diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2418e1eab4c..f6de9672dea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@
         <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.2</version>
             <configuration>
                 <archive>
                     <manifest>
@@ -279,7 +278,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
         <configuration>
           <classpathDependencyExcludes>
             <classpathDependencyExclude>ch.qos.logback:logback-classic</classpathDependencyExclude>
diff --git a/spoon-decompiler/pom.xml b/spoon-decompiler/pom.xml
index 49a428dd742..362ba0b520f 100644
--- a/spoon-decompiler/pom.xml
+++ b/spoon-decompiler/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifest>
diff --git a/spoon-pom/pom.xml b/spoon-pom/pom.xml
index ac13b179c56..7c00d2f26e6 100644
--- a/spoon-pom/pom.xml
+++ b/spoon-pom/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- "If you want to use a basic plain old Java classpath, [...] set useManifestOnlyJar=false and useSystemClassLoader=true".
                     https://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/class-loading.html -->
@@ -124,7 +123,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.10.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${java.src.version}</source>
                     <target>${java.src.version}</target>
@@ -153,7 +151,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
@@ -179,7 +176,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>copy-dependencies</id>
@@ -201,7 +197,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
                     <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
@@ -231,6 +226,59 @@
 
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.4.2</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.2.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.10.1</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0.1</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.4.1</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.4.1</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0.0-M6</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.12.1</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
+                </plugin>
+
                 <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings
                   only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. -->
                 <plugin>
@@ -309,14 +357,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <!-- Warning the configuration here is used in "mvn site", not in "mvn javadoc:javadoc" -->
                 <!-- There is another block maven-javadoc-plugin below -->
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/a/57430117 -->
                     <doclint>none</doclint>
@@ -380,7 +426,6 @@
                         <!-- Warning: there is another block maven-javadoc-plugin above -->
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.3.2</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <doclint>none</doclint>
                         </configuration>
diff --git a/spoon-visualisation/pom.xml b/spoon-visualisation/pom.xml
index a1a93e32c19..ce0dce90c7b 100644
--- a/spoon-visualisation/pom.xml
+++ b/spoon-visualisation/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <testFailureIgnore>false</testFailureIgnore>
                     <useModulePath>false</useModulePath>