diff --git a/core-kotlin/pom.xml b/core-kotlin/pom.xml
index a86359c02f..1c5818b6aa 100644
--- a/core-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/core-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -1,243 +1,85 @@
 <?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">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <artifactId>core-kotlin</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+	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>
+	<artifactId>core-kotlin</artifactId>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parent-kotlin</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../parent-kotlin</relativePath>
+	</parent>
 
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>jcenter</id>
-            <url>http://jcenter.bintray.com</url>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>kotlin-ktor</id>
-            <url>https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/ktor/</url>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jetbrains.spek</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spek-api</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1.5</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jetbrains.spek</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spek-subject-extension</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1.5</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jetbrains.spek</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spek-junit-platform-engine</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1.5</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
+			<version>${commons-math3.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit-platform-runner</artifactId>
+			<version>${junit.platform.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>khttp</groupId>
+			<artifactId>khttp</artifactId>
+			<version>${khttp.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.nhaarman</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mockito-kotlin</artifactId>
+			<version>${mockito-kotlin.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.github.salomonbrys.kodein</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kodein</artifactId>
+			<version>${kodein.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+			<artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${assertj.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.beust</groupId>
+			<artifactId>klaxon</artifactId>
+			<version>${klaxon.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-math3.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-platform-runner</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.platform.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-            <version>${kotlin-stdlib.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
-            <version>${kotlin-stdlib.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>khttp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>khttp</artifactId>
-            <version>${khttp.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-test-junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${kotlin-test-junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-reflect</artifactId>
-            <version>${kotlin-reflect.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlinx</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlinx-coroutines-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${kotlinx.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.spek</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spek-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.5</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.spek</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spek-subject-extension</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.5</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.spek</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spek-junit-platform-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.5</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.nhaarman</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-kotlin</artifactId>
-            <version>${mockito-kotlin.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.salomonbrys.kodein</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kodein</artifactId>
-            <version>${kodein.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.beust</groupId>
-            <artifactId>klaxon</artifactId>
-            <version>${klaxon.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.ktor</groupId>
-            <artifactId>ktor-server-netty</artifactId>
-            <version>${ktor.io.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.ktor</groupId>
-            <artifactId>ktor-gson</artifactId>
-            <version>${ktor.io.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.1</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${kotlin-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>compile</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>compile</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <sourceDirs>
-                                <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDir>
-                                <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDir>
-                            </sourceDirs>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>test-compile</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>test-compile</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <sourceDirs>
-                                <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</sourceDir>
-                                <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</sourceDir>
-                            </sourceDirs>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${java.version}</source>
-                    <target>${java.version}</target>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <!-- Replacing default-compile as it is treated specially
-                        by maven -->
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>default-compile</id>
-                        <phase>none</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                    <!-- Replacing default-testCompile as it is treated specially
-                        by maven -->
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>default-testCompile</id>
-                        <phase>none</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>java-compile</id>
-                        <phase>compile</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>compile</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>java-test-compile</id>
-                        <phase>test-compile</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>testCompile</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-failsafe-plugin.version}</version>
-                <dependencies>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>junit-platform-surefire-provider</artifactId>
-                        <version>${junit.platform.version}</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                </dependencies>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>junit5</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>integration-test</goal>
-                            <goal>verify</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <includes>
-                                <include>**/*Test5.java</include>
-                            </includes>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <kotlin-maven-plugin.version>1.2.60</kotlin-maven-plugin.version>
-        <kotlin-test-junit.version>1.2.60</kotlin-test-junit.version>
-        <kotlin-stdlib.version>1.2.60</kotlin-stdlib.version>
-        <kotlin-reflect.version>1.2.60</kotlin-reflect.version>
-        <kotlinx.version>0.22.5</kotlinx.version>
-        <ktor.io.version>0.9.2</ktor.io.version>
-        <mockito-kotlin.version>1.5.0</mockito-kotlin.version>
-        <kodein.version>4.1.0</kodein.version>
-        <klaxon.version>3.0.4</klaxon.version>
-        <khttp.version>0.1.0</khttp.version>
-        <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
-        <junit.platform.version>1.1.1</junit.platform.version>
-        <junit.vintage.version>5.2.0</junit.vintage.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.10.0</assertj.version>
-    </properties>
+	<properties>
+		<mockito-kotlin.version>1.5.0</mockito-kotlin.version>
+		<kodein.version>4.1.0</kodein.version>
+		<klaxon.version>3.0.4</klaxon.version>
+		<khttp.version>0.1.0</khttp.version>
+		<commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
+		<junit.platform.version>1.1.1</junit.platform.version>
+		<junit.vintage.version>5.2.0</junit.vintage.version>
+		<assertj.version>3.10.0</assertj.version>
+	</properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/parent-kotlin/pom.xml b/parent-kotlin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fd18e4fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parent-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<artifactId>parent-kotlin</artifactId>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+	<name>parent-kotlin</name>
+	<description>Parent for all kotlin modules</description>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>jcenter</id>
+			<url>http://jcenter.bintray.com</url>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>kotlin-ktor</id>
+			<url>https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/ktor/</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
+				<version>2.0.1.RELEASE</version>
+				<type>pom</type>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
+			<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kotlin-reflect</artifactId>
+			<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlinx</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kotlinx-coroutines-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${kotlinx.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.ktor</groupId>
+			<artifactId>ktor-server-netty</artifactId>
+			<version>${ktor.io.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.ktor</groupId>
+			<artifactId>ktor-gson</artifactId>
+			<version>${ktor.io.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kotlin-test-junit</artifactId>
+			<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+				<artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>compile</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>compile</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<sourceDirs>
+								<sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDir>
+								<sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDir>
+							</sourceDirs>
+							<jvmTarget>${java.version}</jvmTarget>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>test-compile</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>test-compile</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<sourceDirs>
+								<sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</sourceDir>
+								<sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</sourceDir>
+							</sourceDirs>
+							<jvmTarget>${java.version}</jvmTarget>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+				<configuration>
+					<compilerPlugins>
+						<plugin>spring</plugin>
+					</compilerPlugins>
+				</configuration>
+				<dependencies>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+						<artifactId>kotlin-maven-allopen</artifactId>
+						<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+					</dependency>
+				</dependencies>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>${java.version}</source>
+					<target>${java.version}</target>
+				</configuration>
+				<executions>
+					<!-- Replacing default-compile as it is treated specially by maven -->
+					<execution>
+						<id>default-compile</id>
+						<phase>none</phase>
+					</execution>
+					<!-- Replacing default-testCompile as it is treated specially by maven -->
+					<execution>
+						<id>default-testCompile</id>
+						<phase>none</phase>
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>java-compile</id>
+						<phase>compile</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>compile</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>java-test-compile</id>
+						<phase>test-compile</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>testCompile</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-failsafe-plugin.version}</version>
+				<dependencies>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
+						<artifactId>junit-platform-surefire-provider</artifactId>
+						<version>${junit.platform.version}</version>
+					</dependency>
+				</dependencies>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>junit5</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>integration-test</goal>
+							<goal>verify</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<includes>
+								<include>**/*Test5.java</include>
+							</includes>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<properties>
+		<kotlin.version>1.2.61</kotlin.version>
+		<kotlinx.version>0.25.0</kotlinx.version>
+		<ktor.io.version>0.9.3</ktor.io.version>
+		<assertj.version>3.11.0</assertj.version>
+		<junit.platform.version>1.2.0</junit.platform.version>
+	</properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9edbb5eab7..b50522fe75 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@
 				<module>parent-spring-4</module>
 				<module>parent-spring-5</module>
 				<module>parent-java</module>
+				<module>parent-kotlin</module>
 				<module>asm</module>
 				<module>atomix</module>
 				<module>apache-cayenne</module>
@@ -639,7 +640,7 @@
 				<module>parent-spring-4</module>
 				<module>parent-spring-5</module>
 				<module>parent-java</module>
-
+				<module>parent-kotlin</module>
 				<!-- <module>core-java-9</module> --> <!-- Commented because we have still not upgraded to java 9 -->
 
 				<!-- <module>asm</module> <module>atomix</module> <module>apache-cayenne</module>
@@ -878,7 +879,7 @@
 				<module>parent-spring-4</module>
 				<module>parent-spring-5</module>
 				<module>parent-java</module>
-
+				<module>parent-kotlin</module>
 				<module>asm</module>
 				<module>atomix</module>
 				<module>apache-cayenne</module>
@@ -1209,7 +1210,7 @@
                 <module>parent-spring-4</module>
                 <module>parent-spring-5</module>
                 <module>parent-java</module>
-
+				<module>parent-kotlin</module>
                 <module>libraries</module>
                 <module>geotools</module>
                 <module>jhipster/jhipster-monolithic</module>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-kotlin/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-kotlin/pom.xml
index 1bf66d6f31..59b60ebd3c 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -1,124 +1,83 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    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>
-    <artifactId>spring-mvc-kotlin</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <name>spring-mvc-kotlin</name>
-    <packaging>war</packaging>
+	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>
+	<artifactId>spring-mvc-kotlin</artifactId>
+	<name>spring-mvc-kotlin</name>
+	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
+	<parent>
+		<artifactId>parent-kotlin</artifactId>
+		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../parent-kotlin</relativePath>
+	</parent>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
-            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
+			<artifactId>thymeleaf</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
-            <artifactId>thymeleaf</artifactId>
-            <version>${thymeleaf.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
+			<artifactId>thymeleaf-spring4</artifactId>
+			<version>${thymeleaf.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hibernate-testing</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
-            <artifactId>thymeleaf-spring4</artifactId>
-            <version>${thymeleaf.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hibernate-testing</artifactId>
-            <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
-            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-            <version>${h2.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+				<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<compilerPlugins>
+						<plugin>spring</plugin>
+						<plugin>jpa</plugin>
+					</compilerPlugins>
+				</configuration>
+				<dependencies>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+						<artifactId>kotlin-maven-noarg</artifactId>
+						<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+					</dependency>
+				</dependencies>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
 
-    <build>
-        <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDirectory>
-        <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <compilerPlugins>
-                        <plugin>spring</plugin>
-                        <plugin>jpa</plugin>
-                    </compilerPlugins>
-                    <jvmTarget>${java.version}</jvmTarget>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>compile</id>
-                        <phase>compile</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>compile</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>test-compile</id>
-                        <phase>test-compile</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>test-compile</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <dependencies>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>kotlin-maven-allopen</artifactId>
-                        <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>kotlin-maven-noarg</artifactId>
-                        <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                </dependencies>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
-    <properties>
-        <hibernate.version>5.2.15.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <kotlin.version>1.2.30</kotlin.version>
-        <spring.version>4.3.10.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <thymeleaf.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</thymeleaf.version>
-        <h2.version>1.4.196</h2.version>
-    </properties>
+	<properties>
+		<thymeleaf.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</thymeleaf.version>
+	</properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-reactive-kotlin/pom.xml b/spring-reactive-kotlin/pom.xml
index 2bac2d1961..409457995a 100644
--- a/spring-reactive-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-reactive-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -2,20 +2,17 @@
 <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>springreactivekotlin</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>springreactivekotlin</name>
 	<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
 
 	<parent>
-		<artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+		<artifactId>parent-kotlin</artifactId>
 		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-		<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-		<relativePath>../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
+		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../parent-kotlin</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -31,15 +28,7 @@
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-			<artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-			<artifactId>kotlin-reflect</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-
+	
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
@@ -53,38 +42,17 @@
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
-		<sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDirectory>
-		<testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>
 		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 				<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-				<version>${kotlin-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+				<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<args>
 						<arg>-Xjsr305=strict</arg>
 					</args>
-					<compilerPlugins>
-						<plugin>spring</plugin>
-					</compilerPlugins>
 				</configuration>
-				<dependencies>
-					<dependency>
-						<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-						<artifactId>kotlin-maven-allopen</artifactId>
-						<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-					</dependency>
-				</dependencies>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-
-	<properties>
-		<kotlin.version>1.2.41</kotlin.version>
-		<kotlin-maven-plugin.version>1.2.60</kotlin-maven-plugin.version>
-	</properties>
 </project>