diff --git a/examples/java/pom.xml b/examples/java/pom.xml
index 342986f3f906..3457f71aa96f 100644
--- a/examples/java/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java/pom.xml
@@ -60,23 +60,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-sources</id>
-            <phase>compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-test-sources</id>
-            <phase>test-compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
@@ -150,7 +133,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>package</phase>
@@ -182,20 +164,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-jar</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-test-jar</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <!-- Coverage analysis for unit tests. -->
@@ -232,7 +200,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -244,121 +211,61 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-client</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-dataflow</artifactId>
-      <version>${dataflow.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>${bigquery.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>${avro.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-datastore-protobuf</artifactId>
-      <version>${datastore.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-pubsub</artifactId>
-      <version>${pubsub.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>${guava.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-      <version>${jsr305.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-      <version>${joda.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -374,19 +281,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.19</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/java8/pom.xml b/examples/java8/pom.xml
index 95af76abc849..b4a9ec6d7fa4 100644
--- a/examples/java8/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java8/pom.xml
@@ -71,42 +71,11 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-sources</id>
-            <phase>compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-test-sources</id>
-            <phase>test-compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-jar</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-test-jar</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <!-- Coverage analysis for unit tests. -->
@@ -121,7 +90,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -139,114 +107,66 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>${guava.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>${avro.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-      <version>${joda.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.19</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>${bigquery.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-oauth-client</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-pubsub</artifactId>
-      <version>${pubsub.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-client</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 91c6da5ea4e1..9836338c29d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,13 +107,19 @@
     <dataflow.version>v1b3-rev22-1.21.0</dataflow.version>
     <dataflow.proto.version>0.5.160222</dataflow.proto.version>
     <datastore.version>v1beta2-rev1-4.0.0</datastore.version>
+    <google-auto-service.version>1.0-rc2</google-auto-service.version>
+    <google-auto-value.version>1.1</google-auto-value.version>
     <google-clients.version>1.21.0</google-clients.version>
+    <google-cloud-bigdataoss.version>1.4.3</google-cloud-bigdataoss.version>
+    <google-cloud-dataflow-java-proto-library-all.version>0.5.160304</google-cloud-dataflow-java-proto-library-all.version>
     <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
+    <grpc.version>0.12.0</grpc.version>
     <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
-    <jackson.version>2.7.0</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.7.2</jackson.version>
     <joda.version>2.4</joda.version>
     <jsr305.version>3.0.1</jsr305.version>
     <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
+    <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.0.0-beta-1</protobuf.version>
     <pubsub.version>v1-rev7-1.21.0</pubsub.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.14</slf4j.version>
@@ -179,6 +185,364 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
+        <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-cloud-dataflow-java-runner</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
+        <artifactId>java-examples-all</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+        <artifactId>grpc-all</artifactId>
+        <version>${grpc.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-api-client</artifactId>
+        <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-oauth-client</artifactId>
+        <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-oauth-client-java6</artifactId>
+        <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
+        <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson</artifactId>
+        <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
+        <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
+        <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-api-services-bigquery</artifactId>
+        <version>${bigquery.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-api-services-pubsub</artifactId>
+        <version>${pubsub.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-api-services-storage</artifactId>
+        <version>${storage.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
+               in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-api-services-datastore-protobuf</artifactId>
+        <version>${datastore.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
+               in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <!-- Exclude old version of api client dependencies. -->
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
+            <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
+            <artifactId>google-api-client</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
+            <artifactId>google-oauth-client</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
+            <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
+            <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
+        <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
+        <version>${google-auto-service.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.auto.value</groupId>
+        <artifactId>auto-value</artifactId>
+        <version>${google-auto-value.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+        <version>${jsr305.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.cloud.bigdataoss</groupId>
+        <artifactId>util</artifactId>
+        <version>${google-cloud-bigdataoss.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.cloud.bigdataoss</groupId>
+        <artifactId>gcsio</artifactId>
+        <version>${google-cloud-bigdataoss.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-api-services-dataflow</artifactId>
+        <version>${dataflow.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
+               in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-api-services-clouddebugger</artifactId>
+        <version>${clouddebugger.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
+               in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+        <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+        <version>${protobuf.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+      </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.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_2.10</artifactId>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+        <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+        <version>${avro.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+        <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        <version>${guava.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
+        <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+        <version>${joda.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <!-- Testing -->
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
+        <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+        <type>test-jar</type>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
+        <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+        <classifier>tests</classifier>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
+        <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>junit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        <version>${junit.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
+        <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+        <artifactId>guava-testlib</artifactId>
+        <version>${guava.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+        <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+        <version>${mockito.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.cloud.dataflow</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-cloud-dataflow-java-proto-library-all</artifactId>
+        <version>${google-cloud-dataflow-java-proto-library-all.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
@@ -249,12 +613,57 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.5</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>default-jar</id>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>jar</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+            <execution>
+              <id>default-test-jar</id>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>test-jar</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>attach-sources</id>
+              <phase>package</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+            <execution>
+              <id>attach-test-sources</id>
+              <phase>package</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>test-jar-no-fork</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.10.3</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>javadoc</id>
+              <phase>package</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>jar</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
@@ -419,6 +828,18 @@
           <version>1.10</version>
         </plugin>
 
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+          <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${avro.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -432,6 +853,32 @@
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
+
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <requireJavaVersion>
+                  <version>[1.7,)</version>
+                </requireJavaVersion>
+                <requireMavenVersion>
+                  <version>[3.0.3,)</version>
+                </requireMavenVersion>
+              </rules>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
   </build>
 
   <reporting>
diff --git a/runners/direct-java/pom.xml b/runners/direct-java/pom.xml
index 15a4e9cdd100..292cc56c8c5e 100644
--- a/runners/direct-java/pom.xml
+++ b/runners/direct-java/pom.xml
@@ -69,43 +69,12 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-jar</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-test-jar</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <!-- Source plugin for generating source and test-source JARs. -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-sources</id>
-            <phase>verify</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-test-sources</id>
-            <phase>verify</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar-no-fork</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
@@ -194,7 +163,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.1</version>
         <executions>
           <!-- In the first phase, we pick dependencies and relocate them. -->
           <execution>
@@ -275,74 +243,55 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <!-- If updating version, please update the javadoc offlineLink -->
-      <version>${guava.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava-testlib</artifactId>
-      <version>${guava.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-      <version>${joda.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-      <version>${jsr305.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- build dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
       <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-rc2</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.auto.value</groupId>
       <artifactId>auto-value</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -350,35 +299,30 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.19</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/runners/flink/examples/pom.xml b/runners/flink/examples/pom.xml
index d27f2db2f361..e5bab3e9c03e 100644
--- a/runners/flink/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/runners/flink/examples/pom.xml
@@ -79,11 +79,16 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <!-- Checkstyle errors for now
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      -->
 
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <executable>java</executable>
           <arguments>
diff --git a/runners/flink/pom.xml b/runners/flink/pom.xml
index 608dc7c0020a..5e05e6a09f20 100644
--- a/runners/flink/pom.xml
+++ b/runners/flink/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <flink.version>1.0.0</flink.version>
-    <beam.version>0.1.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</beam.version>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>
@@ -62,16 +61,27 @@
   </repositories>
 
   <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
 
     <pluginManagement>
-
       <plugins>
-
         <!-- Integration Tests -->
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.17</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <goals>
@@ -90,7 +100,6 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.17</version>
           <configuration>
             <argLine>-Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-test.properties  -XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit</argLine>
           </configuration>
@@ -99,60 +108,15 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.2.1</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <phase>none</phase>
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
-
       </plugins>
-
     </pluginManagement>
 
-
-    <plugins>
-      <!-- Java compiler -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <!-- Maven minimum version check -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.1</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>enforce-maven</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>enforce</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <rules>
-                <requireJavaVersion>
-                  <version>[1.7,)</version>
-                </requireJavaVersion>
-                <requireMavenVersion>
-                  <!-- enforce at least mvn version 3.0.3 -->
-                  <version>[3.0.3,)</version>
-                </requireMavenVersion>
-              </rules>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-    </plugins>
-
-
   </build>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/runners/flink/runner/pom.xml b/runners/flink/runner/pom.xml
index 89c8d9949e66..ab8d266b28fb 100644
--- a/runners/flink/runner/pom.xml
+++ b/runners/flink/runner/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${beam.version}</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-dataflow-java-runner</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -115,7 +113,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-examples-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${beam.version}</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -140,14 +137,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Optional Pipeline Registration -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
       <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-rc2</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -155,6 +150,13 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
 
+      <!-- Checkstyle errors for now
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      -->
+
       <!-- Integration Tests -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/pom.xml b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/pom.xml
index 55e7ed93145b..a1d48ce2e4d2 100644
--- a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/pom.xml
+++ b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
-    <beam.version>0.1.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</beam.version>
     <timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</timestamp>
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
   </properties>
@@ -108,43 +107,12 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-jar</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-test-jar</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <!-- Source plugin for generating source and test-source JARs. -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-sources</id>
-            <phase>compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-test-sources</id>
-            <phase>test-compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
@@ -220,7 +188,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.1</version>
         <executions>
           <!-- In the first phase, we pick dependencies and relocate them. -->
           <execution>
@@ -318,194 +285,110 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${beam.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-client</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-oauth-client</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-dataflow</artifactId>
-      <version>${dataflow.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-clouddebugger</artifactId>
-      <version>${clouddebugger.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>${bigquery.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud.bigdataoss</groupId>
       <artifactId>util</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <!-- If updating version, please update the javadoc offlineLink -->
-      <version>${guava.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava-testlib</artifactId>
-      <version>${guava.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-      <version>${joda.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>${protobuf.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-      <version>${jsr305.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </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>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- build dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
       <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-rc2</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.auto.value</groupId>
       <artifactId>auto-value</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -513,35 +396,30 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.19</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${beam.version}</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -549,7 +427,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud.dataflow</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-dataflow-java-proto-library-all</artifactId>
-      <version>0.5.160304</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/runners/spark/build-resources/checkstyle.xml b/runners/spark/build-resources/checkstyle.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 033d8ae476de..000000000000
--- a/runners/spark/build-resources/checkstyle.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,225 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
-        "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.2//EN"
-        "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_2.dtd">
-<!--
-   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-   or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-   distributed with this work for additional information
-   regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-   to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-   "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-   with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-   limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<!--
-
-  Checkstyle configuration for spark-dataflow that is based on the
-  sun_checks.xml file that is bundled with Checkstyle and includes
-  checks for:
-
-    - the Java Language Specification at
-      http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/index.html
-
-    - the Sun Code Conventions at http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/
-
-    - the Javadoc guidelines at
-      http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/writingdoccomments/index.html
-
-    - the JDK Api documentation http://java.sun.com/j2se/docs/api/index.html
-
-    - some best practices
-
-  Checkstyle is very configurable. Be sure to read the documentation at
-  http://checkstyle.sf.net (or in your downloaded distribution).
-
-  Most Checks are configurable, be sure to consult the documentation.
-
-  To completely disable a check, just comment it out or delete it from the file.
-
-  Finally, it is worth reading the documentation.
-
--->
-
-<module name="Checker">
-    <!-- Checks for the file header.                     -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_header.html -->
-    <module name="Header">
-        <property name="headerFile" value="${checkstyle.header.file}"/>
-        <property name="ignoreLines" value="2"/>
-        <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, scala"/>
-    </module>
-
-    <!-- Checks whether files end with a new line.                        -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html#NewlineAtEndOfFile -->
-    <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile"/>
-
-    <module name="FileLength"/>
-    <module name="FileTabCharacter"/>
-
-    <!-- <module name="JavadocPackage"/> -->
-
-    <module name="TreeWalker">
-        <!-- Checks for Javadoc comments.                     -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_javadoc.html -->
-        <!-- <module name="JavadocType"/> -->
-        <module name="JavadocMethod">
-            <property name="scope" value="package"/>
-            <property name="allowUndeclaredRTE" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowThrowsTagsForSubclasses" value="true"/>
-            <property name="validateThrows" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowMissingJavadoc" value="true"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="JavadocStyle"/>
-
-        <module name="SuperClone"/>
-        <module name="SuperFinalize"/>
-
-        <!-- Checks for Naming Conventions.                  -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_naming.html -->
-        <module name="ConstantName"/>
-        <module name="ClassTypeParameterName">
-            <property name="format" value="^[A-Z]+$"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="LocalFinalVariableName"/>
-        <module name="LocalVariableName"/>
-        <module name="MethodName"/>
-        <module name="MethodTypeParameterName">
-            <property name="format" value="^[A-Z]+$"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="PackageName"/>
-        <module name="ParameterName"/>
-        <!-- <module name="StaticVariableName"/> -->
-        <module name="TypeName"/>
-
-        <!-- Checks for imports                              -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_import.html -->
-        <module name="IllegalImport"/>
-        <!-- defaults to sun.* packages -->
-        <module name="RedundantImport"/>
-        <module name="UnusedImports"/>
-        <module name="ImportOrder">
-            <property name="groups" value="/^(java)|(javax)/,*,/^(com\.cloudera)/"/>
-            <property name="ordered" value="true"/>
-            <property name="separated" value="true"/>
-            <property name="option" value="top"/>
-        </module>
-
-        <!-- Checks for Size Violations.                    -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_sizes.html -->
-        <module name="LineLength">
-            <property name="max" value="100"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="MethodLength"/>
-        <module name="ParameterNumber">
-          <property name="max" value="8"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="OuterTypeNumber"/>
-
-        <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
-        <module name="GenericWhitespace"/>
-        <module name="EmptyForIteratorPad"/>
-        <module name="MethodParamPad"/>
-        <module name="NoWhitespaceAfter">
-            <property name="tokens"
-                      value="BNOT, DEC, DOT, INC, LNOT, UNARY_MINUS, UNARY_PLUS"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="NoWhitespaceBefore"/>
-        <!-- <module name="OperatorWrap"/> -->
-        <module name="ParenPad"/>
-        <module name="TypecastParenPad"/>
-        <module name="WhitespaceAfter">
-            <property name="tokens" value="COMMA, SEMI"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="WhitespaceAround">
-            <property name="allowEmptyConstructors" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowEmptyMethods" value="true"/>
-            <property name="tokens"
-                      value="BAND, BAND_ASSIGN, BOR, BOR_ASSIGN, BSR, BSR_ASSIGN, BXOR, BXOR_ASSIGN, DIV, DIV_ASSIGN, EQUAL, GE, GT, LAND, LE, LITERAL_CATCH, LITERAL_DO, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_RETURN, LITERAL_SYNCHRONIZED, LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_WHILE, LOR, LT, MINUS, MINUS_ASSIGN, MOD, MOD_ASSIGN, NOT_EQUAL, PLUS, PLUS_ASSIGN, QUESTION, SL, SLIST, SL_ASSIGN, SR, SR_ASSIGN, STAR, STAR_ASSIGN, TYPE_EXTENSION_AND"/>
-        </module>
-
-        <!-- Modifier Checks                                    -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_modifiers.html -->
-        <module name="ModifierOrder"/>
-        <module name="RedundantModifier"/>
-
-
-        <!-- Checks for blocks. You know, those {}'s         -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_blocks.html -->
-        <module name="AvoidNestedBlocks">
-            <property name="allowInSwitchCase" value="true"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="EmptyBlock">
-            <!-- catch blocks need a statement or a comment. -->
-            <property name="option" value="text"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="LITERAL_CATCH"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="EmptyBlock">
-            <!-- all other blocks need a real statement. -->
-            <property name="option" value="stmt"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="LITERAL_DO, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_FINALLY,
-          LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_WHILE, INSTANCE_INIT,
-          STATIC_INIT"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="LeftCurly"/>
-        <module name="NeedBraces"/>
-        <module name="RightCurly"/>
-
-        <!-- Checks for common coding problems               -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_coding.html -->
-        <!-- module name="AvoidInlineConditionals"/-->
-        <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
-        <module name="EqualsHashCode"/>
-        <module name="StringLiteralEquality"/>
-        <module name="HiddenField">
-            <property name="ignoreConstructorParameter" value="true"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="IllegalInstantiation"/>
-        <module name="InnerAssignment"/>
-        <module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
-        <!--<module name="RedundantThrows"/>-->
-        <module name="SimplifyBooleanExpression"/>
-        <module name="SimplifyBooleanReturn"/>
-        <module name="DefaultComesLast"/>
-
-        <!-- Checks for class design                         -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_design.html -->
-        <module name="FinalClass"/>
-        <module name="HideUtilityClassConstructor"/>
-        <module name="InterfaceIsType"/>
-        <module name="VisibilityModifier">
-            <property name="protectedAllowed" value="true"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="MissingOverride"/>
-
-        <!-- Miscellaneous other checks.                   -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html -->
-        <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
-        <module name="ArrayTrailingComma"/>
-        <module name="UpperEll"/>
-        <module name="Regexp">
-            <property name="format" value="[ \t]+$"/>
-            <property name="illegalPattern" value="true"/>
-            <property name="message" value="Trailing whitespace"/>
-        </module>
-
-        <module name="FileContentsHolder"/>
-    </module>
-
-    <!-- allow warnings to be suppressed -->
-    <module name="SuppressionCommentFilter">
-        <property name="offCommentFormat" value="CSOFF\: ([\w\|]+)"/>
-        <property name="onCommentFormat" value="CSON\: ([\w\|]+)"/>
-        <property name="checkFormat" value="$1"/>
-    </module>
-
-    <module name="SuppressionFilter"/>
-</module>
diff --git a/runners/spark/pom.xml b/runners/spark/pom.xml
index eb0122994630..e6732464734a 100644
--- a/runners/spark/pom.xml
+++ b/runners/spark/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
     <artifactId>runners-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.1.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>spark-runner</artifactId>
@@ -35,9 +36,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <java.version>1.7</java.version>
     <spark.version>1.6.1</spark.version>
-    <beam.version>0.1.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</beam.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -68,18 +67,15 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>${guava.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
       <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-rc2</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${beam.version}</version>
       <exclusions>
         <!-- Use Hadoop/Spark's backend logger -->
         <exclusion>
@@ -91,7 +87,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-examples-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${beam.version}</version>
       <exclusions>
         <!-- Use Hadoop/Spark's backend logger -->
         <exclusion>
@@ -118,13 +113,11 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -132,155 +125,16 @@
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.5</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <source>${java.version}</source>
-            <target>${java.version}</target>
-            <compilerArgs>
-              <arg>-Xlint:all,-serial</arg>
-            </compilerArgs>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <!-- Spark runner requires this surefire version for the fork "control" -->
           <version>2.19.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <forkCount>1</forkCount>
             <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <configLocation>build-resources/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-            <includeTestSourceDirectory>false</includeTestSourceDirectory>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4</version>
-          <executions>
-            <execution>
-              <id>attach-sources</id>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </execution>
-          </executions>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.10.3</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <javadocVersion>${java.version}</javadocVersion>
-          </configuration>
-          <executions>
-            <execution>
-              <id>attach-javadocs</id>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>jar</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </execution>
-          </executions>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.0</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.8.2</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5.2</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <createChecksum>true</createChecksum>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.7</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.6</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5.3</version>
-          <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
-              <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
-              <version>1.9.2</version>
-            </dependency>
-          </dependencies>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.6</version>
-          <executions>
-            <execution>
-              <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-              <phase>verify</phase>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>sign</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </execution>
-          </executions>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.11</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <excludes>
-              <exclude>.travis.yml</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/*.conf</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/*.iml</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/*.md</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/*.txt</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/.project</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/.checkstyle</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/.classpath</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/.settings/</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/gen/**</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/resources/**</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/dependency-reduced-pom.xml</exclude>
-              <excludeSubProjects>false</excludeSubProjects>
-            </excludes>
-          </configuration>
-          <executions>
-            <execution>
-              <id>verify</id>
-              <phase>verify</phase>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>check</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </execution>
-          </executions>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -321,7 +175,6 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4.3</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <phase>package</phase>
@@ -352,12 +205,18 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- Checkstyle errors for now
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
+      -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/sdks/java/src.xml b/sdks/java/build-tools/src/main/assembly/src.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from sdks/java/src.xml
rename to sdks/java/build-tools/src/main/assembly/src.xml
diff --git a/sdks/java/core/pom.xml b/sdks/java/core/pom.xml
index 03d224d71b60..a3b7cad0f61d 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/core/pom.xml
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
-      <!-- Run CheckStyle pass on transforms, as they are release in
-           source form. -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -82,51 +80,20 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-jar</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-test-jar</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <!-- Source plugin for generating source and test-source JARs. -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-sources</id>
-            <phase>compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-test-sources</id>
-            <phase>test-compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <windowtitle>Google Cloud Dataflow SDK ${project.version} API</windowtitle>
-          <doctitle>Google Cloud Dataflow SDK for Java, version ${project.version}</doctitle>
+          <windowtitle>Apache Beam SDK ${project.version} API</windowtitle>
+          <doctitle>Apache Beam SDK for Java, version ${project.version}</doctitle>
           <overview>../javadoc/overview.html</overview>
 
           <subpackages>org.apache.beam.sdk</subpackages>
@@ -195,7 +162,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.1</version>
         <executions>
           <!-- In the first phase, we pick dependencies and relocate them. -->
           <execution>
@@ -278,7 +244,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
         <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${avro.version}</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>schemas</id>
@@ -301,7 +266,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>add-test-source</id>
@@ -324,7 +288,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-all</artifactId>
-      <version>0.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -364,69 +327,26 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-client</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>${bigquery.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-pubsub</artifactId>
-      <version>${pubsub.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-storage</artifactId>
-      <version>${storage.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Required by com.google.apis:google-api-services-datastore-protobuf,
@@ -434,181 +354,89 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <!--  Exclude an old version of jackson-core-asl -->
-        <exclusion>
-           <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-           <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-oauth-client-java6</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-oauth-client</artifactId>
-      <version>${google-clients.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-datastore-protobuf</artifactId>
-      <version>${datastore.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <!-- Exclude old version of api client dependencies. -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
-          <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
-          <artifactId>google-api-client</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
-          <artifactId>google-oauth-client</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
-          <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
-          <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud.bigdataoss</groupId>
       <artifactId>gcsio</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud.bigdataoss</groupId>
       <artifactId>util</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <!-- If updating version, please update the javadoc offlineLink -->
-      <version>${guava.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava-testlib</artifactId>
-      <version>${guava.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>${protobuf.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-      <version>${jsr305.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </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>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>${avro.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -626,7 +454,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-      <version>${joda.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!--
@@ -675,14 +502,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
       <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-rc2</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.auto.value</groupId>
       <artifactId>auto-value</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -690,35 +515,30 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.19</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud.dataflow</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-dataflow-java-proto-library-all</artifactId>
-      <version>0.5.160304</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/sdks/java/extensions/join-library/pom.xml b/sdks/java/extensions/join-library/pom.xml
index e5ae1e270f65..64b3bfc25877 100644
--- a/sdks/java/extensions/join-library/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/extensions/join-library/pom.xml
@@ -36,30 +36,18 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
-        </configuration>
       </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-sources</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
@@ -68,27 +56,23 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>19.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Dependency for tests -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/pom.xml b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/pom.xml
index d1d5cd674895..18e46834b243 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/pom.xml
@@ -37,17 +37,36 @@
     <bigtable.version>0.2.3</bigtable.version>
   </properties>
 
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-all</artifactId>
-      <version>0.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -66,7 +85,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -74,21 +92,18 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.11</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.14</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/hdfs/pom.xml b/sdks/java/io/hdfs/pom.xml
index 3eaef628b556..e2d7eb2d1ec7 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/io/hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -31,13 +31,32 @@
   <artifactId>hdfs</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Beam :: SDKs :: Java :: IO :: HDFS</name>
   <description>Library to read and write Hadoop/HDFS file formats from Beam.</description>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -51,14 +70,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.11</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/kafka/pom.xml b/sdks/java/io/kafka/pom.xml
index ddfceed8ddb1..bb9baaa1f178 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/io/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -30,27 +30,32 @@
   <artifactId>kafka</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Beam :: SDKs :: Java :: IO :: Kafka</name>
   <description>Library to read Kafka topics.</description>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <build>
-  <plugins>
-    <plugin>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-    </plugin>
-
-    <plugin>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-    </plugin>
-  </plugins>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
   </build>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -63,21 +68,18 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/sdks/java/java8tests/pom.xml b/sdks/java/java8tests/pom.xml
index 27c40f7670b0..1032ae9245bf 100644
--- a/sdks/java/java8tests/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/java8tests/pom.xml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
     This artifact includes tests of the SDK from a Java 8
     user.</description>
 
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
@@ -77,42 +75,11 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-sources</id>
-            <phase>compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-test-sources</id>
-            <phase>test-compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-jar</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-test-jar</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <!-- Coverage analysis for unit tests. -->
@@ -127,35 +94,30 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>${guava.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-      <version>${joda.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-      <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>