diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad236836a..117286e2c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -176,6 +176,34 @@
 	</profiles>
 
 	<build>
+		<pluginManagement>
+			<plugins>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
+					<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
+					<version>1.0.0</version>
+					<configuration>
+						<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+							<pluginExecutions>
+								<pluginExecution>
+									<pluginExecutionFilter>
+										<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+										<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+										<versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
+										<goals>
+											<goal>check</goal>
+										</goals>
+									</pluginExecutionFilter>
+									<action>
+										<ignore/>
+									</action>
+								</pluginExecution>
+							</pluginExecutions>
+						</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+					</configuration>
+				</plugin>
+			</plugins>
+		</pluginManagement>
 		<plugins>
 			<!--
 			This plugin appends version information into the jar, so that it can be extracted from the jar.
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/pom.xml b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/pom.xml
index 2f25f9b38..05419b259 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/pom.xml
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
 			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-			<version>${version.h2}</version>
-		</dependency>
+			</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.ibm.db2.jcc</groupId>
 			<artifactId>db2jcc4</artifactId>
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml
index c17874a87..fb82e3ea3 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
 			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-			<version>${version.h2}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-wildfly-example/pom.xml b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-wildfly-example/pom.xml
index 450849c23..15ae16775 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-wildfly-example/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-wildfly-example/pom.xml
@@ -73,21 +73,18 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${version.javax.servlet}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.postgresql/postgresql -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-			<version>${version.postgres}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- TEST -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${version.junit}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -126,7 +123,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-			<version>${version.spring}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>