diff --git a/ddd/pom.xml b/ddd/pom.xml
index a67719f8a6..7d03208802 100644
--- a/ddd/pom.xml
+++ b/ddd/pom.xml
@@ -104,16 +104,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-
         <joda-money.version>1.0.1</joda-money.version>
 
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/flyway-repair/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/flyway-repair/pom.xml
index 82e5d705f9..2c283cfc04 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/flyway-repair/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/flyway-repair/pom.xml
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@
     <properties>
         <flyway.configFiles>src/main/resources/application-${spring-boot.run.profiles}.properties</flyway.configFiles>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/flyway/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/flyway/pom.xml
index 2379f996d7..c4a3363bdc 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/flyway/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/flyway/pom.xml
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@
         <flyway-core.version>5.2.3</flyway-core.version>
         <flyway-maven-plugin.version>5.0.2</flyway-maven-plugin.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/r2dbc/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/r2dbc/pom.xml
index 7083eea64d..01f1b351cd 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/r2dbc/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/r2dbc/pom.xml
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@
         <r2dbc-h2.version>0.8.1.RELEASE</r2dbc-h2.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.200</h2.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/redis/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/redis/pom.xml
index 9e00566767..fa82bebc64 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/redis/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/redis/pom.xml
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@
         <jedis.version>3.3.0</jedis.version>
         <epoll.version>4.1.50.Final</epoll.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml
index 9b8c6d0028..834d1d1e64 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@
     <properties>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.12</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-h2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-h2/pom.xml
index 23520a3fda..c06c35cfee 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-h2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-h2/pom.xml
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@
         <start-class>com.baeldung.h2db.demo.server.SpringBootApp</start-class>
         <db-util.version>1.0.4</db-util.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-mongodb/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-mongodb/pom.xml
index 69ef09356d..5167483aa3 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -37,9 +37,5 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
index b034f6dad9..9e44a7b9c1 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@
     <properties>
         <mockito.version>2.23.0</mockito.version>
         <validation-api.version>2.0.1.Final</validation-api.version>
-
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra-reactive/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra-reactive/pom.xml
index 42329e03f0..f2f71bceac 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@
         <spring-boot.version>2.2.6.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <cassandra-unit-spring.version>3.11.2.0</cassandra-unit-spring.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
index a56d067a05..9de1cbf20e 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@
         <cassandra-unit-shaded.version>2.1.9.2</cassandra-unit-shaded.version>
         <hector-core.version>2.0-0</hector-core.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-cosmosdb/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-cosmosdb/pom.xml
index 0f9e8ac72f..19a66648b2 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-cosmosdb/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-cosmosdb/pom.xml
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <cosmodb.version>2.3.0</cosmodb.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
     
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-dynamodb/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-dynamodb/pom.xml
index 0f4b578088..377e35b635 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-dynamodb/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-dynamodb/pom.xml
@@ -182,11 +182,6 @@
         <dynamodblocal.version>1.11.86</dynamodblocal.version>
         <dynamodblocal.repository.url>https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dynamodb-local/release</dynamodblocal.repository.url>
         <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
-
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index c94962d39d..6a983145ee 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -69,10 +69,5 @@
         <fastjson.version>1.2.47</fastjson.version>
         <spatial4j.version>0.7</spatial4j.version>
         <jts.version>1.15.0</jts.version>
-
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jdbc/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jdbc/pom.xml
index eca8037e20..15f8d7fb95 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -28,9 +28,5 @@
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<properties>
-		<!-- testing -->
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-		<junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-		<junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
 	</properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-annotations/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-annotations/pom.xml
index ea2fe34f3c..ff30790eaf 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@
         <postgresql.version>42.2.5</postgresql.version>
         <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-crud/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-crud/pom.xml
index 44944298e0..1708d14fc2 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-crud/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-crud/pom.xml
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@
         <datasource-proxy.version>1.4.1</datasource-proxy.version>
         <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.12.2</testcontainers.version>
-
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/pom.xml
index 9ecab5feaa..7ff2f00fdf 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/pom.xml
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@
         <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.12.2</testcontainers.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-filtering/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-filtering/pom.xml
index 7448a5a818..25ef68fe4c 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-filtering/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-filtering/pom.xml
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@
         <postgresql.version>42.2.5</postgresql.version>
         <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query-2/pom.xml
index abac7b28da..282a1ff83a 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query-2/pom.xml
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>9.0.0.M26</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <jta.version>1.1</jta.version>
         <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query/pom.xml
index fe42d4b595..1576fd729d 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query/pom.xml
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@
     <properties>
         <datasource-proxy.version>1.4.1</datasource-proxy.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo-2/pom.xml
index 98ecdc6645..3be1068d8c 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo-2/pom.xml
@@ -44,9 +44,5 @@
     <properties>
         <guava.version>29.0-jre</guava.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo/pom.xml
index 07514e9771..16a214fd7f 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo/pom.xml
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
+      
     </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-keyvalue/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-keyvalue/pom.xml
index 190d6c7445..3aaee2f00c 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-keyvalue/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-keyvalue/pom.xml
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
+   
     </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index a3a81fe450..448b635667 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -108,10 +108,6 @@
         <projectreactor.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</projectreactor.version>
         <mongodb-driver.version>4.0.5</mongodb-driver.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-redis/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
index 34674dc223..d271df31c7 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@
         <cglib.version>3.2.4</cglib.version>
         <nosqlunit.version>0.10.0</nosqlunit.version>
         <embedded-redis.version>0.6</embedded-redis.version>
-
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-solr/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-solr/pom.xml
index 94a796c466..38b5bf8238 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-solr/pom.xml
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@
     <properties>
         <spring-data-solr.version>2.0.5.RELEASE</spring-data-solr.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-jdbc/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-jdbc/pom.xml
index 77200cd66e..8a5786e1a5 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-data-jdbc</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-data-jdbc.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -36,11 +35,5 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring-data-jdbc.version>2.0.3.RELEASE</spring-data-jdbc.version>
-
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file