diff --git a/docs/_docs/code-snippets/java/pom.xml b/docs/_docs/code-snippets/java/pom.xml
index dcdd2daa8d541..3a152c4edbad7 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/code-snippets/java/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/_docs/code-snippets/java/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.7.0</version>
+                <version>3.14.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
                     <target>1.8</target>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.22.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <includes>
                         <include>**/*.java</include>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.22.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.4</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/pom.xml b/modules/benchmarks/pom.xml
index b7c15dab10efd..60bd3f0e768e3 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.shade.plugin.version}</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -131,19 +131,19 @@
             <plugins>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.5</version>
+                    <version>${maven.clean.plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.8.1</version>
+                    <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.5.1</version>
+                    <version>${maven.install.plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.4</version>
+                    <version>${maven.jar.plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -151,19 +151,19 @@
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.6</version>
+                    <version>${maven.resources.plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3</version>
+                    <version>${maven.site.plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.2.1</version>
+                    <version>${maven.source.plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.20.1</version>
+                    <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/modules/binary/api/pom.xml b/modules/binary/api/pom.xml
index 65d79c7a212b5..15076732e4b05 100644
--- a/modules/binary/api/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/binary/api/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/binary/api/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/binary/BinaryContext.java b/modules/binary/api/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/binary/BinaryContext.java
index ac3cc172814d2..9c06bfbaa1c6e 100644
--- a/modules/binary/api/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/binary/BinaryContext.java
+++ b/modules/binary/api/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/binary/BinaryContext.java
@@ -490,7 +490,8 @@ private static Iterable<String> classesInPackage(String pkgName) {
                             for (File file : pkgDir.listFiles()) {
                                 String fileName = file.getName();
 
-                                if (file.isFile() && fileName.toLowerCase().endsWith(".class"))
+                                if (file.isFile() && fileName.toLowerCase().endsWith(".class")
+                                    && !fileName.equals("package-info.class"))
                                     clsNames.add(pkgName + '.' + fileName.substring(0, fileName.length() - 6));
                             }
                         }
@@ -507,7 +508,8 @@ else if (cpElement.isFile()) {
                                 if (entry.startsWith(pkgPath) && entry.endsWith(".class")) {
                                     String clsName = entry.substring(pkgPath.length() + 1, entry.length() - 6);
 
-                                    if (!clsName.contains("/") && !clsName.contains("\\"))
+                                    if (!clsName.contains("/") && !clsName.contains("\\")
+                                        && !clsName.equals("package-info"))
                                         clsNames.add(pkgName + '.' + clsName);
                                 }
                             }
diff --git a/modules/binary/impl/pom.xml b/modules/binary/impl/pom.xml
index b56dbf5b73939..90e7a35a5a81b 100644
--- a/modules/binary/impl/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/binary/impl/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/calcite/pom.xml b/modules/calcite/pom.xml
index 9b25987a685f7..0f12c66c72ae2 100644
--- a/modules/calcite/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/calcite/pom.xml
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/checkstyle/pom.xml b/modules/checkstyle/pom.xml
index e9df508336c7e..589a354960cab 100644
--- a/modules/checkstyle/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/checkstyle/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>copy-checkstyle-config</id>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.1</version>
+                <version>1.7.3</version>
 
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
diff --git a/modules/clients/pom.xml b/modules/clients/pom.xml
index 851c763fd3228..e299873bba9ac 100644
--- a/modules/clients/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/clients/pom.xml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.jar.plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/commons/pom.xml b/modules/commons/pom.xml
index 92373097f4712..750ecbc601a52 100644
--- a/modules/commons/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/commons/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/compatibility/pom.xml b/modules/compatibility/pom.xml
index b1b95ec960cba..cd6bdf794dec6 100644
--- a/modules/compatibility/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/compatibility/pom.xml
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.io.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!-- Note: when adding new Ignite module dependency please register it in
         org.apache.ignite.compatibility.testframework.junits.IgniteCompatibilityAbstractTest.getDependencies()
         method. This will allow to use original version dependency instead current code base. -->
@@ -138,7 +145,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/compress/pom.xml b/modules/compress/pom.xml
index b9250b7dc8d14..2e970919efabb 100644
--- a/modules/compress/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/compress/pom.xml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/compress/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/processors/cache/transform/CacheObjectCompressionConsumptionTest.java b/modules/compress/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/processors/cache/transform/CacheObjectCompressionConsumptionTest.java
index ff05e7a205f62..ae6de95cf1d48 100644
--- a/modules/compress/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/processors/cache/transform/CacheObjectCompressionConsumptionTest.java
+++ b/modules/compress/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/processors/cache/transform/CacheObjectCompressionConsumptionTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Function;
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.ignite.DataRegionMetrics;
 import org.apache.ignite.Ignite;
 import org.apache.ignite.IgniteCache;
@@ -363,7 +362,7 @@ private Consumption doTest(int cnt, Function<Integer, Object> keyGen, Function<I
                 File nodeFolder = ((IgniteEx)node).context().pdsFolderResolver().fileTree().nodeStorage();
 
                 if (nodeFolder != null)
-                    pers += FileUtils.sizeOfDirectory(nodeFolder);
+                    pers += GridTestUtils.sizeOfDirectory(nodeFolder);
 
                 if (mode != ConsumptionTestMode.PERSISTENT)
                     assertEquals(0, pers);
diff --git a/modules/control-utility/pom.xml b/modules/control-utility/pom.xml
index 51b9abc812337..908ae4e97eca0 100644
--- a/modules/control-utility/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/control-utility/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/core/pom.xml b/modules/core/pom.xml
index ccb994b73a74b..8737f69637427 100644
--- a/modules/core/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/core/pom.xml
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.0</version>
+                <version>${maven.shade.plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.0</version>
+                <version>${build.helper.maven.plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>add-generated-sources</id>
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.8</version>
+                        <version>${maven.dependency.plugin.version}</version>
                         <executions>
                             <!--Required because JUnit will not detect tests simply included in a dep-->
                             <execution>
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/testframework/GridTestUtils.java b/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/testframework/GridTestUtils.java
index a26ebb80d1702..f9e23e80ec8d5 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/testframework/GridTestUtils.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/testframework/GridTestUtils.java
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 import java.net.MulticastSocket;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
+import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
@@ -2658,4 +2661,29 @@ public static <T extends Message> MessageSerializer<T> loadSerializer(Class<? ex
             throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find serializer for message: " + msgCls, e);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Calculates directory size, tolerating files that disappear during traversal.
+     *
+     * @param dir Directory.
+     * @return Size.
+     * @throws IOException If failed.
+     */
+    public static long sizeOfDirectory(File dir) throws IOException {
+        long[] size = {0L};
+
+        Files.walkFileTree(dir.toPath(), new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
+            @Override public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) {
+                size[0] += attrs.size();
+
+                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+            }
+
+            @Override public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(Path file, IOException exc) {
+                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+            }
+        });
+
+        return size[0];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/testframework/junits/multijvm/JavaVersionCommand.java b/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/testframework/junits/multijvm/JavaVersionCommand.java
index e3a2fa919247d..f571f294ae2fa 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/testframework/junits/multijvm/JavaVersionCommand.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/testframework/junits/multijvm/JavaVersionCommand.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.util.GridJavaProcess;
 
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
@@ -56,13 +55,20 @@ int majorVersion(String javaHome) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     /**
      * Reads whole stream content and returns it as a string. UTF-8 is used to convert from bytes to string.
      *
-     * @param inputStream   Stream to read.
+     * @param inputStream Stream to read.
      * @return Stream content as a string.
      * @throws IOException If something goes wrong.
      */
     private String readStream(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
+        // commons-io (IOUtils) is intentionally not used here.
+        // JavaVersionCommand is executed inside a forked JVM process launched by IgniteProcessProxy.
+        // Surefire's IsolatedClassLoader does not include test-scoped dependencies in the forked
+        // process classpath, so commons-io is unavailable.
         ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        IOUtils.copy(inputStream, baos);
+        byte[] buf = new byte[4096];
+        int len;
+        while ((len = inputStream.read(buf)) != -1)
+            baos.write(buf, 0, len);
         return new String(baos.toByteArray(), UTF_8);
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/dev-utils/pom.xml b/modules/dev-utils/pom.xml
index c51ccdc9e29e3..815baa3d38988 100644
--- a/modules/dev-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/dev-utils/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.1</version>
+                <version>${maven.assembly.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <descriptorRefs>
                         <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
diff --git a/modules/direct-io/pom.xml b/modules/direct-io/pom.xml
index 9700fe802ec60..c66ba1db4c918 100644
--- a/modules/direct-io/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/direct-io/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/extdata/pluggable/pom.xml b/modules/extdata/pluggable/pom.xml
index fa93410f4bc39..fa5306f52a301 100644
--- a/modules/extdata/pluggable/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/extdata/pluggable/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/extdata/uri/config/signeddeploy/keystore b/modules/extdata/uri/config/signeddeploy/keystore
index dc51a0fcd22bb..412e5784ed7c9 100644
Binary files a/modules/extdata/uri/config/signeddeploy/keystore and b/modules/extdata/uri/config/signeddeploy/keystore differ
diff --git a/modules/extdata/uri/pom.xml b/modules/extdata/uri/pom.xml
index a146b11b123d7..28d0078a27e44 100644
--- a/modules/extdata/uri/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/extdata/uri/pom.xml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jarsigner-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <version>${maven.jarsigner.plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>sign-well</id>
diff --git a/modules/indexing/pom.xml b/modules/indexing/pom.xml
index e6a2554d56e57..233621a939d3b 100644
--- a/modules/indexing/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/indexing/pom.xml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/jcl/pom.xml b/modules/jcl/pom.xml
index f948eecade021..1ccf7975bba14 100644
--- a/modules/jcl/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/jcl/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/json/pom.xml b/modules/json/pom.xml
index b0e218dc37bcb..ae3c28928a89a 100644
--- a/modules/json/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/json/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/jta/pom.xml b/modules/jta/pom.xml
index 1346a1e9765e0..5a031057f2aeb 100644
--- a/modules/jta/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/jta/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/kubernetes/pom.xml b/modules/kubernetes/pom.xml
index 0f6e115b65c61..94c8973edb74e 100644
--- a/modules/kubernetes/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/kubernetes/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/log4j2/pom.xml b/modules/log4j2/pom.xml
index 2cba3ad2291ed..c5bfd3b33932b 100644
--- a/modules/log4j2/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/log4j2/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/numa-allocator/pom.xml b/modules/numa-allocator/pom.xml
index ab9f53bbf2b63..8876e426c1765 100644
--- a/modules/numa-allocator/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/numa-allocator/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>com.googlecode.cmake-maven-project</groupId>
                         <artifactId>cmake-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.31.5-b1</version>
+                        <version>${cmake.maven.plugin.version}</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>cmake-generate</id>
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/opencensus/pom.xml b/modules/opencensus/pom.xml
index 9c0abe958e195..8bd8bf01e28aa 100644
--- a/modules/opencensus/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/opencensus/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/rest-http/pom.xml b/modules/rest-http/pom.xml
index f6f86b1ae3bed..daa0a83152415 100644
--- a/modules/rest-http/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/rest-http/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/slf4j/pom.xml b/modules/slf4j/pom.xml
index 69e4917ee7517..807df528b21ed 100644
--- a/modules/slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/spring/pom.xml b/modules/spring/pom.xml
index a8c11444928ec..c08848124fdd6 100644
--- a/modules/spring/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/spring/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/spring/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/IgniteClientSpringBean.java b/modules/spring/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/IgniteClientSpringBean.java
index ae98397bfbb04..458cf287a7295 100644
--- a/modules/spring/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/IgniteClientSpringBean.java
+++ b/modules/spring/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/IgniteClientSpringBean.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
  * A note should be taken that Ignite client instance is started after all other
  * Spring beans have been initialized and right before Spring context is refreshed.
  * That implies that it's not valid to reference {@link IgniteClientSpringBean} from
- * any kind of Spring bean init methods like {@link javax.annotation.PostConstruct}.
+ * any kind of Spring bean init methods like {@code @PostConstruct}.
  * If it's required to reference {@link IgniteClientSpringBean} for other bean
  * initialization purposes, it should be done from a {@link ContextRefreshedEvent}
  * listener method declared in that bean.
diff --git a/modules/spring/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/IgniteSpringBean.java b/modules/spring/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/IgniteSpringBean.java
index 07934a8dc164a..886b9c62bd446 100644
--- a/modules/spring/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/IgniteSpringBean.java
+++ b/modules/spring/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/IgniteSpringBean.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
  * A note should be taken that Ignite instance is started after all other
  * Spring beans have been initialized and right before Spring context is refreshed.
  * That implies that it's not valid to reference IgniteSpringBean from
- * any kind of Spring bean init methods like {@link javax.annotation.PostConstruct}.
+ * any kind of Spring bean init methods like {@code @PostConstruct}.
  * If it's required to reference IgniteSpringBean for other bean
  * initialization purposes, it should be done from a {@link ContextRefreshedEvent}
  * listener method declared in that bean.
diff --git a/modules/sqlline/pom.xml b/modules/sqlline/pom.xml
index bc43c6a241b6a..bcf99674bab21 100644
--- a/modules/sqlline/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/sqlline/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/tools/pom.xml b/modules/tools/pom.xml
index 8d4673070f032..08f9d5697179b 100644
--- a/modules/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/tools/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
                         <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.0</version>
+                        <version>${maven.resources.plugin.version}</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>copy-resources</id>
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <version>${build.helper.maven.plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>add-source</id>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/unsafe/pom.xml b/modules/unsafe/pom.xml
index d5ddf75a6059a..49ff468519e9a 100644
--- a/modules/unsafe/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/unsafe/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/urideploy/pom.xml b/modules/urideploy/pom.xml
index 8927c9d5b4b1a..eae05153183a6 100644
--- a/modules/urideploy/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/urideploy/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/web/ignite-websphere-test/pom.xml b/modules/web/ignite-websphere-test/pom.xml
index 12027ded655aa..e317911b254bf 100644
--- a/modules/web/ignite-websphere-test/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/web/ignite-websphere-test/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/modules/web/pom.xml b/modules/web/pom.xml
index f5e12069f834b..d75e7d4542091 100644
--- a/modules/web/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/web/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/yardstick/pom-standalone.xml b/modules/yardstick/pom-standalone.xml
index c667650c325ab..eb8fc763d465f 100644
--- a/modules/yardstick/pom-standalone.xml
+++ b/modules/yardstick/pom-standalone.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8</version>
+                <version>3.9.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>3.1.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/yardstick/pom.xml b/modules/yardstick/pom.xml
index d6818b52eef17..2cbe81c69322c 100644
--- a/modules/yardstick/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/yardstick/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
                 <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8</version>
+                <version>5.0.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8</version>
+                <version>${maven.dependency.plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
+                <version>${maven.jar.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/assembly/libs</outputDirectory>
                 </configuration>
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/zookeeper/pom.xml b/modules/zookeeper/pom.xml
index 7f0b6003755cb..28605774472d7 100644
--- a/modules/zookeeper/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/zookeeper/pom.xml
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>false</skip>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/parent-internal/pom.xml b/parent-internal/pom.xml
index f2128baf52cf5..2d802e6a236c7 100644
--- a/parent-internal/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-internal/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.8</version>
+                    <version>3.2.0</version>
                     <dependencies>
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index bba4e3ac078d8..b116f704a4f90 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@
         <lucene.bundle.version>7.4.0_1</lucene.bundle.version>
         <lucene.version>8.11.2</lucene.version>
         <lz4.version>1.10.1</lz4.version>
-        <maven.bundle.plugin.version>3.5.1</maven.bundle.plugin.version>
-        <maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>3.1.2</maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>
-        <maven.flatten.plugin.version>1.7.1</maven.flatten.plugin.version>
+        <maven.bundle.plugin.version>5.1.9</maven.bundle.plugin.version>
+        <maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>3.6.0</maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>
+        <maven.flatten.plugin.version>1.7.3</maven.flatten.plugin.version>
         <maven.flatten.file.name>pom-installed.xml</maven.flatten.file.name>
         <maven.model.version>3.8.9</maven.model.version>
         <checkstyle.puppycrawl.version>8.45</checkstyle.puppycrawl.version>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
         <snappy.version>1.1.10.7</snappy.version>
         <spring.version>5.3.39</spring.version>
-        <surefire.version>3.1.2</surefire.version>
+        <surefire.version>3.5.4</surefire.version>
         <tomcat.version>10.0.27</tomcat.version>
         <yardstick.version>0.8.3</yardstick.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.9.5</zookeeper.version>
@@ -119,8 +119,24 @@
         <xstream.version>1.4.17</xstream.version>
 
         <!-- Maven plugins versions -->
-        <maven.javadoc.plugin.version>3.6.3</maven.javadoc.plugin.version>
+        <maven.javadoc.plugin.version>3.12.0</maven.javadoc.plugin.version>
         <maven.enforcer.plugin.version>3.6.2</maven.enforcer.plugin.version>
+        <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.14.1</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
+        <maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.5.4</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
+        <maven.failsafe.plugin.version>3.5.4</maven.failsafe.plugin.version>
+        <maven.shade.plugin.version>3.6.1</maven.shade.plugin.version>
+        <maven.clean.plugin.version>3.5.0</maven.clean.plugin.version>
+        <maven.deploy.plugin.version>3.1.4</maven.deploy.plugin.version>
+        <maven.install.plugin.version>3.1.4</maven.install.plugin.version>
+        <maven.jar.plugin.version>3.5.0</maven.jar.plugin.version>
+        <maven.resources.plugin.version>3.4.0</maven.resources.plugin.version>
+        <maven.site.plugin.version>3.21.0</maven.site.plugin.version>
+        <maven.source.plugin.version>3.4.0</maven.source.plugin.version>
+        <maven.assembly.plugin.version>3.8.0</maven.assembly.plugin.version>
+        <maven.dependency.plugin.version>3.9.0</maven.dependency.plugin.version>
+        <maven.jarsigner.plugin.version>3.1.0</maven.jarsigner.plugin.version>
+        <build.helper.maven.plugin.version>3.6.1</build.helper.maven.plugin.version>
+        <cmake.maven.plugin.version>3.31.5-b1</cmake.maven.plugin.version>
 
         <sonar.organization>apache</sonar.organization>
         <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
@@ -262,7 +278,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
                     <artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.2</version>
+                    <version>4.9.9</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <jvmArgs>
                             <jvmArg>-Xms512m</jvmArg>
@@ -476,13 +492,13 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.0</version>
+                    <version>${maven.resources.plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
 
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0</version>
+                    <version>${build.helper.maven.plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
 
                 <plugin>
@@ -501,13 +517,13 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.8</version>
+                    <version>3.2.0</version>
                 </plugin>
 
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.3.2</version>
+                    <version>3.6.3</version>
                     <dependencies>
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
@@ -575,7 +591,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2.1</version>
+                <version>${maven.source.plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>source</id>
@@ -935,7 +951,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.7.0</version>
+                        <version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <compilerArgs>
                                 <arg>--add-exports=java.base/jdk.internal.misc=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
@@ -1022,7 +1038,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.7.0</version>
+                        <version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <compilerArgs>
                                 <arg>--add-exports</arg>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02103bcccd055..dd61c78952e41 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,24 @@
             <id>javadoc</id>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${build.helper.maven.plugin.version}</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>timestamp-property</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>timestamp-property</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <phase>validate</phase>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <name>current.year</name>
+                                    <pattern>yyyy</pattern>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -402,7 +420,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.4</version>
+                        <version>${maven.assembly.plugin.version}</version>
                         <inherited>false</inherited>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>