diff --git a/hudi-cli/pom.xml b/hudi-cli/pom.xml
index 562adbbc9..9eb8876f3 100644
--- a/hudi-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/hudi-cli/pom.xml
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@
       <id>libs-release</id>
       <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-release/</url>
     </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>scala-tools.org</id>
-      <name>Scala-tools Maven2 Repository</name>
-      <url>https://scala-tools.org/repo-releases</url>
-    </repository>
   </repositories>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hudi-spark/pom.xml b/hudi-spark/pom.xml
index b39508087..b044ae360 100644
--- a/hudi-spark/pom.xml
+++ b/hudi-spark/pom.xml
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@
     <notice.dir>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/META-INF</notice.dir>
   </properties>
 
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>scala-tools.org</id>
-      <name>Scala-tools Maven2 Repository</name>
-      <url>https://scala-tools.org/repo-releases</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <build>
     <resources>
       <resource>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 097cb87bf..d8c9dbf9d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 <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>
 
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
+    <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
+    <version>21</version>
+  </parent>
+
   <groupId>org.apache.hudi</groupId>
   <artifactId>hudi</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -122,10 +128,8 @@
 
 
   <properties>
-    <maven-dependency-plugin.version>2.10</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
     <maven-jar-plugin.version>2.6</maven-jar-plugin.version>
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     <fasterxml.version>2.6.7</fasterxml.version>
     <glassfish.version>2.17</glassfish.version>
     <parquet.version>1.8.1</parquet.version>
@@ -264,7 +268,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>1.8</source>
           <target>1.8</target>
@@ -283,7 +286,6 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>default-deploy</id>
@@ -317,14 +319,6 @@
 
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven-dependency-plugin.version}</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${maven-jar-plugin.version}</version>
@@ -376,7 +370,6 @@
           <!-- excludes are inherited -->
           <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
           <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.11</version>
           <configuration>
             <excludeSubProjects>false</excludeSubProjects>
             <numUnapprovedLicenses>0</numUnapprovedLicenses>
@@ -953,17 +946,6 @@
     </repository>
   </repositories>
 
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>ossrh</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>ossrh</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-    </repository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>release</id>
@@ -1004,31 +986,6 @@
               <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                <phase>verify</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>sign</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.2</version>
-            <extensions>true</extensions>
-            <configuration>
-              <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-              <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-              <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
-            </configuration>
-          </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>