diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-hadoop-compatibility/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-hadoop-compatibility/pom.xml
index 12bbb11bddb7b05a4aedb94958322b5c15d19073..fe253765626141191f6e7bb242da243aef045a78 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-hadoop-compatibility/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-hadoop-compatibility/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ under the License.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.4</version>
 				<executions>
 					<!-- Run scala compiler in the process-resources phase, so that dependencies on
 						scala classes can be resolved later in the (Java) compile phase -->
diff --git a/flink-contrib/flink-streaming-contrib/pom.xml b/flink-contrib/flink-streaming-contrib/pom.xml
index 66997510b1ceddf932f2a4df7f586a2d78e72aaf..a218f120de4c5cfcef0077edb877a7a8cbb20cb1 100644
--- a/flink-contrib/flink-streaming-contrib/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-contrib/flink-streaming-contrib/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ under the License.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.4</version>
 				<executions>
 					<!-- Run scala compiler in the process-resources phase, so that dependencies on
 						scala classes can be resolved later in the (Java) compile phase -->
diff --git a/flink-examples/flink-examples-batch/pom.xml b/flink-examples/flink-examples-batch/pom.xml
index f5e7420eb7337762e7fb002b51f0856fc8dc1eb6..20dc95119163d0a8b34d2a7590d204055d2dafc5 100644
--- a/flink-examples/flink-examples-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-examples/flink-examples-batch/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ under the License.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.4</version>
 				<executions>
 					<!-- Run scala compiler in the process-resources phase, so that dependencies on
 						scala classes can be resolved later in the (Java) compile phase -->
diff --git a/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml b/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml
index c895a55237eaa5411c8348aec591b48b33334d34..adc819edb2d0ae5a70cdc24311df926f8198d0cf 100644
--- a/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ under the License.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.4</version>
 				<executions>
 					<!-- Run scala compiler in the process-resources phase, so that dependencies on
 						scala classes can be resolved later in the (Java) compile phase -->
diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-gelly-examples/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-gelly-examples/pom.xml
index d32eef1045d1042703e08883aaa9beec3f783815..b5331199283aa7cd4b3b2cbcf35644f0f5f98a39 100644
--- a/flink-libraries/flink-gelly-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-libraries/flink-gelly-examples/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.4</version>
 				<executions>
 					<!-- Run scala compiler in the process-resources phase, so that dependencies on
                         scala classes can be resolved later in the (Java) compile phase -->
diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-ml/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-ml/pom.xml
index 19187ac1910e77691b585b5f390c21321a1b4cb4..bea956e87d48c09bcb9262bf912196b876d00afa 100644
--- a/flink-libraries/flink-ml/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-libraries/flink-ml/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.2.2</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<goals>
diff --git a/flink-mesos/pom.xml b/flink-mesos/pom.xml
index 463f1494bee5d9e5c15edbb8a0a525b773c38b50..f3a95331a263f9ba4d7928edc5676cc9bf79b193 100644
--- a/flink-mesos/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-mesos/pom.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ under the License.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.4</version>
 				<executions>
 					<!-- Run scala compiler in the process-resources phase, so that dependencies on
 						scala classes can be resolved later in the (Java) compile phase -->
diff --git a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 927ab843f87faa342e39b8219b3142f4923fbbeb..699a739189187298b1fe47dfa94c24db3cdeeacf 100644
--- a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ under the License.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.4</version>
+				<version>3.2.2</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<goals>
diff --git a/flink-runtime/pom.xml b/flink-runtime/pom.xml
index 30d83b0255331830b50e9f25a6824a4b9e28231d..6dff6fb98e5437a6f969dc9d52fed927235119fd 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ under the License.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.4</version>
 				<executions>
 					<!-- Run scala compiler in the process-resources phase, so that dependencies on
 						scala classes can be resolved later in the (Java) compile phase -->
diff --git a/flink-tests/pom.xml b/flink-tests/pom.xml
index 643182fce382e683e740010c06ebc0a641cc8480..e9f0c66f6e93d033bab8a1c447de85c3cb5fdfad 100644
--- a/flink-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-tests/pom.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ under the License.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.4</version>
 				<executions>
 					<!-- Run scala compiler in the process-resources phase, so that dependencies on
 						scala classes can be resolved later in the (Java) compile phase -->
diff --git a/flink-yarn-tests/pom.xml b/flink-yarn-tests/pom.xml
index 5c91551244b4e81369c199ae5e79883bfdc190b0..4b975960932ea628598256c6aa01cf0616235b10 100644
--- a/flink-yarn-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-yarn-tests/pom.xml
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ under the License.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.4</version>
 				<executions>
 					<!-- Run scala compiler in the process-resources phase, so that dependencies on
 						scala classes can be resolved later in the (Java) compile phase -->
diff --git a/flink-yarn/pom.xml b/flink-yarn/pom.xml
index f69e0e46106e6bdc6ed02f9ba8f27c7282e0d456..11d238ace301e0cfb4139e4d08435c1009851bc9 100644
--- a/flink-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ under the License.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.4</version>
 				<executions>
 					<!-- Run scala compiler in the process-resources phase, so that dependencies on
 						scala classes can be resolved later in the (Java) compile phase -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5d20db643ccd29ed7e2e8db72b2a5be4d4031306..389af843147c7e8b8b3673a7319c607578f39b78 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache</groupId>
 		<artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-		<version>14</version>
+		<version>18</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/tools/force-shading/pom.xml b/tools/force-shading/pom.xml
index 353674d356532ff5e0a3a774839153a69af481b4..3de6a5a7be2190d9a1cd6fecf02982ad233a83c2 100644
--- a/tools/force-shading/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/force-shading/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache</groupId>
 		<artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-		<version>14</version>
+		<version>18</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<!--