diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 68fb8e2f..3beeffc9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
     <artifactId>commons-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>42</version>
+    <version>43</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>commons-csv</artifactId>
   <version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -152,9 +152,6 @@ CSV files of various types.
     <checkstyle.version>2.17</checkstyle.version>
     <checkstyle.header.file>${basedir}/LICENSE-header.txt</checkstyle.header.file>
     <checkstyle.resourceExcludes>LICENSE.txt, NOTICE.txt</checkstyle.resourceExcludes>
-
-    <!-- Override jacoco version for java 9 compatibility -->
-    <commons.jacoco.version>0.7.9</commons.jacoco.version>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
@@ -274,7 +271,6 @@ CSV files of various types.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.5</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -522,8 +518,6 @@ CSV files of various types.
         <jdk>9</jdk>
       </activation>
       <properties>
-        <!-- versions below 3.0.0 do not work with java 9 -->
-        <commons.javadoc.version>3.0.0-M1</commons.javadoc.version>
         <!-- coverall version 4.3.0 does not work with java 9, see https://github.com/trautonen/coveralls-maven-plugin/issues/112 -->
         <coveralls.skip>true</coveralls.skip>
       </properties>