diff --git a/demos/googleappengine/pom.xml b/demos/googleappengine/pom.xml
index ca2ad29420..ddefe6b86c 100644
--- a/demos/googleappengine/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/googleappengine/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>      
                 <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- prevents the maven-war-plugin from including the resources in WEB-INF/classes -->
                     <attached>false</attached>
diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index a0249e847a..bdb2f31e4c 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>      
                 <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.3</version>
                 <executions>             
                     <execution>
                         <id>process-remote-resources</id>
@@ -599,6 +598,10 @@
                       <releaseProfiles>doc</releaseProfiles>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.4</version>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>2.7.1</version>
diff --git a/resources/pom.xml b/resources/pom.xml
index 80811f07c6..0a54433ce3 100644
--- a/resources/pom.xml
+++ b/resources/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
         <plugins>
            <plugin>      
                 <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.3</version>
                 <executions>              
                     <execution>
                         <id>bundle-remote-resources</id>