diff --git a/spring-cloud/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/pom.xml
index 7894365a41..c0e452afaf 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${spring-boot-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-functions/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-functions/src/main/resources/application.properties
index b445bfa4ed..2cb479879c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-functions/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-functions/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-spring.cloud.function.scan.packages: com.baeldung.spring.cloudfunction.functions.aws
\ No newline at end of file
+spring.cloud.function.scan.packages: com.baeldung.spring.cloudfunction.aws.functions
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-hystrix/feign-rest-consumer/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-hystrix/feign-rest-consumer/pom.xml
index 9b43542f02..204cb8765c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-hystrix/feign-rest-consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-hystrix/feign-rest-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-hystrix/rest-consumer/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-hystrix/rest-consumer/pom.xml
index 7989b09ed4..44e5bf2501 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-hystrix/rest-consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-hystrix/rest-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -47,24 +47,20 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-hystrix/rest-producer/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-hystrix/rest-producer/pom.xml
index cb7377d705..e7be8f2c58 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-hystrix/rest-producer/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-hystrix/rest-producer/pom.xml
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/bin/eureka-client/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/bin/eureka-client/pom.xml
index 118a9e2c11..321da7527a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/bin/eureka-client/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/bin/eureka-client/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/eureka-client/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/eureka-client/pom.xml
index 9cf96df60e..77e8ef7c20 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/eureka-client/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/eureka-client/pom.xml
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
+            <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
+            <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/eureka-server/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/eureka-server/pom.xml
index cd25f5f294..c3f6642351 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/eureka-server/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/eureka-server/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
+            <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/zuul-server/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/zuul-server/pom.xml
index 3d238d5d5f..ddffe540c5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/zuul-server/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/zuul-server/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>