diff --git a/fluent-hc/pom.xml b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
index f7559e256..2dc66b01b 100644
--- a/fluent-hc/pom.xml
+++ b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.javadoc.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- reduce console output. Can override with -Dquiet=false -->
           <quiet>true</quiet>
@@ -128,10 +129,12 @@
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.jxr.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.surefire-report.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
     </plugins>
diff --git a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
index 3509ba099..a34c242ab 100644
--- a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.javadoc.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- reduce console output. Can override with -Dquiet=false -->
           <quiet>true</quiet>
@@ -183,10 +184,12 @@
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.jxr.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.surefire-report.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
     </plugins>
diff --git a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
index 47d75cf01..179b9b541 100644
--- a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>clirr-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${hc.clirr.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index 7583e4d22..3233f6473 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.javadoc.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- reduce console output. Can override with -Dquiet=false -->
           <quiet>true</quiet>
@@ -166,10 +167,12 @@
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.jxr.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.surefire-report.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
     </plugins>
diff --git a/httpmime/pom.xml b/httpmime/pom.xml
index cc7f65a4f..eef1ac1fe 100644
--- a/httpmime/pom.xml
+++ b/httpmime/pom.xml
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.javadoc.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- reduce console output. Can override with -Dquiet=false -->
           <quiet>true</quiet>
@@ -147,10 +148,12 @@
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.jxr.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.surefire-report.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
     </plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 057cfc39d..e90d935a1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@
     <easymock.version>2.5.2</easymock.version>
     <mockito.version>1.8.5</mockito.version>
     <comparisonVersion>4.1</comparisonVersion>
+    <!-- Delete these when using parent 5+ -->
+    <hc.clirr.version>2.3</hc.clirr.version>
+    <hc.javadoc.version>2.8</hc.javadoc.version>
+    <hc.jxr.version>2.3</hc.jxr.version>
+    <hc.surefire-report.version>2.9</hc.surefire-report.version>
+    <hc.project-info.version>2.4</hc.project-info.version>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>
@@ -341,6 +347,7 @@
 
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.project-info.version}</version>
          <reportSets>
            <reportSet>
              <reports>
@@ -356,6 +363,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>clirr-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>${hc.clirr.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <comparisonVersion>${comparisonVersion}</comparisonVersion>
         </configuration>