diff --git a/java/format/pom.xml b/java/format/pom.xml
index 0e43d5e946c..647b716039e 100644
--- a/java/format/pom.xml
+++ b/java/format/pom.xml
@@ -23,12 +23,9 @@
 <name>Arrow Format</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <fbs.version>1.2.0-3f79e055</fbs.version>
     <flatc.download.skip>false</flatc.download.skip>
     <flatc.executable>${project.build.directory}/flatc-${os.detected.classifier}-${fbs.version}.exe</flatc.executable>
     <flatc.generated.files>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/flatc</flatc.generated.files>
-    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.3</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-    <maven-dependency-plugin.version>2.10</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
     <os-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0.Final</os-maven-plugin.version>
   </properties>
 
@@ -36,7 +33,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.vlkan</groupId>
       <artifactId>flatbuffers</artifactId>
-      <version>${fbs.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
@@ -54,11 +50,10 @@
     <plugin> <!-- download the flatbuffer compiler -->
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>${maven-dependency-plugin.version}</version>
       <executions>
         <execution>
           <id>copy-flatc</id>
-          <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+          <phase>initialize</phase>
           <goals>
             <goal>copy</goal>
           </goals>
diff --git a/java/memory/pom.xml b/java/memory/pom.xml
index 765013bee1f..1c4eef71fc0 100644
--- a/java/memory/pom.xml
+++ b/java/memory/pom.xml
@@ -23,20 +23,26 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.2</version>
     </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.carrotsearch</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hppc</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.2</version>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
-
   <build>
   </build>
 
-
-
 </project>
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index cfcfcd448f0..c4c301d1a41 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@
     <dep.junit.version>4.11</dep.junit.version>
     <dep.slf4j.version>1.7.25</dep.slf4j.version>
     <dep.guava.version>18.0</dep.guava.version>
+    <dep.netty.version>4.0.49.Final</dep.netty.version>
+    <dep.jackson.version>2.7.9</dep.jackson.version>
+    <dep.hadoop.version>2.7.1</dep.hadoop.version>
+    <fbs.version>1.2.0-3f79e055</fbs.version>
     <forkCount>2</forkCount>
-    <jackson.version>2.7.9</jackson.version>
-    <hadoop.version>2.7.1</hadoop.version>
     <checkstyle.failOnViolation>false</checkstyle.failOnViolation>
   </properties>
 
@@ -271,55 +273,75 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.17</version>
-          <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
-              <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-              <version>6.19</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-              <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-              <version>${dep.guava.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.5</version>
-            </dependency>
-          </dependencies>
-          <executions>
-            <execution>
-              <id>validate</id>
-              <phase>validate</phase>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>check</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </execution>
-          </executions>
-          <configuration>
-            <configLocation>google_checks.xml</configLocation>
-            <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-            <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
-            <failsOnError>${checkstyle.failOnViolation}</failsOnError>
-            <failOnViolation>${checkstyle.failOnViolation}</failOnViolation>
-            <violationSeverity>warning</violationSeverity>
-            <format>xml</format>
-            <format>html</format>
-            <outputFile>${project.build.directory}/test/checkstyle-errors.xml</outputFile>
-            <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-
-
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.17</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+            <version>6.19</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <version>${dep.guava.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+              <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+              <version>1.7.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>validate</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <configLocation>google_checks.xml</configLocation>
+          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
+          <failsOnError>${checkstyle.failOnViolation}</failsOnError>
+          <failOnViolation>${checkstyle.failOnViolation}</failOnViolation>
+          <violationSeverity>warning</violationSeverity>
+          <format>xml</format>
+          <format>html</format>
+          <outputFile>${project.build.directory}/test/checkstyle-errors.xml</outputFile>
+          <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>analyze</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>analyze-only</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <ignoreNonCompile>true</ignoreNonCompile>
+              <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
-    <pluginManagement>
 
+    <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.0.1</version>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
           <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -449,26 +471,63 @@
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>
-  <dependencies>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.49.Final</version>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>${dep.guava.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${dep.slf4j.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.vlkan</groupId>
+        <artifactId>flatbuffers</artifactId>
+        <version>${fbs.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+        <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        <version>${dep.guava.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+        <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
+        <version>${dep.netty.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+        <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
+        <version>${dep.netty.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+        <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
+        <version>${dep.netty.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+        <version>${dep.jackson.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+        <version>${dep.jackson.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+        <version>${dep.jackson.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.2</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${dep.slf4j.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
 
+  <dependencies>
     <!-- Test Dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/java/tools/pom.xml b/java/tools/pom.xml
index e2e3f8129c7..48b507afdd1 100644
--- a/java/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/java/tools/pom.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@
     <name>Arrow Tools</name>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
-            <artifactId>arrow-format</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
             <artifactId>arrow-memory</artifactId>
@@ -36,9 +31,8 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6</version>
+          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+          <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
@@ -49,7 +43,19 @@
           <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
           <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
           <version>1.2.3</version>
-          <scope>run</scope>
+          <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/java/vector/pom.xml b/java/vector/pom.xml
index a89742ec142..bf33823fef5 100644
--- a/java/vector/pom.xml
+++ b/java/vector/pom.xml
@@ -36,31 +36,52 @@
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
       <version>2.9.9</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.carrotsearch</groupId>
       <artifactId>hppc</artifactId>
       <version>0.7.2</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
       <version>1.10</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.vlkan</groupId>
+      <artifactId>flatbuffers</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
     <pluginRepositories>
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/includes/vv_imports.ftl b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/includes/vv_imports.ftl
index e723e7d7ea3..a55304d7335 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/includes/vv_imports.ftl
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/includes/vv_imports.ftl
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import com.google.flatbuffers.FlatBufferBuilder;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import io.netty.buffer.*;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
-
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.*;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.*;