diff --git a/iceberg/pom.xml b/iceberg/pom.xml
index a41eddaf7190..6edcd9f411c8 100644
--- a/iceberg/pom.xml
+++ b/iceberg/pom.xml
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.checkstyle.plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <skip>${validate.skip}</skip>
           <propertyExpansion>config_loc=${basedir}/${path.to.iceberg.root}/checkstyle/</propertyExpansion>
diff --git a/packaging/src/kubernetes/pom.xml b/packaging/src/kubernetes/pom.xml
index eea5fe879215..c68b4c460d25 100644
--- a/packaging/src/kubernetes/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/src/kubernetes/pom.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.shade.plugin.version}</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>package</phase>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d9f299351b3f..c5f7f8282991 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     <!-- Build Properties -->
     <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
     <maven.compiler.useIncrementalCompilation>false</maven.compiler.useIncrementalCompilation>
     <maven.repo.local>${settings.localRepository}</maven.repo.local>
     <hive.path.to.root>.</hive.path.to.root>
@@ -92,17 +93,13 @@
     <!-- Plugin and Plugin Dependency Versions -->
     <ant.contrib.version>1.0b3</ant.contrib.version>
     <maven.test.jvm.args>-Xmx2048m -DJETTY_AVAILABLE_PROCESSORS=4 -Duser.country=US -Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true -Djava.locale.providers=COMPAT,CLDR --add-opens java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.util.concurrent.locks=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.util.regex=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.sql/java.sql=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.text=ALL-UNNAMED</maven.test.jvm.args>
-    <maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>3.5.0</maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>
-    <maven.build-helper.plugin.version>3.4.0</maven.build-helper.plugin.version>
-    <maven.eclipse.plugin.version>2.10</maven.eclipse.plugin.version>
-    <maven.exec.plugin.version>3.1.0</maven.exec.plugin.version>
-    <maven.versions.plugin.version>2.16.0</maven.versions.plugin.version>
-    <maven.shade.plugin.version>3.6.0</maven.shade.plugin.version>
+    <maven.build-helper.plugin.version>3.6.1</maven.build-helper.plugin.version>
+    <maven.exec.plugin.version>3.6.3</maven.exec.plugin.version>
+    <maven.versions.plugin.version>2.21.0</maven.versions.plugin.version>
     <josdk.version>5.3.4</josdk.version>
     <fabric8.version>7.7.0</fabric8.version>
-    <maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.5.3</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
     <maven.cyclonedx.plugin.version>2.7.10</maven.cyclonedx.plugin.version>
-    <maven.license.plugin.version>2.3.0</maven.license.plugin.version>
+    <maven.license.plugin.version>2.7.1</maven.license.plugin.version>
     <!-- Library Dependency Versions -->
     <accumulo.version>1.10.4</accumulo.version>
     <ant.version>1.10.15</ant.version>
@@ -202,7 +199,6 @@
     <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
     <protoc-jar-maven-plugin.version>3.11.4</protoc-jar-maven-plugin.version>
     <protoc.path>${env.PROTOC_PATH}</protoc.path>
-    <rat.version>0.16.1</rat.version>
     <roaringbit.version>1.3.0</roaringbit.version>
     <stax.version>1.0.1</stax.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
@@ -245,17 +241,6 @@
     <nimbus-oauth.version>11.28</nimbus-oauth.version>
   </properties>
   <repositories>
-    <!-- This needs to be removed before checking in-->
-    <repository>
-      <id>central</id>
-      <name>central</name>
-      <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
-      <layout>default</layout>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-        <checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
-      </releases>
-    </repository>
     <repository>
       <!-- shibboleth doesn't publish artifacts on maven central
         See https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/DEV/Use+of+Maven+Central -->
@@ -1567,22 +1552,9 @@
             <proc>none</proc>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven.eclipse.plugin.version}</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <downloadJavadocs>false</downloadJavadocs>
-            <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
-            <buildOutputDirectory>target/eclipse/classes</buildOutputDirectory>
-            <workspaceActiveCodeStyleProfileName>Hive</workspaceActiveCodeStyleProfileName>
-            <workspaceCodeStylesURL>${basedir}/dev-support/eclipse-styles.xml</workspaceCodeStylesURL>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven.checkstyle.plugin.version}</version>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
@@ -1591,31 +1563,16 @@
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${rat.version}</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${maven.versions.plugin.version}</version>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${felix.version}</version>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven.shade.plugin.version}</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -1626,14 +1583,6 @@
           <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${maven.exec.plugin.version}</version>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/site</outputDirectory>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>com.github.os72</groupId>
           <artifactId>protoc-jar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/service/pom.xml b/service/pom.xml
index 3f224f4e3310..1d68313575f7 100644
--- a/service/pom.xml
+++ b/service/pom.xml
@@ -466,30 +466,6 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <!-- General plugins -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <additionalProjectnatures>
-            <projectnature>org.jamon.project.jamonnature</projectnature>
-          </additionalProjectnatures>
-          <buildcommands>
-            <buildcommand>org.jamon.project.templateBuilder</buildcommand>
-            <buildcommand>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</buildcommand>
-            <buildcommand>org.jamon.project.markerUpdater</buildcommand>
-          </buildcommands>
-          <additionalConfig>
-            <file>
-              <name>.settings/org.jamon.prefs</name>
-              <content># now
-                            eclipse.preferences.version=1
-                            templateSourceDir=src/main/jamon
-                            templateOutputDir=target/generated-jamon
-                        </content>
-            </file>
-          </additionalConfig>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/standalone-metastore/pom.xml b/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
index 806a00bb3003..62af48094fef 100644
--- a/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
+++ b/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
     <java.version>21</java.version>
     <jakarta.annotation.version>2.1.1</jakarta.annotation.version>
     <maven.compiler.useIncrementalCompilation>false</maven.compiler.useIncrementalCompilation>
     <maven.cyclonedx.plugin.version>2.7.10</maven.cyclonedx.plugin.version>
     <maven.repo.local>${settings.localRepository}</maven.repo.local>
-    <maven.exec.plugin.version>3.1.0</maven.exec.plugin.version>
+    <maven.exec.plugin.version>3.6.3</maven.exec.plugin.version>
     <checkstyle.conf.dir>${basedir}/${standalone.metastore.path.to.root}/checkstyle</checkstyle.conf.dir>
     <!-- Test Properties -->
     <log4j.conf.dir>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</log4j.conf.dir>
@@ -60,9 +61,7 @@
     <test.groups>org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.annotation.MetastoreUnitTest</test.groups>
     <!-- Plugin versions -->
     <ant.contrib.version>1.0b3</ant.contrib.version>
-    <maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>3.5.0</maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>
-    <maven.versions.plugin.version>2.16.0</maven.versions.plugin.version>
-    <maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.5.3</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
+    <maven.versions.plugin.version>2.21.0</maven.versions.plugin.version>
     <!-- Dependency versions -->
     <antlr.version>4.9.3</antlr.version>
     <apache-directory-server.version>2.0.0-M24</apache-directory-server.version>
@@ -691,7 +690,6 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
           <configuration>
             <argLine>${maven.test.jvm.args}</argLine>
             <enableOutErrElements>false</enableOutErrElements>
@@ -701,7 +699,6 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven.checkstyle.plugin.version}</version>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
@@ -757,14 +754,6 @@
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/site</outputDirectory>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/storage-api/pom.xml b/storage-api/pom.xml
index 3627fc9cf270..168fe0ed8d7a 100644
--- a/storage-api/pom.xml
+++ b/storage-api/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     <checkstyle.version>11.1.0</checkstyle.version>
     <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
     <netty.version>4.1.127.Final</netty.version>
     <guava.version>22.0</guava.version>
     <hadoop.version>3.4.2</hadoop.version>
@@ -37,11 +38,9 @@
     <junit.vintage.version>5.13.3</junit.vintage.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
     <spotbugs.version>4.8.6</spotbugs.version>
-    <maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>3.5.0</maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>
     <maven.cyclonedx.plugin.version>2.7.10</maven.cyclonedx.plugin.version>
     <checkstyle.conf.dir>${basedir}/checkstyle/</checkstyle.conf.dir>
-    <maven.versions.plugin.version>2.16.0</maven.versions.plugin.version>
-    <maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.5.3</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
+    <maven.versions.plugin.version>2.21.0</maven.versions.plugin.version>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -186,7 +185,6 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven.checkstyle.plugin.version}</version>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
@@ -207,19 +205,6 @@
           <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${maven.versions.plugin.version}</version>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/site</outputDirectory>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
@@ -235,7 +220,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <argLine>${maven.test.jvm.args}</argLine>
           <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>