diff --git a/data-model/pom.xml b/data-model/pom.xml
index 3067c4d311..48c2c51ba4 100644
--- a/data-model/pom.xml
+++ b/data-model/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
-        <dependency.tika.version>1.24.1</dependency.tika.version>
         <!-- Files to exclude from SonarQube analysis -->
         <sonar.exclusions>
             source/java/org/alfresco/repo/search/impl/parsers/CMIS*er.java,
@@ -139,8 +138,7 @@
         <dependency> 
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId> 
             <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>${dependency.jackson.version}</version>
-        </dependency> 
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
             <artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
diff --git a/packaging/pom.xml b/packaging/pom.xml
index a5c79ff3a9..068a05fef3 100644
--- a/packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/pom.xml
@@ -10,15 +10,6 @@
         <version>8.300-TEST2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <properties>
-        <image.tag>latest</image.tag>
-        <image.registry>quay.io</image.registry>
-
-        <installer.version.name>${project.version}</installer.version.name>
-        <alfresco.package.name>alfresco-community</alfresco.package.name>
-        <alfresco.distribution.name>${alfresco.package.name}-distribution</alfresco.distribution.name>
-    </properties>
-
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>fullBuild</id>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml
index 133bf0ba3d..fc8d0a02f2 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <suiteXmlFile>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources/integration-suite.xml</suiteXmlFile>
-        <dependency.groovy.version>2.5.9</dependency.groovy.version>
-        <dependency.javax.mail.version>1.6.2</dependency.javax.mail.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/packaging/war/pom.xml b/packaging/war/pom.xml
index bcb48e65a8..b43c4c9f0d 100644
--- a/packaging/war/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/war/pom.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
     <properties>
         <scm-path>${project.parent.parent.scm.url}</scm-path>
         <scm-revision>${build-number}</scm-revision>
-
-        <licenseName>community</licenseName>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0ab5236f13..89a424889f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Set to "Community Early Access" to add to the version.edition property in version.properties  -->
         <version.edition>Community</version.edition>
+        <licenseName>community</licenseName>
+        <alfresco.package.name>alfresco-community</alfresco.package.name>
 
         <build-number>local</build-number>
 
+        <!-- The values set in version.properties. acs.version.label may be overridden in alfresco-enterprise-repo -->
         <acs.version.major>7</acs.version.major>
         <acs.version.minor>0</acs.version.minor>
         <acs.version.revision>0</acs.version.revision>
@@ -36,6 +39,15 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.build.sourceVersion>11</maven.build.sourceVersion>
 
+        <image.tag>latest</image.tag>
+        <image.registry>quay.io</image.registry>
+
+        <installer.version.name>${project.version}</installer.version.name>
+        <alfresco.distribution.name>${alfresco.package.name}-distribution</alfresco.distribution.name>
+
+        <dir.root>${project.build.directory}/alf_data</dir.root>
+        <img.exe>convert</img.exe>
+
         <dependency.alfresco-hb-data-sender.version>1.0.12</dependency.alfresco-hb-data-sender.version>
         <dependency.alfresco-mmt.version>6.0</dependency.alfresco-mmt.version>
         <dependency.alfresco-pdf-renderer.version>1.1</dependency.alfresco-pdf-renderer.version>
@@ -47,6 +59,9 @@
         <dependency.activiti-engine.version>5.23.0</dependency.activiti-engine.version>
         <dependency.activiti.version>5.23.0</dependency.activiti.version>
         <dependency.transform.model.version>1.0.2.11</dependency.transform.model.version>
+        <dependency.alfresco-legacy-lucene.version>6.2</dependency.alfresco-legacy-lucene.version>
+        <dependency.alfresco-greenmail.version>6.2</dependency.alfresco-greenmail.version>
+        <dependency.acs-event-model.version>0.0.8</dependency.acs-event-model.version>
 
         <dependency.spring.version>5.2.8.RELEASE</dependency.spring.version>
         <dependency.antlr.version>3.5.2</dependency.antlr.version>
@@ -70,6 +85,19 @@
         <dependency.slf4j.version>1.7.30</dependency.slf4j.version>
         <dependency.gytheio.version>0.11.6</dependency.gytheio.version>
         <dependency.jaxb.version>2.3.3</dependency.jaxb.version>
+        <dependency.groovy.version>2.5.9</dependency.groovy.version>
+        <dependency.javax.mail.version>1.6.2</dependency.javax.mail.version>
+        <dependency.tika.version>1.24.1</dependency.tika.version>
+        <dependency.spring-security.version>5.2.1.RELEASE</dependency.spring-security.version>
+        <dependency.truezip.version>7.7.10</dependency.truezip.version>
+        <dependency.poi.version>4.1.2</dependency.poi.version>
+        <dependency.ooxml-schemas.version>1.4</dependency.ooxml-schemas.version>
+        <dependency.keycloak.version>11.0.0-alfresco-001</dependency.keycloak.version>
+        <dependency.jboss.logging.version>3.4.1.Final</dependency.jboss.logging.version>
+        <dependency.camel.version>2.24.2</dependency.camel.version>
+        <dependency.activemq.version>5.15.12</dependency.activemq.version>
+        <dependency.apache.taglibs.version>1.2.5</dependency.apache.taglibs.version>
+        <dependency.awaitility.version>4.0.3</dependency.awaitility.version>
 
         <alfresco.googledrive.version>3.2.0</alfresco.googledrive.version>
         <alfresco.aos-module.version>1.3.1</alfresco.aos-module.version>
diff --git a/remote-api/pom.xml b/remote-api/pom.xml
index 03dc4a6312..63c5ff8d0d 100644
--- a/remote-api/pom.xml
+++ b/remote-api/pom.xml
@@ -10,15 +10,6 @@
         <version>8.300-TEST2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <properties>
-        <licenseName>community</licenseName>
-
-        <dir.root>${project.build.directory}/alf_data</dir.root>
-        <img.exe>convert</img.exe>
-
-        <dependency.opencmis.version>1.0.0</dependency.opencmis.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
diff --git a/repository/pom.xml b/repository/pom.xml
index b0105cbbc8..c5a04f10fb 100644
--- a/repository/pom.xml
+++ b/repository/pom.xml
@@ -10,29 +10,6 @@
         <version>8.300-TEST2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <properties>
-        <licenseName>community</licenseName>
-
-        <dir.root>${project.build.directory}/alf_data</dir.root>
-        <img.exe>convert</img.exe>
-
-        <dependency.alfresco-legacy-lucene.version>6.2</dependency.alfresco-legacy-lucene.version>
-        <dependency.alfresco-greenmail.version>6.2</dependency.alfresco-greenmail.version>
-
-        <dependency.spring-security.version>5.2.1.RELEASE</dependency.spring-security.version>
-        <dependency.truezip.version>7.7.10</dependency.truezip.version>
-        <dependency.poi.version>4.1.2</dependency.poi.version>
-        <dependency.ooxml-schemas.version>1.4</dependency.ooxml-schemas.version>
-        <!-- REPO-4964 -->
-        <dependency.keycloak.version>11.0.0-alfresco-001</dependency.keycloak.version>
-        <dependency.jboss.logging.version>3.4.1.Final</dependency.jboss.logging.version>
-        <dependency.camel.version>2.24.2</dependency.camel.version>
-        <dependency.activemq.version>5.15.12</dependency.activemq.version>
-        <dependency.apache.taglibs.version>1.2.5</dependency.apache.taglibs.version>
-        <dependency.acs-event-model.version>0.0.8</dependency.acs-event-model.version>
-        <dependency.awaitility.version>4.0.3</dependency.awaitility.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
@@ -42,7 +19,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
             <artifactId>alfresco-jlan-embed</artifactId>
-            <version>${dependency.alfresco-jlan.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>*</groupId>
@@ -75,7 +51,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
             <artifactId>alfresco-heartbeat-data-sender</artifactId>
-            <version>${dependency.alfresco-hb-data-sender.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <!-- Duplicates classes from jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api -->
                 <exclusion>
@@ -421,7 +396,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.alfresco.surf</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-webscripts</artifactId>
-            <version>${dependency.webscripts.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>com.sun</groupId>