Do not use properties
diff --git a/api/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml b/api/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
index 2875135..5a0e0f8 100644
--- a/api/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/api/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
@@ -33,22 +33,17 @@
     Modello Velocity Plugin generates custom templates.
   </description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <mavenPluginTools>3.6.4</mavenPluginTools>
-    <maven>3.8.5</maven>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>${mavenPluginTools}</version>
+      <version>3.6.4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${maven}</version>
+      <version>3.8.6</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -60,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${maven}</version>
+      <version>3.8.6</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>