diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-11-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-11-2/pom.xml
index 68e8b66d67..3ab8e883b0 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-11-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-11-2/pom.xml
@@ -32,24 +32,6 @@
             <artifactId>mockserver-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
             <version>${mockserver.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-14/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-14/pom.xml
index a03332d8bc..de01d17b0d 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-14/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-14/pom.xml
@@ -22,18 +22,6 @@
             <version>${assertj.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-15/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-15/pom.xml
index 091f0568a7..a71987c23a 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-15/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-15/pom.xml
@@ -27,18 +27,6 @@
             <version>${assertj.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-16/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-16/pom.xml
index 5d10325f03..790b7dd057 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-16/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-16/pom.xml
@@ -28,18 +28,6 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
             <version>3.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/pom.xml
index f9a7ec326b..f1f4edc484 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/pom.xml
@@ -23,18 +23,6 @@
             <version>${assertj.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-2/pom.xml
index b8a1d641d4..c61f28a6b3 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-2/pom.xml
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.thread-weaver</groupId>
             <artifactId>threadweaver</artifactId>
@@ -31,6 +26,12 @@
             <artifactId>tempus-fugit</artifactId>
             <version>${tempus-fugit.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>junit</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.multithreadedtc</groupId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-jndi/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-jndi/pom.xml
index f1b374b2b5..1728c0b5d9 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-jndi/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-jndi/pom.xml
@@ -15,23 +15,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-jvm-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-jvm-2/pom.xml
index 173cf27955..08c8de75a9 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-jvm-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-jvm-2/pom.xml
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-jvm/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-jvm/pom.xml
index afbe0b0ee3..a8ab4d9f2e 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-jvm/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-jvm/pom.xml
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-3/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-3/pom.xml
index 4a05af8b25..1579418b54 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-3/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-3/pom.xml
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@
             <version>${assertj.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-os/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-os/pom.xml
index b279e3d6cb..34afbec210 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-os/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-os/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
-	    <dependency>
-		    <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-2/pom.xml
index 087a8378b1..08b82bcc11 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-2/pom.xml
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
             <version>${log4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/pom.xml
index 6376bfa677..4287696332 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/pom.xml
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             <version>${guava.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-conversions-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-conversions-2/pom.xml
index ff4955726b..68be7d2c08 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-conversions-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-conversions-2/pom.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             <version>${guava.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-time-measurements/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-time-measurements/pom.xml
index 663cf6708b..5a2a13290b 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-time-measurements/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-time-measurements/pom.xml
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
         </resources>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <argLine>
                         -javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/jmockit/jmockit/${jmockit.version}/jmockit-${jmockit.version}.jar
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@
         <asspectj.version>1.8.9</asspectj.version>
         <powermock.version>2.0.7</powermock.version>
         <jmockit.version>1.44</jmockit.version>
-        <!-- plugins -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/pom.xml
index 9f184310e9..872161c2bd 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/pom.xml
@@ -134,8 +134,4 @@
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
-    <properties>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/guava-modules/guava-collections-list/pom.xml b/guava-modules/guava-collections-list/pom.xml
index e57198ec40..671cbea39d 100644
--- a/guava-modules/guava-collections-list/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-modules/guava-collections-list/pom.xml
@@ -27,18 +27,6 @@
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/guava-modules/guava-collections-map/pom.xml b/guava-modules/guava-collections-map/pom.xml
index 7f3e470fc3..e4d33ce0cc 100644
--- a/guava-modules/guava-collections-map/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-modules/guava-collections-map/pom.xml
@@ -15,21 +15,6 @@
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
     <build>
         <finalName>guava-collections-map</finalName>
         <resources>
diff --git a/guava-modules/guava-collections-set/pom.xml b/guava-modules/guava-collections-set/pom.xml
index 09e3f42e83..97e03155e7 100644
--- a/guava-modules/guava-collections-set/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-modules/guava-collections-set/pom.xml
@@ -16,18 +16,6 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/guava-modules/guava-collections/pom.xml b/guava-modules/guava-collections/pom.xml
index 6dc7510a1e..f3356cf982 100644
--- a/guava-modules/guava-collections/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-modules/guava-collections/pom.xml
@@ -32,18 +32,6 @@
             <version>${jool.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/guava-modules/guava-io/pom.xml b/guava-modules/guava-io/pom.xml
index 11a5d4ada6..f1f75b43a8 100644
--- a/guava-modules/guava-io/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-modules/guava-io/pom.xml
@@ -14,21 +14,6 @@
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
     <build>
         <finalName>guava-io</finalName>
         <resources>
diff --git a/guava-modules/guava-utilities/pom.xml b/guava-modules/guava-utilities/pom.xml
index 6049a62e85..b33ea16c11 100644
--- a/guava-modules/guava-utilities/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-modules/guava-utilities/pom.xml
@@ -21,18 +21,6 @@
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/guava-modules/pom.xml b/guava-modules/pom.xml
index cbfb47fa0f..019776ad3d 100644
--- a/guava-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-modules/pom.xml
@@ -34,22 +34,9 @@
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             <version>${guava.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <guava.version>29.0-jre</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/jackson-modules/pom.xml b/jackson-modules/pom.xml
index 1bb684af0a..14e34a41bf 100644
--- a/jackson-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-modules/pom.xml
@@ -35,18 +35,6 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
             <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jackson-simple/pom.xml b/jackson-simple/pom.xml
index 72e31ee5e3..ae8e380b33 100644
--- a/jackson-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-simple/pom.xml
@@ -22,18 +22,6 @@
             <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/java-collections-conversions-2/pom.xml b/java-collections-conversions-2/pom.xml
index 55dc6e30b6..cd4366e87c 100644
--- a/java-collections-conversions-2/pom.xml
+++ b/java-collections-conversions-2/pom.xml
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@
             <artifactId>modelmapper</artifactId>
             <version>${modelmapper.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
diff --git a/parent-java/pom.xml b/parent-java/pom.xml
index 103b5f179c..ae6eeb40a9 100644
--- a/parent-java/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-java/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?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">
+         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>parent-java</artifactId>
     <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -40,10 +40,23 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+    </build>
+
     <properties>
         <guava.version>31.0.1-jre</guava.version>
         <modelmapper.version>2.3.7</modelmapper.version>
         <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing-modules/parallel-tests-junit/math-test-functions/pom.xml b/testing-modules/parallel-tests-junit/math-test-functions/pom.xml
index eae1bf61e7..7ead2051e2 100644
--- a/testing-modules/parallel-tests-junit/math-test-functions/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/parallel-tests-junit/math-test-functions/pom.xml
@@ -13,21 +13,11 @@
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <parallel>all</parallel>
                     <threadCount>10</threadCount>
@@ -45,8 +35,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing-modules/parallel-tests-junit/string-test-functions/pom.xml b/testing-modules/parallel-tests-junit/string-test-functions/pom.xml
index c838558fc2..86b4078eb3 100644
--- a/testing-modules/parallel-tests-junit/string-test-functions/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/parallel-tests-junit/string-test-functions/pom.xml
@@ -13,21 +13,11 @@
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <parallel>all</parallel>
                     <useUnlimitedThreads>true</useUnlimitedThreads>
@@ -37,8 +27,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing-modules/testing-assertions/pom.xml b/testing-modules/testing-assertions/pom.xml
index d5c5981b33..f9cd35c5e5 100644
--- a/testing-modules/testing-assertions/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/testing-assertions/pom.xml
@@ -18,18 +18,6 @@
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
             <version>${logback.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>