diff --git a/dmp-backend/core/pom.xml b/dmp-backend/core/pom.xml
index 4039a7e1e..2a7ec8831 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/core/pom.xml
+++ b/dmp-backend/core/pom.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
         <groupId>eu.eudat</groupId>
         <artifactId>dmp-backend</artifactId>
         <version>${revision}</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <groupId>eu.eudat</groupId>
     <artifactId>core</artifactId>
     <version>${revision}</version>
 
diff --git a/dmp-backend/pom.xml b/dmp-backend/pom.xml
index 5be3370ea..4aa20dc3b 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/dmp-backend/pom.xml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
         <project.version>0.2.0</project.version>
         <java.version>21</java.version>
 
-        <dmp-backend-commons.version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</dmp-backend-commons.version>
-
         <commons-codec.version>1.9</commons-codec.version>
         <org.junit.version>4.11</org.junit.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>