redis/pom.xml
index e0ae5d388f..fa6b5a59c1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-redis/pom.xml
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@
                     <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
-            <version>0.7.3</version>
+            <version>${embedded-redis.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-webflux</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0.3</version>
+            <version>${spring-webflux.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>15</java.version>
+        <spring-webflux.version>6.0.3</spring-webflux.version>
+        <embedded-redis.version>0.7.3</embedded-redis.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-telegram/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-telegram/pom.xml
index b960137449..67fdf197f8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-telegram/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-telegram/pom.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.telegram</groupId>
             <artifactId>telegrambots-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-            <version>6.7.0</version>
+            <version>${telegrambots.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.telegram</groupId>
             <artifactId>telegrambots-abilities</artifactId>
-            <version>6.7.0</version>
+            <version>${telegrambots.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <telegrambots.version>6.7.0</telegrambots.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing-2/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing-2/pom.xml
index be8beaf700..f684d7ce97 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing-2/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.ws</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-ws-test</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.3</version>
+            <version>${spring-ws-test.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.redis.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers-redis-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.6</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers-redis-junit-jupiter.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jaxb2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.15.1</version>
+                <version>${maven-jaxb2-plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>xjc</id>
@@ -107,8 +107,11 @@
 
     <properties>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.boot.Application</start-class>
+        <spring-ws-test.version>3.1.3</spring-ws-test.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.17.2</testcontainers.version>
         <testcontainers-keycloak.version>1.10.0</testcontainers-keycloak.version>
+        <testcontainers-redis-junit-jupiter.version>1.4.6</testcontainers-redis-junit-jupiter.version>
+        <maven-jaxb2-plugin.version>0.15.1</maven-jaxb2-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/pom.xml
index 41783ebd7d..257260fc3f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>it.ozimov</groupId>
             <artifactId>embedded-redis</artifactId>
-            <version>${redis.version}</version>
+            <version>${embedded-redis.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         <git-commit-id-plugin.version>2.2.4</git-commit-id-plugin.version>
         <spock.version>2.4-M1-groovy-4.0</spock.version>
         <gmavenplus-plugin.version>3.0.0</gmavenplus-plugin.version>
-        <redis.version>0.7.2</redis.version>
+        <embedded-redis.version>0.7.2</embedded-redis.version>
         <spring-boot.version>2.5.0</spring-boot.version>
         <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-caching/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-caching/pom.xml
index 7f68dbf3ec..c27ccf3348 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-caching/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-caching/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <ehcache.version>3.5.2</ehcache.version>
-        <lombok.version>1.18.26</lombok.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml b/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml
index d4d7cd9c1a..db646899ad 100644
--- a/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
             <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.0</version>
+            <version>${rest-assured.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
         <start-class>com.baeldung.SpringBootRestApplication</start-class>
         <xstream.version>1.4.11.1</xstream.version>
         <modelmapper.version>3.1.0</modelmapper.version>
+        <rest-assured.version>3.3.0</rest-assured.version>
         <jaxb-runtime.version>2.3.7</jaxb-runtime.version>
     </properties>
 </project>