diff --git a/amps/ags/pom.xml b/amps/ags/pom.xml
index c4508389d8..0fbe23420d 100644
--- a/amps/ags/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>junit</groupId>
          <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-         <version>4.13.2</version>
+<!--         <version>4.13.2</version>-->
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <!-- XML jars removed in Java 11 but are provided by alfresco-content-services -->
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@
          </plugin>
          <plugin>
             <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.0</version>
             <configuration>
                <doclint>none</doclint>
             </configuration>
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@
          </plugin>
          <plugin>
             <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.2</version>
             <executions>
                <execution>
                   <id>default-install</id>
@@ -180,7 +178,7 @@
          </plugin>
          <plugin>
             <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+<!--            <version>2.7</version>-->
             <executions>
                <execution>
                   <id>default-deploy</id>
@@ -246,7 +244,7 @@
          <plugins>
             <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-               <version>3.8.0</version>
+               <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
                <configuration>
                   <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
                   <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
@@ -267,7 +265,7 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-               <version>3.0.0-M2</version>
+               <version>${maven.enforcer.plugin}</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -290,7 +288,7 @@
             <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-               <version>1.9.1</version>
+               <version>${maven.buildhelper.version}</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -369,12 +367,12 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-               <version>3.1.0</version>
+               <version>${maven.resources.version}</version>
                <dependencies>
                   <dependency>
                      <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
                      <artifactId>maven-filtering</artifactId>
-                     <version>3.1.1</version>
+                     <version>${dependency.maven-filtering.version}</version>
                   </dependency>
                </dependencies>
                <configuration>
@@ -411,13 +409,14 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-               <version>3.2.2</version>
+               <version>${maven.war.plugin.version}</version>
                <dependencies>
                   <!-- Needed when creating the community and enterprise rest api wars  -->
                   <dependency>
                      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                      <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-                     <version>1.19</version>
+<!--                     <version>1.19</version>-->
+                     <version>${dependency.apache-compress.version}</version>
                   </dependency>
                   <dependency>
                      <groupId>org.alfresco.maven.plugin</groupId>
@@ -546,7 +545,7 @@
 
                <plugin>
                   <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                  <version>3.1.0</version>
+<!--                  <version>3.1.0</version>-->
                   <configuration>
                      <doclet>com.docflex.javadoc.Doclet</doclet>
                      <docletPath>${project.build.directory}/docflex-javadoc-${docflex.version}/lib/docflex-javadoc.jar</docletPath>
@@ -586,7 +585,7 @@
                <plugin>
                   <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                   <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                  <version>1.9.1</version>
+                  <version>${maven.buildhelper.version}</version>
                   <executions>
                      <execution>
                         <id>add-env-test-properties</id>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
index 907e0879b7..135ccd85f7 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
    </parent>
 
    <properties>
-      <fluent.json.version>2.0.0</fluent.json.version>
-      <jackson.databind.version>2.7.9.1</jackson.databind.version>
+      <dependency.jackson-databind.version>2.7.9.1</dependency.jackson-databind.version> <!-- does this fix the 2 tests? -->
    </properties>
 
    <build>
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.alfresco.tas</groupId>
          <artifactId>restapi</artifactId>
-         <version>${dependency.tas-restapi.version}</version>
          <exclusions>
             <exclusion>
                <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -70,14 +68,13 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
          <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-         <version>1.18.6</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <!-- FIXME: Remove this dependency once RMUserAPI.java has been refactored -->
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.jglue.fluent-json</groupId>
          <artifactId>fluent-json</artifactId>
-         <version>${fluent.json.version}</version>
+         <version>2.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.alfresco.test</groupId>
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
          <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-         <version>4.1</version>
+<!--         <version>4.1</version>-->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.github.docker-java</groupId>
@@ -97,7 +94,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
          <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-         <version>${jackson.databind.version}</version>
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 </project>