diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40397ac6c9..8a494719a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -430,7 +430,6 @@
                 <module>spring-soap</module>
                 <module>spring-static-resources</module>
                 <module>spring-swagger-codegen</module>
-                <module>spring-web-modules</module>
                 <module>testing-modules</module>
                 <module>video-tutorials</module>
             </modules>
@@ -604,7 +603,6 @@
                 <module>spring-soap</module>
                 <module>spring-static-resources</module>
                 <module>spring-swagger-codegen</module>
-                <module>spring-web-modules</module>
                 <module>testing-modules</module>
                 <module>video-tutorials</module>
             </modules>
@@ -927,6 +925,7 @@
                 <module>spring-threads</module>
                 <module>spring-vault</module>
                 <module>spring-websockets</module>
+                <module>spring-web-modules</module>
                 <module>static-analysis</module>
                 <module>tensorflow-java</module>
                 <module>vertx-modules</module>
@@ -1189,6 +1188,7 @@
                 <module>spring-threads</module>
                 <module>spring-vault</module>
                 <module>spring-websockets</module>
+                <module>spring-web-modules</module>
                 <module>static-analysis</module>
                 <module>tensorflow-java</module>
                 <module>vertx-modules</module>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-freemarker/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-freemarker/pom.xml
index 07d37736b6..9ac01fd106 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-freemarker/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-freemarker/pom.xml
@@ -55,9 +55,23 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <argLine>
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
+                    </argLine>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
     <properties>
         <spring.version>5.0.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <freemarker.version>2.3.28</freemarker.version>
+        <freemarker.version>2.3.32</freemarker.version>
         <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
         <spring-boot.version>1.5.10.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-2/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-2/pom.xml
index 79d1531274..28eb3a16f2 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-2/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <warSourceDirectory>src/main/webapp</warSourceDirectory>
                         <warName>springMvcSimple</warName>
@@ -149,8 +148,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.10.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <deploy-path>enter-location-of-server</deploy-path>
         <org.thymeleaf-version>3.0.11.RELEASE</org.thymeleaf-version>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-5/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-5/pom.xml
index 0f2b0bc7bd..c957d669bd 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-5/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-5/pom.xml
@@ -41,14 +41,18 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.2</version>
+            <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.0</version>
+            <version>${json-path.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+            <version>${jaxb-runtime.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -65,4 +69,10 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <properties>
+        <commons-io.version>1.3.2</commons-io.version>
+        <json-path.version>2.7.0</json-path.version>
+        <jaxb-runtime.version>2.3.5</jaxb-runtime.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics/pom.xml
index ccd6773e6f..0f1d423ca2 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+            <version>${jaxb-runtime.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -55,4 +60,8 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <properties>
+            <jaxb-runtime.version>2.3.5</jaxb-runtime.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-crash/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-crash/pom.xml
index 2b7b79666d..f3faa18816 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-crash/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-crash/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,15 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <argLine>
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
+                    </argLine>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-forms-jsp/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-forms-jsp/pom.xml
index b0269e3344..3ad815e95f 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-forms-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-forms-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
             <version>${spring-boot-starter-test.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${javax.annotation-api.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <profiles>
@@ -83,7 +88,6 @@
                         <plugin>
                             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                             <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                            <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
                             <configuration>
                                 <warSourceDirectory>src/main/webapp</warSourceDirectory>
                                 <warName>spring-mvc-forms</warName>
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.10.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.2.5.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>6.0.6</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <javax.annotation-api.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation-api.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java-2/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java-2/pom.xml
index 1bbb066786..d88a9c320a 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java-2/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+            <version>${jaxb-runtime.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@
     <properties>
         <javax.version>4.0.1</javax.version>
         <spring.mvc.version>5.2.2.RELEASE</spring.mvc.version>
+        <jaxb-runtime.version>2.3.5</jaxb-runtime.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 208973eccb..8098f07282 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                 </configuration>
@@ -227,7 +226,6 @@
         <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
         <net.sourceforge.htmlunit>2.23</net.sourceforge.htmlunit>
         <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-war-plugin.version>3.2.2</maven-war-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-resources-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
index 1b1e8b1ea4..676fa09dac 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
@@ -88,11 +88,19 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <argLine>
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
+                    </argLine>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-views/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-views/pom.xml
index 79cf82bc0b..d2b5d45366 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-views/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-views/pom.xml
@@ -83,16 +83,10 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0.2</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${java.version}</source>
-                    <target>${java.version}</target>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <warSourceDirectory>src/main/webapp</warSourceDirectory>
                     <warName>spring-mvc-views</warName>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-webflow/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-webflow/pom.xml
index 69985a7b9d..a128103bac 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-webflow/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-webflow/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.tomee.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>tomee-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>8.0.1</version>
+                <version>${tomee-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <tomeeHttpPort>8080</tomeeHttpPort>
                     <context>spring-mvc-webflow</context>
@@ -91,11 +91,19 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <argLine>
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
+                    </argLine>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -110,6 +118,7 @@
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
         <spring-boot-starter-test.version>1.5.10.RELEASE</spring-boot-starter-test.version>
+        <tomee-maven-plugin.version>8.0.1</tomee-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/pom.xml
index 5910823e95..f4326ccf68 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,15 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <argLine>
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
+                    </argLine>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
index d8d4082219..bf0dc52b68 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,15 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <argLine>
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
+                    </argLine>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-thymeleaf-4/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-thymeleaf-4/pom.xml
index 8063b14c39..163d590c9f 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-thymeleaf-4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-thymeleaf-4/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                 </configuration>