diff --git a/apps/dhp-broker-application/pom.xml b/apps/dhp-broker-application/pom.xml
index 177d2e0f..9291d413 100644
--- a/apps/dhp-broker-application/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/dhp-broker-application/pom.xml
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@
 	<name>dhp-broker-application</name>
 	<description>D-Net Broker Service (new Hadoop implementation)</description>
 
-	<properties>
-		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-		<hibernate.version>5.2.0.Final</hibernate.version>
-		<prometheus.version>0.2.0</prometheus.version>
-	</properties>
-
 	<dependencies>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
index e07756a0..0da887b6 100644
--- a/apps/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
 	<artifactId>apps</artifactId>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
@@ -19,43 +18,6 @@
 		<module>dnet-orgs-database-application</module>
 	</modules>
 
-	<issueManagement>
-		<system>Redmine</system>
-		<url>https://issue.openaire.research-infrastructures.eu/projects/openaire</url>
-	</issueManagement>
-
-	<ciManagement>
-		<system>jenkins</system>
-		<url>https://jenkins-dnet.d4science.org/</url>
-	</ciManagement>
-
-	<scm>
-		<connection>scm:git:gitea@code-repo.d4science.org:D-Net/dnet-applications.git</connection>
-		<developerConnection>scm:git:gitea@code-repo.d4science.org:D-Net/dnet-applications.git</developerConnection>
-		<url>https://code-repo.d4science.org/D-Net/dnet-applications/</url>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
-	</scm>
-
-	<description>This module is the root descriptor for the dnet-applications project</description>
-
-	<pluginRepositories>
-	</pluginRepositories>
-
-	<repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<id>dnet45-releases</id>
-			<name>D-Net 45 releases</name>
-			<url>http://maven.research-infrastructures.eu/nexus/content/repositories/dnet45-releases</url>
-			<layout>default</layout>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-			<releases>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-			</releases>
-		</repository>
-	</repositories>
-
 	<dependencies>
 		<!-- Spring Boot -->
 		<dependency>
@@ -76,54 +38,6 @@
 
 	</dependencies>
 
-	<dependencyManagement>
-		<dependencies>
-
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-				<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			</dependency>
-
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
-				<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-				<version>1.9</version>
-			</dependency>
-
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-				<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-				<version>2.4</version>
-			</dependency>
-
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
-				<artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-				<version>1.2</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>dom4j</groupId>
-				<artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
-				<version>1.6.1</version>
-			</dependency>
-
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-				<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-				<version>1.4.01</version>
-			</dependency>
-
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>jaxen</groupId>
-				<artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
-				<version>1.1.6</version>
-			</dependency>
-
-		</dependencies>
-	</dependencyManagement>
-
 	<build>
 		<pluginManagement>
 			<plugins>
diff --git a/libs/pom.xml b/libs/pom.xml
index 609cc3db..5fe5cd12 100644
--- a/libs/pom.xml
+++ b/libs/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
 	<artifactId>libs</artifactId>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de8b7b21..74b003c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -298,6 +298,6 @@
 		<javamelody.version>1.71.0</javamelody.version>
 		<maven.javadoc.failOnError>false</maven.javadoc.failOnError>
 		<dockerfile-maven-version>1.3.6</dockerfile-maven-version>
-	
+		<hibernate.version>5.2.0.Final</hibernate.version>
 	</properties>
 </project>