diff --git a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
index 5fe3d6deefac..cc5adcab7865 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <!--Else will use hbase-assembly as final name.-->
           <finalName>hbase-${project.version}</finalName>
diff --git a/hbase-client/pom.xml b/hbase-client/pom.xml
index 455a5e76ad0b..a1db5520da7b 100644
--- a/hbase-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-client/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -454,7 +453,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-common/pom.xml b/hbase-common/pom.xml
index b76f8ceaa13e..c1e38614fbe2 100644
--- a/hbase-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-common/pom.xml
@@ -631,7 +631,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-examples/pom.xml b/hbase-examples/pom.xml
index 02eef28b4390..c6dc05304e98 100644
--- a/hbase-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-examples/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -482,7 +481,6 @@ if we can combine these profiles somehow -->
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-external-blockcache/pom.xml b/hbase-external-blockcache/pom.xml
index 2fa9a20b32db..eeb5c869a6c4 100644
--- a/hbase-external-blockcache/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-external-blockcache/pom.xml
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-hadoop-compat/pom.xml b/hbase-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
index 01055a77e79a..a93d4e03d650 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -153,7 +152,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/pom.xml b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/pom.xml
index 0b5547ae6c1c..899c5dcf08ef 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ limitations under the License.
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -286,7 +285,6 @@ limitations under the License.
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-hbtop/pom.xml b/hbase-hbtop/pom.xml
index ad0aa370abd1..9f8831d5d70e 100644
--- a/hbase-hbtop/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-hbtop/pom.xml
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-it/pom.xml b/hbase-it/pom.xml
index 2e2e25dc7581..81a36197a4cb 100644
--- a/hbase-it/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-it/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -601,7 +600,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-metrics-api/pom.xml b/hbase-metrics-api/pom.xml
index 86d53f9193ac..f88d5c9aacb8 100644
--- a/hbase-metrics-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-metrics-api/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -142,7 +141,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-metrics/pom.xml b/hbase-metrics/pom.xml
index 0d100aa1bc5d..73a30cf5fac3 100644
--- a/hbase-metrics/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-metrics/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -166,7 +165,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-prefix-tree/pom.xml b/hbase-prefix-tree/pom.xml
index 9bd7e2cb1f3c..063c0d2dae7f 100644
--- a/hbase-prefix-tree/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-prefix-tree/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -326,7 +325,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-procedure/pom.xml b/hbase-procedure/pom.xml
index ed79224e2e8a..5c52c45e8f13 100644
--- a/hbase-procedure/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-procedure/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -261,7 +260,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-protocol/pom.xml b/hbase-protocol/pom.xml
index 658dc4454445..3b5f39d13421 100644
--- a/hbase-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -228,7 +227,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-rest/pom.xml b/hbase-rest/pom.xml
index ac0b9da978ef..e827ff7e275b 100644
--- a/hbase-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-rest/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -565,7 +564,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-rsgroup/pom.xml b/hbase-rsgroup/pom.xml
index 1f7b6cd983ad..7788c6f3b295 100644
--- a/hbase-rsgroup/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-rsgroup/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -352,7 +351,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-server/pom.xml b/hbase-server/pom.xml
index 34eb84b4882a..f26853f58cb0 100644
--- a/hbase-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-server/pom.xml
@@ -1009,7 +1009,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/hbase-thrift/pom.xml b/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
index 35b559a9c3e6..ba05c3caf05e 100644
--- a/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
@@ -759,7 +758,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 831f3946e772..9652d3b6b017 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-    <version>18</version>
+    <version>22</version>
     <relativePath/>
     <!-- no parent resolution -->
   </parent>
@@ -446,26 +446,6 @@
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven.dependency.version}</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-           <version>${javadoc.version}</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.5</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4.1</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -486,10 +466,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
           <configuration>
-            <source>${compileSource}</source>
-            <target>${compileSource}</target>
             <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
             <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
             <compilerArgument>-Xlint:-options</compilerArgument>
@@ -722,7 +699,6 @@
           <!-- excludes are inherited -->
           <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
           <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.11</version>
           <configuration>
             <excludes>
               <exclude>**/*.versionsBackup</exclude>
@@ -772,7 +748,6 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
           <configuration>
             <!--Defer to the hbase-assembly sub-module.  It
              does all assembly-->
@@ -1100,7 +1075,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4</version>
         <inherited>false</inherited>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
@@ -1312,18 +1286,14 @@
     <hbase.shaded.gson.version>3.0.0</hbase.shaded.gson.version>
     <!-- Plugin Dependencies -->
     <error-prone.version>2.1.1</error-prone.version>
-    <maven.assembly.version>3.1.1</maven.assembly.version>
     <maven.antrun.version>1.6</maven.antrun.version>
-    <maven.compiler.version>3.6.1</maven.compiler.version>
     <jamon.plugin.version>2.4.1</jamon.plugin.version>
     <findbugs-annotations>1.3.9-1</findbugs-annotations>
     <findbugs.maven.version>3.0.4</findbugs.maven.version>
     <checkstyle.version>6.18</checkstyle.version>
-    <javadoc.version>2.10.3</javadoc.version>
     <asciidoctor.plugin.version>1.5.3</asciidoctor.plugin.version>
     <plexus.errorprone.javac.version>2.8.2</plexus.errorprone.javac.version>
     <spotbugs.version>3.1.0-RC1</spotbugs.version>
-    <maven.dependency.version>3.0.1</maven.dependency.version>
     <maven.enforcer.version>3.0.0-M1</maven.enforcer.version>
     <!-- General Packaging -->
     <package.prefix>/usr</package.prefix>
@@ -1374,6 +1344,9 @@
     <!-- Location of test resources -->
     <test.build.classes>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</test.build.classes>
     <shell-executable>bash</shell-executable>
+    <!-- TODO HBASE-15041 clean up our javadocs so jdk8 linter can be used.
+         property as of javadoc-plugin 3.0.0 -->
+    <doclint>none</doclint>
   </properties>
   <!-- Sorted by groups of dependencies then groupId and artifactId -->
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -2031,14 +2004,6 @@
       <build>
         <pluginManagement>
           <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-              <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-              <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-              <configuration>
-                <!-- TODO HBASE-15041 clean up our javadocs so jdk8 linter can be used -->
-                <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
-              </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
               <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
               <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -2927,7 +2892,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${javadoc.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <sourceFilesExclude>**/generated</sourceFilesExclude>
           <excludePackageNames>org.apache.hadoop.hbase.generated.master:org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated</excludePackageNames>