diff --git a/algorithms-genetic/pom.xml b/algorithms-genetic/pom.xml
index 942acd69c6..4d15464138 100644
--- a/algorithms-genetic/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-genetic/pom.xml
@@ -44,18 +44,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
         <io.jenetics.version>3.7.0</io.jenetics.version>
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml
index d9ecbd78e8..00cb4eeda9 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml
@@ -49,18 +49,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-
     <reporting>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-2/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-2/pom.xml
index 7144a7a391..89d5b3657a 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-2/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-2/pom.xml
@@ -54,18 +54,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-
     <reporting>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml
index 4b67a30abb..166a7be623 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml
@@ -74,18 +74,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
         <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <commons-collections4.version>4.3</commons-collections4.version>
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-4/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-4/pom.xml
index 50fef5ff71..31a6db5354 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-4/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-4/pom.xml
@@ -34,18 +34,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
         <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/pom.xml
index 615cf03467..71a5a3d410 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/pom.xml
@@ -49,18 +49,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
         <tradukisto.version>1.0.1</tradukisto.version>
         <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
diff --git a/algorithms-sorting-2/pom.xml b/algorithms-sorting-2/pom.xml
index 529474afda..5ef90b9825 100644
--- a/algorithms-sorting-2/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-sorting-2/pom.xml
@@ -44,18 +44,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
         <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
diff --git a/algorithms-sorting/pom.xml b/algorithms-sorting/pom.xml
index 2de8eed04e..1d0b7718ac 100644
--- a/algorithms-sorting/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-sorting/pom.xml
@@ -45,18 +45,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
         <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
diff --git a/apache-cxf/pom.xml b/apache-cxf/pom.xml
index 3d64000c2e..0975996c06 100644
--- a/apache-cxf/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-cxf/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-console/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-console/pom.xml
index 1d58d8c253..fc4f1875ca 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-console/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-console/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <executable>java</executable>
                     <mainClass>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</mainClass>
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>run-benchmarks</id>
@@ -134,7 +132,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
-        <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <source.version>1.8</source.version>
         <target.version>1.8</target.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-io/pom.xml
index 0968536e65..02b5adae7c 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-io/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <executable>java</executable>
                     <mainClass>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</mainClass>
@@ -108,7 +107,6 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>run-benchmarks</id>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-jar/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-jar/pom.xml
index 6e9d713d7c..45500de739 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-jar/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-jar/pom.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <executable>java</executable>
                     <mainClass>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</mainClass>
@@ -249,7 +248,6 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>run-benchmarks</id>
@@ -397,7 +395,6 @@
         <onejar-maven-plugin.version>1.4.4</onejar-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-shade-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-shade-plugin.version>
         <spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>2.0.3.RELEASE</spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>
-        <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <source.version>1.8</source.version>
         <target.version>1.8</target.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-math-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-math-2/pom.xml
index 42704c784a..56e18158b3 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-math-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-math-2/pom.xml
@@ -62,18 +62,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
         <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-sun/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-sun/pom.xml
index 0f53407ec1..541af2445f 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-sun/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-sun/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <executable>java</executable>
                     <mainClass>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</mainClass>
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>run-benchmarks</id>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java/pom.xml
index b8d75058eb..9b595288e6 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <executable>java</executable>
                     <mainClass>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</mainClass>
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>run-benchmarks</id>
@@ -193,7 +191,6 @@
         <javamoney.moneta.version>1.1</javamoney.moneta.version>
 
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
-        <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <source.version>1.8</source.version>
         <target.version>1.8</target.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/data-structures/pom.xml b/data-structures/pom.xml
index e2d2e23090..7bf34b1c63 100644
--- a/data-structures/pom.xml
+++ b/data-structures/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/libraries-3/pom.xml b/libraries-3/pom.xml
index 2f6e9fa747..3d3b5db890 100644
--- a/libraries-3/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-3/pom.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>start-server</id>
@@ -229,7 +228,6 @@
         <httpcore.version>4.4.13</httpcore.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.12</httpclient.version>
         <velocity-engine-core.version>2.2</velocity-engine-core.version>
-        <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <nullaway.version>0.3.0</nullaway.version>
         <plexus-compiler.version>2.8</plexus-compiler.version>
         <errorprone.version>2.1.3</errorprone.version>
diff --git a/libraries-concurrency/pom.xml b/libraries-concurrency/pom.xml
index b7dc5187b1..66296d829f 100644
--- a/libraries-concurrency/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-concurrency/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <mainClass>com.baeldung.quasar.App</mainClass>
                     <workingDirectory>target/classes</workingDirectory>
diff --git a/micronaut/pom.xml b/micronaut/pom.xml
index d6df6a0347..bd0022c9e1 100644
--- a/micronaut/pom.xml
+++ b/micronaut/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <executable>java</executable>
                     <arguments>
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@
         <lombok.version>1.2.3</lombok.version>
         <reactor.version>3.1.6.RELEASE</reactor.version>
         <compiler.plugin.version>3.7.0</compiler.plugin.version>
-        <exec.plugin.version>1.6.0</exec.plugin.version>
         <shade.plugin.version>3.1.0</shade.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/jnosql/jnosql-diana/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/jnosql/jnosql-diana/pom.xml
index 79c455646c..d5746eef05 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/jnosql/jnosql-diana/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/jnosql/jnosql-diana/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>document</id>
diff --git a/saas/pom.xml b/saas/pom.xml
index be5d18f020..93965b37c4 100644
--- a/saas/pom.xml
+++ b/saas/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <executable>java</executable>
                     <mainClass>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</mainClass>
diff --git a/slack/pom.xml b/slack/pom.xml
index ebe5ce2f60..51a4cf029f 100644
--- a/slack/pom.xml
+++ b/slack/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <mainClass>com.baeldung.examples.slack.MainClass</mainClass>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-custom-config/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-custom-config/pom.xml
index f0df50cf76..07aeca9ad2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-custom-config/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-custom-config/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <mainClass>com.baeldung.propertyexpansion.SpringBootPropertyExpansionApp</mainClass>
                 </configuration>
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@
     <properties>
         <custom.property>Custom Property Value</custom.property>
         <apache-maven.version>2.7</apache-maven.version>
-        <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-integration/pom.xml b/spring-integration/pom.xml
index 11b2803095..f46445a39f 100644
--- a/spring-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-integration/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <mainClass>com.baeldung.samples.FileCopyConfig</mainClass>
                 </configuration>
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@
         <javax-mail.version>1.4.7</javax-mail.version>
         <javax-activation.version>1.1.1</javax-activation.version>
         <maven-eclipse-plugin.version>2.10</maven-eclipse-plugin.version>
-        <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.197</h2.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/testing-modules/junit-5/pom.xml b/testing-modules/junit-5/pom.xml
index ded3e9e26d..63d766a469 100644
--- a/testing-modules/junit-5/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/junit-5/pom.xml
@@ -105,21 +105,6 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>java</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <mainClass>com.baeldung.TestLauncher</mainClass>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -136,7 +121,6 @@
         <log4j2.version>2.8.2</log4j2.version>
         <powermock.version>2.0.0</powermock.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <spring.version>5.0.1.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <surefire.report.plugin>3.0.0-M3</surefire.report.plugin>
     </properties>
diff --git a/testing-modules/junit5-migration/pom.xml b/testing-modules/junit5-migration/pom.xml
index e3ef21f506..bab7bc0406 100644
--- a/testing-modules/junit5-migration/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/junit5-migration/pom.xml
@@ -47,23 +47,6 @@
                 <filtering>true</filtering>
             </resource>
         </resources>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>java</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <mainClass>com.baeldung.TestLauncher</mainClass>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
     </build>
 
     <properties>
@@ -71,7 +54,6 @@
         <junit-platform.version>1.2.0</junit-platform.version>
         <junit.vintage.version>5.2.0</junit.vintage.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.21.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/testing-modules/test-containers/pom.xml b/testing-modules/test-containers/pom.xml
index 1946b7306f..3fad49edca 100644
--- a/testing-modules/test-containers/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/test-containers/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>