diff --git a/apache-kafka-3/pom.xml b/apache-kafka-3/pom.xml
index 2b75a8709e0e..b58911b1b438 100644
--- a/apache-kafka-3/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-kafka-3/pom.xml
@@ -46,16 +46,10 @@
             <version>${testcontainers-jupiter.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <kafka.version>3.9.1</kafka.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
         <jackson.databind.version>2.15.2</jackson.databind.version>
         <testcontainers-kafka.version>1.19.3</testcontainers-kafka.version>
         <testcontainers-jupiter.version>1.19.3</testcontainers-jupiter.version>
diff --git a/azure-functions/pom.xml b/azure-functions/pom.xml
index 4d25ac774bdd..bbe96c4a328a 100644
--- a/azure-functions/pom.xml
+++ b/azure-functions/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${java.version}</source>
                     <target>${java.version}</target>
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@
             <!--Remove obj folder generated by .NET SDK in maven clean-->
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-clean-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <filesets>
                         <fileset>
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@
         <azure.functions.maven.plugin.version>1.24.0</azure.functions.maven.plugin.version>
         <azure.functions.java.library.version>3.0.0</azure.functions.java.library.version>
         <functionAppName>azure-functions-1722835137455</functionAppName>
+        <maven-clean-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-clean-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/logging-modules/customloglevel/pom.xml b/logging-modules/customloglevel/pom.xml
index 4f98b4185db3..39416e513201 100644
--- a/logging-modules/customloglevel/pom.xml
+++ b/logging-modules/customloglevel/pom.xml
@@ -2,18 +2,26 @@
 <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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>customloglevel</artifactId>
+    <name>customloglevel</name>
+    <description>Demo project for Different Log level</description>
+
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.3</version>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>logging-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
-    <artifactId>customloglevel</artifactId>
-	<name>customloglevel</name>
-	<description>Demo project for Different Log level</description>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <spring.boot.version>3.5.7</spring.boot.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
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