diff --git a/ebean-core/pom.xml b/ebean-core/pom.xml
index ad5513425..8fc08697a 100644
--- a/ebean-core/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-core/pom.xml
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M4</version>
         <configuration>
           <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
           <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
diff --git a/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml b/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml
index 7e3d3588e..a04c2402e 100644
--- a/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.10.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>default-testCompile</id>
diff --git a/querybean-generator/pom.xml b/querybean-generator/pom.xml
index b18328494..c22447113 100644
--- a/querybean-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/querybean-generator/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.10.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>11</source>
           <target>11</target>