diff --git a/cli/pom.xml b/cli/pom.xml
index 60876efd7bd3e905d2353c3c9eec3b81fedde8bf..ace8b6f299bbec2c564acef0f1f5c2f3aaee6bc5 100644
--- a/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cli/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jvnet.localizer</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-localizer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.10</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 48920c6bb77ff562cb6a1760faa4080618ea44ac..34f390b5d81ccb627c029590f2fc7a7f666ca834 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-encoding-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.infradna.tool</groupId>
         <artifactId>bridge-method-injector</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.kohsuke.stapler</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-stapler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <extensions>true</extensions>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jvnet.localizer</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-localizer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.10</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
         <artifactId>access-modifier-checker</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>antlr-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>cron</id>
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jvnet.maven-antrun-extended-plugin</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-extended-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>generate-resources</phase>
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       </plugin>
       <plugin><!-- set main class -->
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <configuration>
           <archive>
             <manifest>
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         -->
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>apt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <configuration>
           <force>true</force><!-- disable staleness check -->
           <factory>org.jvnet.hudson.tools.ExtensionPointListerFactory</factory>
@@ -246,7 +249,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
           <plugin><!-- execute apt:process for "Extension points" Wiki page generation -->
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>apt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
+            <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <goals>
@@ -263,6 +266,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
             -->
             <groupId>org.kohsuke.stapler</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-stapler-plugin</artifactId>
+            <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <goals>
@@ -308,6 +312,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.kohsuke.gmaven</groupId>
             <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
             <executions>
               <!-- run unit test -->
               <execution>
@@ -327,6 +332,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
           <plugin>
             <!-- unit tests are run by GMaven through Ant. -->
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
             <configuration>
               <skipTests>true</skipTests>
             </configuration>
diff --git a/maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 8047696cc8a8031f533779b89728e409deac038d..8224d0f4ca33718f1c7bea79fdf5fba593236047 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -339,12 +339,13 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.kohsuke.stapler</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-stapler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <extensions>true</extensions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jvnet.localizer</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-localizer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
@@ -360,6 +361,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin><!-- generate licenses.xml -->
         <groupId>com.cloudbees</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-license-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <configuration>
           <generateLicenseXml>target/${project.artifactId}/WEB-INF/licenses.xml</generateLicenseXml>
         </configuration>
@@ -367,6 +369,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jvnet.maven-antrun-extended-plugin</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-extended-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>resgen</id>
@@ -397,7 +400,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4-apb-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
           <inherited>true</inherited>
           <configuration>
             <formats>
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index d1ab491b2bcff1e58c9b80dd3eab06f13e9707cb..d74220dee3f790a0aa8326f7937cff0d9f6a10ed 100644
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-rc-5</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>test-in-groovy</id>
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <configuration>
           <systemProperties>
             <property>
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.cloudbees</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-license-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b76bb1f10c78f5d16445031e96fba9eea10c932..b55a9680f1bf6523927f6d8056805117c70d3c97 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.3.1</version>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.1-beta-1</version>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -179,6 +184,68 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <!-- see http://maven-junit-plugin.kenai.com/ for more info -->
+          <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-junit-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.9</version>
+         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.jvnet.localizer</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-localizer-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.10</version>
+         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson.tools</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-encoding-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>com.infradna.tool</groupId>
+          <artifactId>bridge-method-injector</artifactId>
+          <version>1.4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>antlr-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>apt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4-apb-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5</version>
+         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <!-- this is really just a patched version of maven-jetty-plugin to workaround issue #932 -->
+          <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.tools</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-jenkins-dev-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>6.1.26-jenkins-1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.jvnet.updatecenter2</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-makepkgs-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>0.3</version>
+         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.5</version>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     
diff --git a/remoting/pom.xml b/remoting/pom.xml
index f3cb2d65d39e875f55ed597fa77bbc2745cc0507..3581da2c1e9bdf4598dcf93f8744ada666c6078a 100644
--- a/remoting/pom.xml
+++ b/remoting/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <configuration>
           <threshold>High</threshold>
         </configuration>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <configuration>
           <!--rulesets>
             <ruleset>ruleset.xml</ruleset>
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <configuration>
           <archive>
             <manifest>
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jvnet.maven-antrun-extended-plugin</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-extended-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>generate-resources</id>
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index af79f5ccf81cca0e9e388913eb37fbee8c3df748..5437c863199717420314a02f01454e9cd8f54a5f 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.kohsuke.stapler</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-stapler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.15</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <extensions>true</extensions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <configuration>
           <skip>true</skip>
           <!-- tests now run by maven-junit-plugin -->
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.kohsuke.gmaven</groupId>
         <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-rc-5-patch-2</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>preset-packager</id>
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
             <!-- see http://maven-junit-plugin.kenai.com/ for more info -->
             <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-junit-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9</version>
+            <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <goals>
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.kohsuke.gmaven</groupId>
             <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
             <executions>
               <!-- run unit test -->
               <execution>
@@ -259,14 +261,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
               </execution>
             </executions>
           </plugin>
-          <plugin>
-            <!-- unit tests are run by GMaven through Ant. -->
-            <groupId>com.sun.maven</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-junit-plugin</artifactId>
-            <configuration>
-              <skipTests>true</skipTests>
-            </configuration>
-          </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>    
diff --git a/ui-samples-plugin/pom.xml b/ui-samples-plugin/pom.xml
index 46d5896ad7aae5a89dafe41881415ee921881f8c..a6a9ff03d9eb770d807ea271c7ab92ae9dda3893 100644
--- a/ui-samples-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/ui-samples-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.kohsuke.stapler</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-stapler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.15</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <extensions>true</extensions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jvnet.localizer</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-localizer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
diff --git a/war/pom.xml b/war/pom.xml
index ae1dcef118cde83abd5bd44b4035335adcd7bde7..2335f84b59c32682286e1dc4d19592beb2c2c6bc 100644
--- a/war/pom.xml
+++ b/war/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1-beta-1</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <configuration>
           <filteringDeploymentDescriptors>true</filteringDeploymentDescriptors>
           <webResources>
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>generate-resources</phase>
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jvnet.maven-antrun-extended-plugin</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-extended-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>package</id>
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <plugin><!-- generate licenses.xml -->
         <groupId>com.cloudbees</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-license-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <configuration>
           <generateLicenseXml>target/classes/META-INF/licenses.xml</generateLicenseXml>
           <inlineScript>
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         <!-- this is really just a patched version of maven-jetty-plugin to workaround issue #932 -->
         <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jenkins-dev-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>6.1.26-jenkins-1</version>
+        <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <configuration>
           <contextPath>${contextPath}</contextPath>
           <!--
@@ -316,7 +319,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.jvnet.updatecenter2</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-makepkgs-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>0.3</version>
+            <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <goals>
@@ -341,6 +344,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+            <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
             <executions>
               <!-- sign the war -->
               <execution>