diff --git a/spring-boot-crud/pom.xml b/spring-boot-crud/pom.xml
index 749bf9cb5a..73635b0a1c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-crud/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-crud/pom.xml
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung.spring-boot-crud</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-boot-crud</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.0</version>
 	<name>spring-boot-crud</name>
     
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.6.RELEASE</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
     <dependencies>
@@ -41,11 +40,7 @@
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>    
-      </dependencies>
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-    </properties>
+    </dependencies>
     
     <build>
         <finalName>spring-boot-crud</finalName>
@@ -62,4 +57,10 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+    
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    </properties>
+    
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-disable-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/pom.xml b/spring-boot-disable-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/pom.xml
index 9ccbd56231..f6f7890df1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-disable-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-disable-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/pom.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 	<!-- this needs to use the boot parent directly in order to not inherit logback dependencies -->
 	
 	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.1.RELEASE</version>
-	</parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.1.RELEASE</version>
+    </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-disable-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/pom.xml b/spring-boot-disable-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/pom.xml
index 0b360bb366..1cf3eb3e68 100644
--- a/spring-boot-disable-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-disable-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/pom.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 	<!-- this needs to use the boot parent directly in order to not inherit logback dependencies -->
 
 	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.1.RELEASE</version>
-	</parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.1.RELEASE</version>
+    </parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-soap/pom.xml b/spring-soap/pom.xml
index 2865a4c3bc..f5c3a1434d 100644
--- a/spring-soap/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-soap/pom.xml
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
     <version>1.0.0</version>
 
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.2.RELEASE</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.1.2.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>