diff --git a/activejdbc/pom.xml b/activejdbc/pom.xml
index 7a49d37411..3a3a711d05 100644
--- a/activejdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/activejdbc/pom.xml
@@ -1,129 +1,129 @@
 <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">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-  <artifactId>activejdbc</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>activejdbc</name>
-  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <activejdbc.version>1.4.13</activejdbc.version>
-    <environments>development.test,development</environments>
-  </properties>
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.0</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.8</source>
-          <target>1.8</target>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.javalite</groupId>
-        <artifactId>activejdbc-instrumentation</artifactId>
-        <version>${activejdbc.version}</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>process-classes</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>instrument</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.javalite</groupId>
-        <artifactId>db-migrator-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${activejdbc.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <configFile>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/database.properties</configFile>
-          <environments>${environments}</environments>
-        </configuration>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>activejdbc</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <name>activejdbc</name>
+    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <activejdbc.version>1.4.13</activejdbc.version>
+        <environments>development.test,development</environments>
+    </properties>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.javalite</groupId>
+                <artifactId>activejdbc-instrumentation</artifactId>
+                <version>${activejdbc.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>process-classes</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>instrument</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.javalite</groupId>
+                <artifactId>db-migrator-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${activejdbc.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <configFile>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/database.properties</configFile>
+                    <environments>${environments}</environments>
+                </configuration>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>mysql</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+                        <version>5.1.34</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.18.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <reportFormat>brief</reportFormat>
+                    <trimStackTrace>true</trimStackTrace>
+                    <useFile>false</useFile>
+                    <includes>
+                        <include>**/*Spec*.java</include>
+                        <include>**/*Test*.java</include>
+                    </includes>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/helpers/*</exclude>
+                        <exclude>**/*$*</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.12</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.javalite</groupId>
+            <artifactId>activejdbc</artifactId>
+            <version>${activejdbc.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>opensymphony</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>oscache</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
             <version>5.1.34</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <reportFormat>brief</reportFormat>
-          <trimStackTrace>true</trimStackTrace>
-          <useFile>false</useFile>
-          <includes>
-            <include>**/*Spec*.java</include>
-            <include>**/*Test*.java</include>
-          </includes>
-          <excludes>
-            <exclude>**/helpers/*</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/*$*</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.12</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.javalite</groupId>
-      <artifactId>activejdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>${activejdbc.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>opensymphony</groupId>
-          <artifactId>oscache</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>5.1.34</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.9</version>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>snapshots1</id>
-      <name>JavaLite Snapshots1</name>
-      <url>http://repo.javalite.io/</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-        <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
-        <checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>snapshots2</id>
-      <name>JavaLite Snapshots2</name>
-      <url>http://repo.javalite.io/</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-        <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
-        <checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
-      </snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+            <version>1.7.9</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>snapshots1</id>
+            <name>JavaLite Snapshots1</name>
+            <url>http://repo.javalite.io/</url>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+                <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+                <checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+    <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>snapshots2</id>
+            <name>JavaLite Snapshots2</name>
+            <url>http://repo.javalite.io/</url>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+                <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+                <checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
+            </snapshots>
+        </pluginRepository>
+    </pluginRepositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/asm/pom.xml b/asm/pom.xml
index 407ceab458..ac0a6ccc6f 100644
--- a/asm/pom.xml
+++ b/asm/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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">
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.baeldung.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
     <version>1.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
@@ -17,12 +19,14 @@
             <version>5.2</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
-    <build> 
+    
+    <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/camel-api/pom.xml b/camel-api/pom.xml
index c342a73150..3f96e2209c 100644
--- a/camel-api/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-api/pom.xml
@@ -1,80 +1,79 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spring-boot-camel</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>Spring-Boot - Camel API</name>
+    
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
 
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>camel-servlet-starter</artifactId>
+            <version>${camel.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>camel-jackson-starter</artifactId>
+            <version>${camel.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>camel-swagger-java-starter</artifactId>
+            <version>${camel.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>camel-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+            <version>${camel.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring-boot-starter.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 
-	<groupId>com.example</groupId>
-	<artifactId>spring-boot-camel</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <build>
+        <defaultGoal>spring-boot:run</defaultGoal>
 
-	<name>Spring-Boot - Camel API</name>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring-boot-starter.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>repackage</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 
-	<properties>
-		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-		<camel.version>2.19.1</camel.version>
-	    <spring-boot-starter.version>1.5.4.RELEASE</spring-boot-starter.version>
-	</properties>
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <camel.version>2.19.1</camel.version>
+        <spring-boot-starter.version>1.5.4.RELEASE</spring-boot-starter.version>
+    </properties>
 
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-			<artifactId>camel-servlet-starter</artifactId>
-			<version>${camel.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-			<artifactId>camel-jackson-starter</artifactId>
-			<version>${camel.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-			<artifactId>camel-swagger-java-starter</artifactId>
-			<version>${camel.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-			<artifactId>camel-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-			<version>${camel.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring-boot-starter.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
-	
-	<build>
-		<defaultGoal>spring-boot:run</defaultGoal>
-
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${spring-boot-starter.version}</version>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>repackage</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
 </project>
diff --git a/core-java-8/pom.xml b/core-java-8/pom.xml
index 75728ecd13..924773cd02 100644
--- a/core-java-8/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-8/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
     <name>core-java-8</name>
 
-
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
diff --git a/libraries/pom.xml b/libraries/pom.xml
index 5c3378a0a1..3a43c12c41 100644
--- a/libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/pom.xml
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@
             <version>4.5.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    
     <repositories>
         <repository>
             <id>maven2-repository.dev.java.net</id>
@@ -778,18 +779,6 @@
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.18.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
 
             <!-- /Neuroph -->
             <plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 51b5592ecf..8b91a8e8df 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
         <!-- plugins -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.21.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
@@ -350,14 +351,16 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
+        
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.0</version>
+                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <executable>maven</executable>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -372,9 +375,9 @@
                         <exclude>**/JdbcTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
                     </excludes>
-
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -384,7 +387,9 @@
                     <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            
         </plugins>
+        
         <extensions>
             <extension>
                 <groupId>com.vackosar.gitflowincrementalbuilder</groupId>
@@ -392,5 +397,7 @@
                 <version>3.4</version>
             </extension>
         </extensions>
+        
     </build>
+    
 </project>