diff --git a/parent-boot-1/pom.xml b/parent-boot-1/pom.xml
index c61b791ef3..171806390d 100644
--- a/parent-boot-1/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-boot-1/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
 					<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 					<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 					<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
+					<configuration>
+						<mainClass>${start-class}</mainClass>
+						<!-- this is necessary as we're not using the Boot parent -->
+					</configuration>
 				</plugin>
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-dynamodb/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-dynamodb/pom.xml
index 4cb805131a..e8bf9b8c1e 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-dynamodb/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-dynamodb/pom.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <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>spring-data-dynamodb</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>spring-data-dynamodb</name>
     <description>This is simple boot application for Spring boot dynamodb test</description>
@@ -85,7 +83,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- ================================================== -->
         <!-- DynamoDBLocal dependencies -->
diff --git a/spring-aop/pom.xml b/spring-aop/pom.xml
index b9b97eb076..368f3ada14 100644
--- a/spring-aop/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-aop/pom.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <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>spring-aop</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <name>spring-aop</name>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-aws/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-aws/pom.xml
index 6933845173..09518483a4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-aws/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-aws/pom.xml
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
         <dependencies>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring-cloud.version}</version>
+                <artifactId>spring-cloud-aws</artifactId>
+                <version>2.0.1.RELEASE</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>