diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c13b66a0a..4c8b54b93 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <prerequisites><maven>${maven.version.minimum}</maven></prerequisites>
 
     <groupId>io.cassandrareaper</groupId>
     <artifactId>cassandra-reaper-pom</artifactId>
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M2</version>
+                <version>1.4.1</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -182,6 +181,66 @@
                   <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.4</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.7.0</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.16</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.0</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.1</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.1</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>com.spotify</groupId>
+                <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.1.0</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.0</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>replacer</artifactId>
+                <version>1.5.3</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.6.0</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.0</version>
+            </plugin>
           </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>
diff --git a/src/server/pom.xml b/src/server/pom.xml
index 2790af60c..051c939f8 100755
--- a/src/server/pom.xml
+++ b/src/server/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <prerequisites><maven>${maven.version.minimum}</maven></prerequisites>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.cassandrareaper</groupId>
@@ -235,7 +234,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -248,7 +246,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.4</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>validate</phase>
@@ -266,7 +263,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.7.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${version.jdk}</source>
                     <target>${version.jdk}</target>
@@ -295,7 +291,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.16</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <signature>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
@@ -314,7 +309,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifest>
@@ -325,8 +319,8 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
+              <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>3.0.1</version>
               <executions>
                 <execution>
                   <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -340,7 +334,6 @@
                 <!-- Creating a fat jar by including all classes required for running the app -->
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <createDependencyReducedPom>true</createDependencyReducedPom>
                     <filters>
@@ -374,7 +367,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.spotify</groupId>
                 <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.1.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <imageName>cassandra-reaper</imageName>
                     <dockerDirectory>${docker.directory}</dockerDirectory>
@@ -393,7 +385,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>validate</id>
@@ -416,7 +407,6 @@
             <!-- following plugins are for building the UI -->
             <plugin>
               <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>3.1.0</version>
               <configuration>
                 <filesets>
                   <fileset>
@@ -429,7 +419,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin</groupId>
                 <artifactId>replacer</artifactId>
-                <version>1.5.3</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>generate-sources</phase>
@@ -460,7 +449,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>exec-npm-install</id>
@@ -509,8 +497,8 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
                 <executions>
                   <execution>
                     <id>copy-ui-resources</id>