diff --git a/discord4j/pom.xml b/discord4j/pom.xml
index 664692f60a..ed20d6f19e 100644
--- a/discord4j/pom.xml
+++ b/discord4j/pom.xml
@@ -2,21 +2,16 @@
 <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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.5.RELEASE</version>
-		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
-	</parent>
-	<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
 	<artifactId>discord4j-bot</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>discord4j-bot</name>
 	<description>Demo Discord bot using Discord4J + Spring Boot</description>
 
-	<properties>
-		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-	</properties>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
+    </parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
@@ -67,5 +62,9 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
+    
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/docker/docker-spring-boot-postgres/pom.xml b/docker/docker-spring-boot-postgres/pom.xml
index 0b359138f6..d08ae130db 100644
--- a/docker/docker-spring-boot-postgres/pom.xml
+++ b/docker/docker-spring-boot-postgres/pom.xml
@@ -2,21 +2,18 @@
 <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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.0</version>
-		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
-	</parent>
 	<groupId>com.baeldung.docker</groupId>
 	<artifactId>docker-spring-boot-postgres</artifactId>
 	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>docker-spring-boot-postgres</name>
 	<description>Demo project showing Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, and Docker</description>
-
-	<properties>
-		<java.version>11</java.version>
-	</properties>
+    
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
+    </parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
@@ -44,5 +41,9 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
+    
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
+    </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/pom.xml b/docker/pom.xml
index f05c303938..3fcc9ca94f 100644
--- a/docker/pom.xml
+++ b/docker/pom.xml
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.1.RELEASE</version>
-        <relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
-    </parent>
-
     <groupId>com.baeldung.docker</groupId>
     <artifactId>docker</artifactId>
     <version>0.0.1</version>
     <name>docker</name>
     <description>Demo project showing Spring Boot and Docker</description>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
+    </parent>
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>11</java.version>