diff --git a/artemis-bom/pom.xml b/artemis-bom/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27b4aafcfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artemis-bom/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artemis-project</artifactId>
+      <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   </parent>
+
+   <artifactId>artemis-bom</artifactId>
+   <packaging>pom</packaging>
+   <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Bill of Materials</name>
+
+   <properties>
+      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
+   </properties>
+
+   <dependencyManagement>
+      <dependencies>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-amqp-protocol</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-boot</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>activemq-branding</artifactId>
+            <type>war</type>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-cdi-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-console</artifactId>
+            <type>war</type>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-core-client-all</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-core-client-osgi</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-dto</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-features</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <classifier>features</classifier>
+            <type>xml</type>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-hornetq-protocol</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-hqclient-protocol</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-client-all</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-openwire-protocol</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-ra</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-server</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-service-extensions</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-jdbc-store</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-jms-client-all</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-jms-client-osgi</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-mqtt-protocol</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-openwire-protocol</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-plugin</artifactId>
+            <type>war</type>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-quorum-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-quorum-ri</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-ra</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-selector</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-server-osgi</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-service-extensions</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-spring-integration</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-stomp-protocol</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-web</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-website</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+   </dependencyManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/artemis-boot/pom.xml b/artemis-boot/pom.xml
index 3d03c962c8..6bd160a292 100644
--- a/artemis-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-boot/pom.xml
@@ -23,15 +23,11 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-boot</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Boot</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/artemis-cdi-client/pom.xml b/artemis-cdi-client/pom.xml
index 047c87fb93..2599ba45d5 100644
--- a/artemis-cdi-client/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-cdi-client/pom.xml
@@ -20,17 +20,13 @@
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <parent>
-      <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <artifactId>artemis-cdi-client</artifactId>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis CDI Integration</name>
 
@@ -54,22 +50,18 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-cli/pom.xml b/artemis-cli/pom.xml
index e27d1364d1..c5d71a340f 100644
--- a/artemis-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-cli/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis CLI</name>
 
    <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
       <winsw.version>2.7.0</winsw.version>
    </properties>
 
@@ -40,22 +40,18 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
@@ -65,22 +61,18 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-quorum-api</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-dto</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-commons/pom.xml b/artemis-commons/pom.xml
index 2d8cb5d7f0..12a4f29c9f 100644
--- a/artemis-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-commons/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Commons</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
 
       <!-- Johnzon and JSON is meant to be referenced only here on this package (commons)
diff --git a/artemis-core-client-all/pom.xml b/artemis-core-client-all/pom.xml
index e974f42860..ffb0b43933 100644
--- a/artemis-core-client-all/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-core-client-all/pom.xml
@@ -21,21 +21,17 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-core-client-all</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Core Client All</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/artemis-core-client-osgi/pom.xml b/artemis-core-client-osgi/pom.xml
index f4da79105e..8f6d3a4edc 100644
--- a/artemis-core-client-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-core-client-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-core-client-osgi</artifactId>
@@ -26,20 +27,14 @@
       to be deployed separately.
    </description>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
diff --git a/artemis-core-client/pom.xml b/artemis-core-client/pom.xml
index 0e4f932f1b..feca409b42 100644
--- a/artemis-core-client/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-core-client/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Core Client</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
@@ -57,7 +54,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-distribution/pom.xml b/artemis-distribution/pom.xml
index 5ca6e02774..dc5f63fa68 100644
--- a/artemis-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>apache-artemis</artifactId>
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
    <properties>
       <schemaLocation>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-bin/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}/schema</schemaLocation>
       <configLocation>src/main/resources/config</configLocation>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
    </properties>
 
    <dependencies>
@@ -40,67 +39,54 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-boot</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-ra</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-web</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-amqp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-stomp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-openwire-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-hornetq-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-mqtt-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
@@ -110,7 +96,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jdbc-store</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Logging implementation -->
@@ -130,31 +115,26 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-console</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version} </version>
          <type>war</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>activemq-branding</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version} </version>
          <type>war</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version} </version>
          <type>war</type>
       </dependency>
       <!-- quorum -->
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-quorum-api</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-quorum-ri</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!--TODO: no other modules seem to use this, is it equivalent to something else they do use ? -->
diff --git a/artemis-dto/pom.xml b/artemis-dto/pom.xml
index 3ca4bea03d..2c040251f8 100644
--- a/artemis-dto/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-dto/pom.xml
@@ -21,21 +21,17 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-dto</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis DTO</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-features/pom.xml b/artemis-features/pom.xml
index 0ab01e6583..403261d0d4 100644
--- a/artemis-features/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-features/pom.xml
@@ -20,15 +20,12 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
    <artifactId>artemis-features</artifactId>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Features</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId>
@@ -65,19 +62,16 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client-osgi</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client-osgi</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server-osgi</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
@@ -170,4 +164,4 @@
          </plugin>
       </plugins>
    </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/artemis-hawtio/pom.xml b/artemis-hawtio/pom.xml
index 9c1461478a..ab048edcb0 100644
--- a/artemis-hawtio/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-hawtio/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
         <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
         <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>artemis-hawtio-pom</artifactId>
@@ -31,10 +32,6 @@
     <!-- hawtio plugins are almost always war files -->
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
-    <properties>
-        <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
             <!-- we only need to embed this dependency in the war, this contains
diff --git a/artemis-image/examples/pom.xml b/artemis-image/examples/pom.xml
index 2b2a6e0b62..9798928000 100644
--- a/artemis-image/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-image/examples/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
+      <relativePath>../../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-image-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/artemis-image/pom.xml b/artemis-image/pom.xml
index e2c97a1dfd..11bdbf6a3b 100644
--- a/artemis-image/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-image/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-image</artifactId>
@@ -32,8 +33,6 @@
       <!-- base jre image, reproducible build and single pull with @sha reference -->
       <fromImage>eclipse-temurin:20-jre@sha256:5340605ada8bee017109147c838a96a24ecec037bedac5f157b26817ab633e02</fromImage>
 
-      <!-- for checkstyle plugin -->
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
       <!-- none of the surefire project defaults are relevant to the tests here -->
       <activemq-surefire-argline />
 
diff --git a/artemis-jakarta-client-all/pom.xml b/artemis-jakarta-client-all/pom.xml
index 804caa6b75..d24014f693 100644
--- a/artemis-jakarta-client-all/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-jakarta-client-all/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-client-all</artifactId>
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Jakarta Messaging Client All</name>
 
    <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
       <jakarta.jms-api.version>${jakarta.jms-api.version.alt}</jakarta.jms-api.version>
    </properties>
 
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/artemis-jakarta-client/pom.xml b/artemis-jakarta-client/pom.xml
index 8688e5e05f..5cc18287a9 100644
--- a/artemis-jakarta-client/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-jakarta-client/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-client</artifactId>
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Jakarta Messaging Client</name>
 
    <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
       <jakarta.jms-api.version>${jakarta.jms-api.version.alt}</jakarta.jms-api.version>
    </properties>
 
@@ -52,17 +52,14 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-selector</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>jakarta.jms</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-jakarta-ra/pom.xml b/artemis-jakarta-ra/pom.xml
index 15e603ff39..ac72c53964 100644
--- a/artemis-jakarta-ra/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-jakarta-ra/pom.xml
@@ -22,19 +22,18 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-ra</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
    <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
       <jakarta.jms-api.version>${jakarta.jms-api.version.alt}</jakarta.jms-api.version>
       <jakarta.transaction-api.version>${jakarta.transaction-api.version.alt}</jakarta.transaction-api.version>
       <jakarta.resource-api.version>${jakarta.resource-api.version.alt}</jakarta.resource-api.version>
    </properties>
 
-
    <dependencies>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
@@ -56,13 +55,11 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -83,12 +80,10 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-service-extensions</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.jgroups</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-jakarta-server/pom.xml b/artemis-jakarta-server/pom.xml
index 6f515f10bc..d5d39e17c4 100644
--- a/artemis-jakarta-server/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-jakarta-server/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-server</artifactId>
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Jakarta Messaging Server</name>
 
    <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
       <jakarta.jms-api.version>${jakarta.jms-api.version.alt}</jakarta.jms-api.version>
       <jakarta.transaction-api.version>${jakarta.transaction-api.version.alt}</jakarta.transaction-api.version>
       <jakarta.resource-api.version>${jakarta.resource-api.version.alt}</jakarta.resource-api.version>
@@ -54,32 +54,26 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-service-extensions</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>jakarta.jms</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-jakarta-service-extensions/pom.xml b/artemis-jakarta-service-extensions/pom.xml
index 25824b6434..16a613294f 100644
--- a/artemis-jakarta-service-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-jakarta-service-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-service-extensions</artifactId>
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Jakarta Service Extensions</name>
 
    <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
       <jakarta.jms-api.version>${jakarta.jms-api.version.alt}</jakarta.jms-api.version>
       <jakarta.transaction-api.version>${jakarta.transaction-api.version.alt}</jakarta.transaction-api.version>
    </properties>
@@ -37,17 +37,14 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
diff --git a/artemis-jdbc-store/pom.xml b/artemis-jdbc-store/pom.xml
index 6066ed895e..9c65c6859e 100644
--- a/artemis-jdbc-store/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-jdbc-store/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-jdbc-store</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis JDBC Store</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
 
       <!-- logging -->
@@ -46,17 +43,14 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-jms-client-all/pom.xml b/artemis-jms-client-all/pom.xml
index a6b69299e6..ff9dcb881d 100644
--- a/artemis-jms-client-all/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-jms-client-all/pom.xml
@@ -21,21 +21,17 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-jms-client-all</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis JMS Client All</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/artemis-jms-client-osgi/pom.xml b/artemis-jms-client-osgi/pom.xml
index cf49dc832d..fa2ea380d8 100644
--- a/artemis-jms-client-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-jms-client-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-jms-client-osgi</artifactId>
@@ -26,30 +27,22 @@
       to be deployed separately.
    </description>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-selector</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
diff --git a/artemis-jms-client/pom.xml b/artemis-jms-client/pom.xml
index 634f753573..821126baf2 100644
--- a/artemis-jms-client/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-jms-client/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis JMS Client</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
@@ -52,17 +49,14 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-selector</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>jakarta.jms</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-jms-server/pom.xml b/artemis-jms-server/pom.xml
index 4ee6d335d9..abfa1fe392 100644
--- a/artemis-jms-server/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-jms-server/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis JMS Server</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
@@ -51,32 +48,26 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-service-extensions</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>jakarta.jms</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-journal/pom.xml b/artemis-journal/pom.xml
index 1caa462c95..864a18d7e4 100644
--- a/artemis-journal/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-journal/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Journal</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
 
       <!-- logging -->
@@ -54,7 +51,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.jctools</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-4/pom.xml b/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-4/pom.xml
index b1d8732170..ca26762f09 100644
--- a/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-4/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-4/pom.xml
@@ -56,27 +56,22 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-5/pom.xml b/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-5/pom.xml
index e25468100b..88e2a7bbb0 100644
--- a/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-5/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-5/pom.xml
@@ -58,22 +58,18 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-commons/pom.xml b/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-commons/pom.xml
index 68a5e2b0c5..02ad06a1c8 100644
--- a/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-commons/pom.xml
@@ -46,27 +46,22 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/artemis-junit/pom.xml b/artemis-junit/pom.xml
index 3eed7372b7..359c7bd177 100644
--- a/artemis-junit/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-junit/pom.xml
@@ -22,16 +22,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-junit-parent</artifactId>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis JUnit</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <modules>
       <module>artemis-junit-commons</module>
       <module>artemis-junit-4</module>
diff --git a/artemis-log-annotation-processor/pom.xml b/artemis-log-annotation-processor/pom.xml
index b3c38985a9..18f3561e4a 100644
--- a/artemis-log-annotation-processor/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-log-annotation-processor/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-log-annotation-processor</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Log Annotation Processor</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/artemis-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 97879f3f31..756e18a585 100644
--- a/artemis-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Maven Plugin</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -55,22 +52,18 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-boot</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <exclusions>
             <exclusion>
                <!-- see https://github.com/jline/jline3/issues/937 -->
diff --git a/artemis-pom/pom.xml b/artemis-pom/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bde8c3a1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artemis-pom/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,870 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artemis-project</artifactId>
+      <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   </parent>
+
+   <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
+   <packaging>pom</packaging>
+   <name>ActiveMQ Artemis POM</name>
+
+   <properties>
+      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
+   </properties>
+
+   <dependencyManagement>
+      <dependencies>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-bom</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>import</scope>
+         </dependency>
+
+         <!-- ## Test Dependencies ## -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit5.version}</version>
+            <!-- Eclipse Public License - v 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <!-- ## Test Dependencies ## Note: Run Junit5 test. -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit5.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <!-- Eclipse Public License - v 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <!-- ## Test Dependencies ## Note: Run Junit4 tests. -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit5.version}</version>
+            <!-- Eclipse Public License - v 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <!-- License: EPL 1.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
+            <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
+            <version>5.2.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+
+         <!-- ### For MQTT Tests && Examples -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.paho</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3</artifactId>
+            <version>${paho.client.mqtt.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.paho</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.eclipse.paho.mqttv5.client</artifactId>
+            <version>${paho.client.mqtt.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.fusesource.mqtt-client</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mqtt-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${fuse.mqtt.client.version}</version>
+            <!-- Apache v2.0 License -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+            <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
+            <version>${apache.derby.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+            <artifactId>derbytools</artifactId>
+            <version>${apache.derby.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.paho</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mqtt-client</artifactId>
+            <version>0.4.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <!-- Eclipse Public License - v 1.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+            <version>${postgresql.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+            <!-- postgresql license -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-collections-testframework</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.collections.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <!-- License: MIT -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hadoop-minikdc</artifactId>
+            <version>${hadoop.minikdc.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>com.nimbusds</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>nimbus-jose-jwt</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>de.dentrassi.crypto</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pem-keystore</artifactId>
+            <version>${pem-keystore.version}</version>
+            <!-- Eclipse Public License - v 1.0 -->
+            <exclusions>
+               <!-- exclude bcprov-jdk15on to avoid conflicts with bcprov-jdk18on -->
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
+            <version>${bc-java-version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
+            <version>${bc-java-version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+
+         <!-- ## End Test Dependencies ## -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-jms</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <!-- ### End Build Time Dependencies ### -->
+
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dependency-check-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${owasp.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dependency-check-utils</artifactId>
+            <version>${owasp.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <!-- ### Run Time Dependencies: MUST NOT INCLUDE CAT X LICENSES ###-->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.inject-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jakarta.inject-api.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.fusesource.hawtbuf</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hawtbuf</artifactId>
+            <version>${hawtbuff.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.fusesource.hawtdispatch</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hawtdispatch</artifactId>
+            <version>${hawtdispatch.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.java.dev.javacc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javacc</artifactId>
+            <version>7.0.13</version>
+            <!-- License: BSD -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.jms</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.jms-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jakarta.jms-api.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.transaction</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.transaction-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jakarta.transaction-api.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.ejb</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.ejb-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jakarta.ejb-api.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jakarta.annotation-api.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.resource</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.resource-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jakarta.resource-api.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.collections.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.config.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.text.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.lang.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <!-- ## Examples Dependencies ## -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <!-- ## End Examples Dependencies ## -->
+
+         <!--needed to compile the bootstrap jar-->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jgroups</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jgroups</artifactId>
+            <version>${jgroups.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+               <!-- Exclude BM utils: dont need, cant ship -->
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>*</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
+            <artifactId>picocli</artifactId>
+            <version>${picocli.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
+            <artifactId>picocli-shell-jline3</artifactId>
+            <version>${picocli.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jline</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+            <version>${jline.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: BSD 3-Clause -->
+         </dependency>
+         <!--needed to compile transport jar-->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jctools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jctools-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${jctools.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hdrhistogram</groupId>
+            <artifactId>HdrHistogram</artifactId>
+            <version>${hdrhistogram.version}</version>
+            <!-- Licence: BSD 2-Clause -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-handler-proxy</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-codec-mqtt</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-codec-socks</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-resolver</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-transport-classes-epoll</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <classifier>${netty-transport-native-epoll-classifier}</classifier>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-transport-classes-kqueue</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-transport-native-kqueue</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <classifier>${netty-transport-native-kqueue-classifier}</classifier>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
+            <artifactId>proton-j</artifactId>
+            <version>${proton.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
+            <artifactId>protonj2-test-driver</artifactId>
+            <version>${protonj2.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
+            <artifactId>qpid-jms-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${qpid.jms.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>activemq-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${activemq5-version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>geronimo-jms_1.1_spec</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>geronimo-j2ee-management_1.1_spec</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>activemq-client-jakarta</artifactId>
+            <version>${activemq5-version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>activemq-openwire-legacy</artifactId>
+            <version>${activemq5-version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: MIT -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.codec.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <!-- ## Jetty web Dependencies ##-->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jetty-bom</artifactId>
+            <version>${jetty.version}</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>import</scope>
+            <!-- License: (Joint): Apache 2.0 or EPL 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jetty-servlet-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jetty-servlet-api.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: (Joint): Apache 2.0 or EPL 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <!-- ## End Jetty Wed Dependencies ## -->
+
+         <!-- for URL reflection. Using Populate on URI Factory at activemq-commons -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.beanutils.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <!-- needed by commons-beanutils-->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.logging.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.io.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+
+         <!-- needed by artemis-jdbc-store -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-dbcp2</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.dbcp2.version}</version>
+            <!-- license Apache 2 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <!-- used by commons-dbcp2 -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-pool2</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.pool2.version}</version>
+            <!-- license Apache 2 -->
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+         </dependency>
+
+         <!-- Needed for Micrometer -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
+            <artifactId>micrometer-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${version.micrometer}</version>
+            <optional>true</optional> <!-- keep optional as "true" at least until micrometer supports OSGi -->
+            <exclusions>
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>org.hdrhistogram</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>HdrHistogram</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>org.latencyutils</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>LatencyUtils</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+            <!-- license Apache 2 -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openwebbeans-impl</artifactId>
+            <version>${owb.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openwebbeans-spi</artifactId>
+            <version>${owb.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openwebbeans-resource</artifactId>
+            <version>${owb.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans.arquillian</groupId>
+            <artifactId>owb-arquillian-standalone</artifactId>
+            <version>${owb.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.weld.se</groupId>
+            <artifactId>weld-se</artifactId>
+            <version>${weld.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.container</groupId>
+            <artifactId>arquillian-weld-embedded</artifactId>
+            <version>${arquillian-weld-embedded.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>arquillian-junit-container</artifactId>
+            <version>${arquillian.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>arquillian-junit-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${arquillian.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.jacoco.ant</artifactId>
+            <version>${version.org.jacoco}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.jacoco.core</artifactId>
+            <version>${version.org.jacoco}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.enterprise</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <!--  OSGi support -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
+            <version>6.0.0</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>osgi.cmpn</artifactId>
+            <version>6.0.0</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <version>${guava.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
+            <artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>
+            <version>${caffeine.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+            <version>${jsr305.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.security.auth.message</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.security.auth.message-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jakarta.security.auth.message-api.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <!-- Curator Zookeeper RI -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+            <version>${curator.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+            <version>${curator.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${curator.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            <version>${zookeeper.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>org.apache.yetus</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>audience-annotations</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zookeeper-jute</artifactId>
+            <version>${zookeeper.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+
+
+
+         <!-- johnzon and jakarta.json are shaded on artemis-commons.
+              However during internal builds and test phase original bits may be used,
+              and this library would still be needed for test phase.
+              I am declaring scope as test by default to avoid any accidental use.
+              The only place where we are allowed to use this library is within artemis-commons.
+              anything other than that need to be carefully thought.
+          -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.johnzon</groupId>
+            <artifactId>johnzon-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${johnzon.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.json</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.json-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jakarta.json-api.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
+
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+            <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+            <artifactId>selenium</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
+            <artifactId>selenium-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
+            <artifactId>selenium-firefox-driver</artifactId>
+            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
+            <artifactId>selenium-chrome-driver</artifactId>
+            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
+            <artifactId>selenium-chromium-driver</artifactId>
+            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
+            <artifactId>selenium-remote-driver</artifactId>
+            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
+            <artifactId>selenium-support</artifactId>
+            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
+
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson-databind.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-json-provider</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-jr-objects</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+            <version>${apache.httpcore.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+            <version>${apache.httpclient.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+
+      </dependencies>
+   </dependencyManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/pom.xml b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/pom.xml
index 4389a0df6a..2173a28387 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -35,17 +35,14 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-selector</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
@@ -69,12 +66,10 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-hornetq-protocol/pom.xml b/artemis-protocols/artemis-hornetq-protocol/pom.xml
index bca9c916ba..a73dc64bb8 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-hornetq-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-hornetq-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <exclusions>
             <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-hqclient-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <exclusions>
             <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <exclusions>
             <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
@@ -68,7 +65,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-hqclient-protocol/pom.xml b/artemis-protocols/artemis-hqclient-protocol/pom.xml
index 0bd3309426..5b6006ef8c 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-hqclient-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-hqclient-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -35,12 +35,10 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-jakarta-openwire-protocol/pom.xml b/artemis-protocols/artemis-jakarta-openwire-protocol/pom.xml
index 2b6359ed2c..cd509dac50 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-jakarta-openwire-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-jakarta-openwire-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -53,32 +53,26 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jakarta-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-selector</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>jakarta.jms</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-mqtt-protocol/pom.xml b/artemis-protocols/artemis-mqtt-protocol/pom.xml
index 7286c8a39f..4494fd7ba9 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-mqtt-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-mqtt-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -48,22 +48,18 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-openwire-protocol/pom.xml b/artemis-protocols/artemis-openwire-protocol/pom.xml
index 0f70385959..a2994304c3 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-openwire-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-openwire-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -59,32 +59,26 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-selector</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>jakarta.jms</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-stomp-protocol/pom.xml b/artemis-protocols/artemis-stomp-protocol/pom.xml
index 86fe2a12b7..aee678bceb 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-stomp-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-stomp-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -53,22 +53,18 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-protocols/pom.xml b/artemis-protocols/pom.xml
index 24c339ffcb..a08795d243 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-protocols/pom.xml
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <parent>
-      <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -27,11 +28,6 @@
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Protocols</name>
 
-
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <modules>
       <module>artemis-amqp-protocol</module>
       <module>artemis-stomp-protocol</module>
diff --git a/artemis-quorum-api/pom.xml b/artemis-quorum-api/pom.xml
index ea573de7a1..26f255c99e 100644
--- a/artemis-quorum-api/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-quorum-api/pom.xml
@@ -21,14 +21,11 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-quorum-api</artifactId>
    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Quorum API</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/artemis-quorum-ri/pom.xml b/artemis-quorum-ri/pom.xml
index 910bf52665..8dffce8498 100644
--- a/artemis-quorum-ri/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-quorum-ri/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-quorum-ri</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Quorum RI</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
@@ -90,7 +87,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-quorum-api</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
diff --git a/artemis-ra/pom.xml b/artemis-ra/pom.xml
index fc47817629..f67661f872 100644
--- a/artemis-ra/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-ra/pom.xml
@@ -22,26 +22,21 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-ra</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -62,12 +57,10 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-service-extensions</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.jgroups</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-selector/pom.xml b/artemis-selector/pom.xml
index bcb4e27d98..8aebf78390 100644
--- a/artemis-selector/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-selector/pom.xml
@@ -21,21 +21,17 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-selector</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Selector Implementation</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-server-osgi/pom.xml b/artemis-server-osgi/pom.xml
index be9457c910..12a35476fd 100644
--- a/artemis-server-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-server-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-server-osgi</artifactId>
@@ -26,55 +27,42 @@
       to be deployed separately.
    </description>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jdbc-store</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-selector</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-service-extensions</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
diff --git a/artemis-server/pom.xml b/artemis-server/pom.xml
index e21b69ceb3..81014b3e95 100644
--- a/artemis-server/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-server/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Server</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
@@ -72,32 +69,26 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-selector</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jdbc-store</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-quorum-api</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.jctools</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-service-extensions/pom.xml b/artemis-service-extensions/pom.xml
index d0e39ab524..030f2792df 100644
--- a/artemis-service-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-service-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-service-extensions</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Service Extensions</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
@@ -51,17 +48,14 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>jakarta.transaction</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-unit-test-support/pom.xml b/artemis-unit-test-support/pom.xml
index 2f8083206c..7a9fb4220c 100644
--- a/artemis-unit-test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-unit-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -20,16 +20,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-unit-test-support</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Unit Test Support</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-web/pom.xml b/artemis-web/pom.xml
index 8428141215..65a6120285 100644
--- a/artemis-web/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-web/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-web</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Web</name>
 
-   <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
-   </properties>
-
    <dependencies>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
@@ -52,17 +49,14 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-dto</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain</groupId>
@@ -91,13 +85,11 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
diff --git a/artemis-website/pom.xml b/artemis-website/pom.xml
index 9bc901dfa1..fb49e52feb 100644
--- a/artemis-website/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-website/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-website</artifactId>
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Website</name>
 
    <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
       <!-- we need a "scratch" directory because we dynamically generate a few docs -->
       <scratch-dir-user-manual>${project.build.directory}/scratch/user-manual</scratch-dir-user-manual>
       <skipWebsiteDocGeneration>false</skipWebsiteDocGeneration>
@@ -43,22 +43,18 @@
             <dependency>
                <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
                <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-               <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
                <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-               <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
                <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-               <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
                <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-               <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                <groupId>jakarta.json</groupId>
diff --git a/integration/activemq-spring-integration/pom.xml b/integration/activemq-spring-integration/pom.xml
index 9185f635ae..690542d8ee 100644
--- a/integration/activemq-spring-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/integration/activemq-spring-integration/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
+      <relativePath>../../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <artifactId>artemis-spring-integration</artifactId>
@@ -37,12 +37,10 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 35fb5337fd..264c780a0d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
-   <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
+   <artifactId>artemis-project</artifactId>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
    <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
    </parent>
 
    <modules>
+      <module>artemis-bom</module>
+      <module>artemis-pom</module>
       <module>artemis-log-annotation-processor</module>
       <module>artemis-protocols</module>
       <module>artemis-dto</module>
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@
       <module>artemis-image/examples</module>
    </modules>
 
-   <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Parent</name>
+   <name>ActiveMQ Artemis</name>
    <url>https://activemq.apache.org/components/artemis/</url>
 
    <properties>
@@ -304,841 +306,6 @@
       </mailingList>
    </mailingLists>
 
-   <dependencyManagement>
-      <dependencies>
-         <!-- ## Test Dependencies ## -->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit5.version}</version>
-            <!-- Eclipse Public License - v 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <!-- ## Test Dependencies ## Note: Run Junit5 test. -->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit5.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-            <!-- Eclipse Public License - v 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <!-- ## Test Dependencies ## Note: Run Junit4 tests. -->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit5.version}</version>
-            <!-- Eclipse Public License - v 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-            <!-- License: EPL 1.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
-            <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-            <version>5.2.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-
-         <!-- ### For MQTT Tests && Examples -->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.paho</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3</artifactId>
-            <version>${paho.client.mqtt.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.paho</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.eclipse.paho.mqttv5.client</artifactId>
-            <version>${paho.client.mqtt.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.fusesource.mqtt-client</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mqtt-client</artifactId>
-            <version>${fuse.mqtt.client.version}</version>
-            <!-- Apache v2.0 License -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-            <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-            <version>${apache.derby.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-            <artifactId>derbytools</artifactId>
-            <version>${apache.derby.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.paho</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mqtt-client</artifactId>
-            <version>0.4.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-            <!-- Eclipse Public License - v 1.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-            <version>${postgresql.version}</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-            <!-- postgresql license -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-collections-testframework</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.collections.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-            <!-- License: MIT -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hadoop-minikdc</artifactId>
-            <version>${hadoop.minikdc.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-            <exclusions>
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>com.nimbusds</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>nimbus-jose-jwt</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>de.dentrassi.crypto</groupId>
-            <artifactId>pem-keystore</artifactId>
-            <version>${pem-keystore.version}</version>
-            <!-- Eclipse Public License - v 1.0 -->
-            <exclusions>
-               <!-- exclude bcprov-jdk15on to avoid conflicts with bcprov-jdk18on -->
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
-            <version>${bc-java-version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
-            <version>${bc-java-version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-
-         <!-- ## End Test Dependencies ## -->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
-            <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
-            <version>${errorprone.version}</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-jms</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <!-- ### End Build Time Dependencies ### -->
-
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dependency-check-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${owasp.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dependency-check-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>${owasp.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <!-- ### Run Time Dependencies: MUST NOT INCLUDE CAT X LICENSES ###-->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.inject-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${jakarta.inject-api.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.fusesource.hawtbuf</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hawtbuf</artifactId>
-            <version>${hawtbuff.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.fusesource.hawtdispatch</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hawtdispatch</artifactId>
-            <version>${hawtdispatch.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.java.dev.javacc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javacc</artifactId>
-            <version>7.0.13</version>
-            <!-- License: BSD -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.jms</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.jms-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${jakarta.jms-api.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.transaction</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.transaction-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${jakarta.transaction-api.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.ejb</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.ejb-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${jakarta.ejb-api.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${jakarta.annotation-api.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.resource</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.resource-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${jakarta.resource-api.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.collections.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.config.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.text.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.lang.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <!-- ## Examples Dependencies ## -->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <!-- ## End Examples Dependencies ## -->
-
-         <!--needed to compile the bootstrap jar-->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jgroups</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jgroups</artifactId>
-            <version>${jgroups.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-               <!-- Exclude BM utils: dont need, cant ship -->
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>*</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
-            <artifactId>picocli</artifactId>
-            <version>${picocli.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
-            <artifactId>picocli-shell-jline3</artifactId>
-            <version>${picocli.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jline</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
-            <version>${jline.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: BSD 3-Clause -->
-         </dependency>
-         <!--needed to compile transport jar-->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jctools</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jctools-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${jctools.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hdrhistogram</groupId>
-            <artifactId>HdrHistogram</artifactId>
-            <version>${hdrhistogram.version}</version>
-            <!-- Licence: BSD 2-Clause -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-handler-proxy</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-codec-mqtt</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-codec-socks</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-resolver</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-transport-classes-epoll</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <classifier>${netty-transport-native-epoll-classifier}</classifier>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-transport-classes-kqueue</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-transport-native-kqueue</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
-            <classifier>${netty-transport-native-kqueue-classifier}</classifier>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
-            <artifactId>proton-j</artifactId>
-            <version>${proton.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
-            <artifactId>protonj2-test-driver</artifactId>
-            <version>${protonj2.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
-            <artifactId>qpid-jms-client</artifactId>
-            <version>${qpid.jms.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
-            <artifactId>activemq-client</artifactId>
-            <version>${activemq5-version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>geronimo-jms_1.1_spec</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>geronimo-j2ee-management_1.1_spec</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
-            <artifactId>activemq-client-jakarta</artifactId>
-            <version>${activemq5-version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
-            <artifactId>activemq-openwire-legacy</artifactId>
-            <version>${activemq5-version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: MIT -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.codec.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <!-- ## Jetty web Dependencies ##-->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-bom</artifactId>
-            <version>${jetty.version}</version>
-            <type>pom</type>
-            <scope>import</scope>
-            <!-- License: (Joint): Apache 2.0 or EPL 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${jetty-servlet-api.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: (Joint): Apache 2.0 or EPL 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <!-- ## End Jetty Wed Dependencies ## -->
-
-         <!-- for URL reflection. Using Populate on URI Factory at activemq-commons -->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.beanutils.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <!-- needed by commons-beanutils-->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.logging.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.io.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-
-         <!-- needed by artemis-jdbc-store -->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-dbcp2</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.dbcp2.version}</version>
-            <!-- license Apache 2 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <!-- used by commons-dbcp2 -->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-pool2</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.pool2.version}</version>
-            <!-- license Apache 2 -->
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-         </dependency>
-
-         <!-- Needed for Micrometer -->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
-            <artifactId>micrometer-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${version.micrometer}</version>
-            <optional>true</optional> <!-- keep optional as "true" at least until micrometer supports OSGi -->
-            <exclusions>
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>org.hdrhistogram</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>HdrHistogram</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>org.latencyutils</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>LatencyUtils</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-            <!-- license Apache 2 -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openwebbeans-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>${owb.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openwebbeans-spi</artifactId>
-            <version>${owb.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openwebbeans-resource</artifactId>
-            <version>${owb.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans.arquillian</groupId>
-            <artifactId>owb-arquillian-standalone</artifactId>
-            <version>${owb.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jboss.weld.se</groupId>
-            <artifactId>weld-se</artifactId>
-            <version>${weld.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.container</groupId>
-            <artifactId>arquillian-weld-embedded</artifactId>
-            <version>${arquillian-weld-embedded.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>arquillian-junit-container</artifactId>
-            <version>${arquillian.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>arquillian-junit-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${arquillian.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.jacoco.ant</artifactId>
-            <version>${version.org.jacoco}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.jacoco.core</artifactId>
-            <version>${version.org.jacoco}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.enterprise</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api.version}</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <!--  OSGi support -->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0.0</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>osgi.cmpn</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0.0</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
-            <artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>
-            <version>${caffeine.version}</version>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-            <version>${jsr305.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.security.auth.message</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.security.auth.message-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${jakarta.security.auth.message-api.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <!-- Curator Zookeeper RI -->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
-            <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
-            <version>${curator.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
-            <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
-            <version>${curator.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
-            <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
-            <version>${curator.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
-            <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
-            <version>${zookeeper.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>org.apache.yetus</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>audience-annotations</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
-            <artifactId>zookeeper-jute</artifactId>
-            <version>${zookeeper.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-
-
-
-         <!-- johnzon and jakarta.json are shaded on artemis-commons.
-              However during internal builds and test phase original bits may be used,
-              and this library would still be needed for test phase.
-              I am declaring scope as test by default to avoid any accidental use.
-              The only place where we are allowed to use this library is within artemis-commons.
-              anything other than that need to be carefully thought.
-          -->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.johnzon</groupId>
-            <artifactId>johnzon-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${johnzon.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.json</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.json-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${jakarta.json-api.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-            <!-- License: EPL 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
-
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
-            <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
-            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
-            <artifactId>selenium</artifactId>
-            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
-            <artifactId>selenium-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
-            <artifactId>selenium-firefox-driver</artifactId>
-            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
-            <artifactId>selenium-chrome-driver</artifactId>
-            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
-            <artifactId>selenium-chromium-driver</artifactId>
-            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
-            <artifactId>selenium-remote-driver</artifactId>
-            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
-            <artifactId>selenium-support</artifactId>
-            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson-databind.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-json-provider</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-jr-objects</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-            <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-            <version>${apache.httpcore.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>${apache.httpclient.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-
-      </dependencies>
-   </dependencyManagement>
-
    <profiles>
       <profile>
          <id>M2E</id>
@@ -1164,6 +331,8 @@
             <dependency>
                <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
                <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
+               <version>${errorprone.version}</version>
+               <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
          </dependencies>
          <build>
@@ -1197,6 +366,8 @@
             <dependency>
                <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
                <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
+               <version>${errorprone.version}</version>
+               <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
          </dependencies>
          <build>
@@ -1727,7 +898,7 @@
             <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-               <version>3.6</version>
+               <version>3.21.2</version>
                <configuration>
                   <linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
                   <minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
diff --git a/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml b/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml
index d97b2dd278..c484c52568 100644
--- a/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml
@@ -138,31 +138,26 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-openwire-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-stomp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/tests/artemis-test-support/pom.xml b/tests/artemis-test-support/pom.xml
index 7abe75990b..710f2abbf8 100644
--- a/tests/artemis-test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/artemis-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -34,25 +34,21 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -123,19 +119,16 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-stomp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/tests/compatibility-tests/pom.xml b/tests/compatibility-tests/pom.xml
index 108e885af6..62de87e92c 100644
--- a/tests/compatibility-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/compatibility-tests/pom.xml
@@ -36,57 +36,46 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-ra</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-spring-integration</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jdbc-store</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-amqp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-stomp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-openwire-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <exclusions>
             <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
@@ -97,17 +86,14 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-hornetq-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
@@ -117,7 +103,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-service-extensions</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
@@ -127,8 +112,8 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-features</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
-         <type>pom</type>
+         <classifier>features</classifier>
+         <type>xml</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
@@ -160,7 +145,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-mqtt-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.fusesource.mqtt-client</groupId>
diff --git a/tests/db-tests/pom.xml b/tests/db-tests/pom.xml
index 1abd75c2d7..0c09cf0f95 100644
--- a/tests/db-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/db-tests/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -91,31 +90,26 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/tests/e2e-tests/pom.xml b/tests/e2e-tests/pom.xml
index 1161f41991..91be45a680 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/e2e-tests/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests-isolated/pom.xml b/tests/integration-tests-isolated/pom.xml
index 9f81833687..d777b16bbf 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests-isolated/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/integration-tests-isolated/pom.xml
@@ -37,25 +37,21 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -67,13 +63,11 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-amqp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-openwire-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -208,7 +202,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-web</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml b/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml
index a4320ec6ee..15d115d79d 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -36,73 +36,61 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-quorum-api</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-quorum-ri</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-ra</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jdbc-store</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-amqp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-stomp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-openwire-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
          <exclusions>
             <exclusion>
@@ -114,19 +102,16 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-hqclient-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -138,7 +123,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-service-extensions</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -156,13 +140,11 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-selector</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-dto</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -196,7 +178,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-mqtt-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -314,7 +295,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-web</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
diff --git a/tests/jms-tests/pom.xml b/tests/jms-tests/pom.xml
index f5a2e631de..7ee04c0da4 100644
--- a/tests/jms-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/jms-tests/pom.xml
@@ -35,27 +35,22 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/tests/joram-tests/pom.xml b/tests/joram-tests/pom.xml
index 76c18d6ad2..7ba11753f9 100644
--- a/tests/joram-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/joram-tests/pom.xml
@@ -35,27 +35,22 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-amqp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -68,7 +63,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/tests/karaf-client-integration-tests/pom.xml b/tests/karaf-client-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 9a9e3dafad..66e281b7e8 100644
--- a/tests/karaf-client-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/karaf-client-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -129,7 +128,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-features</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <classifier>features</classifier>
          <type>xml</type>
          <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/tests/karaf-server-integration-tests/pom.xml b/tests/karaf-server-integration-tests/pom.xml
index cc4ffe8b39..9d2ef3312f 100644
--- a/tests/karaf-server-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/karaf-server-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-features</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <classifier>features</classifier>
          <type>xml</type>
          <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/tests/leak-tests/pom.xml b/tests/leak-tests/pom.xml
index 1cf52496ba..9c3a617c61 100644
--- a/tests/leak-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/leak-tests/pom.xml
@@ -54,31 +54,26 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-amqp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-stomp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-openwire-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -90,7 +85,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-mqtt-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
@@ -123,7 +117,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
diff --git a/tests/performance-jmh/pom.xml b/tests/performance-jmh/pom.xml
index fc67a052bc..9994636a4c 100644
--- a/tests/performance-jmh/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/performance-jmh/pom.xml
@@ -37,12 +37,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
             <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
             <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
diff --git a/tests/performance-tests/pom.xml b/tests/performance-tests/pom.xml
index 77ac404ba8..cd0fb6cd9a 100644
--- a/tests/performance-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/performance-tests/pom.xml
@@ -35,22 +35,18 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
@@ -60,12 +56,10 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index fd590924b8..bb2ee05cb2 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>artemis-pom</artifactId>
       <version>2.33.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../artemis-pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <name>ActiveMQ Artemis Tests POM</name>
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
    <properties>
-      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</activemq.basedir>
       <byteman.version>4.0.18</byteman.version>
    </properties>
 
diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/pom.xml b/tests/smoke-tests/pom.xml
index d8df49a9bb..eca57758b4 100644
--- a/tests/smoke-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -60,31 +59,26 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/tests/soak-tests/pom.xml b/tests/soak-tests/pom.xml
index ed669afd00..72d718e7ab 100644
--- a/tests/soak-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/soak-tests/pom.xml
@@ -48,13 +48,11 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-mqtt-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -75,31 +73,26 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-openwire-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-amqp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -126,7 +119,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/tests/stress-tests/pom.xml b/tests/stress-tests/pom.xml
index d9fcaf75be..c7b41fb0a8 100644
--- a/tests/stress-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/stress-tests/pom.xml
@@ -41,13 +41,11 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -59,31 +57,26 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-selector</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-stomp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -95,7 +88,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/tests/timing-tests/pom.xml b/tests/timing-tests/pom.xml
index 649f2f8461..1d6e871352 100644
--- a/tests/timing-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/timing-tests/pom.xml
@@ -36,25 +36,21 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -66,13 +62,11 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/tests/unit-tests/pom.xml b/tests/unit-tests/pom.xml
index 8cc54ad1e6..e5c1c34ba0 100644
--- a/tests/unit-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/unit-tests/pom.xml
@@ -34,43 +34,36 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-core-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-amqp-protocol</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-ra</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-journal</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -82,13 +75,11 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-selector</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-service-extensions</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -150,7 +141,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>artemis-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>