diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4d8e05..a95f1d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.apache</groupId>
+		<artifactId>apache</artifactId>
+		<version>18</version>
+	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>org.apache.pirk</groupId>
 	<artifactId>apache-pirk</artifactId>
@@ -228,6 +233,18 @@
 					<groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
 					<artifactId>storm-core</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>cascading</groupId>
+					<artifactId>cascading-local</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>cascading</groupId>
+					<artifactId>cascading-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>cascading</groupId>
+					<artifactId>cascading-hadoop</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -529,6 +546,19 @@
 										<ignore />
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
+								<pluginExecution>
+									<pluginExecutionFilter>
+										<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+										<artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+										<versionRange>[0,)</versionRange>
+										<goals>
+											<goal>process</goal>
+										</goals>
+									</pluginExecutionFilter>
+									<action>
+										<ignore/>
+									</action>
+								</pluginExecution>
 							</pluginExecutions>
 						</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
 					</configuration>