diff --git a/parent-pom/pom.xml b/parent-pom/pom.xml
index 5940dbd..7a2cfac 100644
--- a/parent-pom/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-pom/pom.xml
@@ -65,14 +65,6 @@
         <skipFormatting>false</skipFormatting>
         <maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>
 
-        <!-- Default to Java 11 -->
-        <jdk.min.version>11</jdk.min.version>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.release>${maven.compiler.target}</maven.compiler.release>
-
-        <version.compiler.plugin>3.11.0</version.compiler.plugin>
-        <version.surefire.plugin>3.1.2</version.surefire.plugin>
         <version.formatter.maven.plugin>2.23.0</version.formatter.maven.plugin>
         <version.impsort.maven.plugin>1.9.0</version.impsort.maven.plugin>
         <version.nexus.staging.maven.plugin>1.6.13</version.nexus.staging.maven.plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 30b39d3..ef90247 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
     </issueManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <version.release.plugin>3.0.0-M6</version.release.plugin>
         <version.nexus.staging.maven.plugin>1.6.13</version.nexus.staging.maven.plugin>
         <repo.sonatype.url>https://oss.sonatype.org</repo.sonatype.url>
         <sonatype.server.id>ossrh</sonatype.server.id>