diff --git a/components/camel-aws/camel-aws-xray/pom.xml b/components/camel-aws/camel-aws-xray/pom.xml
index 4ef0eb7f07c44..e917759853f2b 100644
--- a/components/camel-aws/camel-aws-xray/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-aws/camel-aws-xray/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-cosmosdb/pom.xml b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-cosmosdb/pom.xml
index 52b95d6371414..dafe3491ba54c 100644
--- a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-cosmosdb/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-cosmosdb/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-eventhubs/pom.xml b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-eventhubs/pom.xml
index 23c2a265e7c3f..be4a868c78454 100644
--- a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-eventhubs/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-eventhubs/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-files/pom.xml b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-files/pom.xml
index 10e3056356a2c..448a8468a2fd3 100644
--- a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-files/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-files/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 <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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <parent>  
+    <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-azure-parent</artifactId>
         <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -55,12 +55,6 @@
             <version>${mockito-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
             <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
diff --git a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-key-vault/pom.xml b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-key-vault/pom.xml
index 46417f16a5813..b6e86dcc90c40 100644
--- a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-key-vault/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-key-vault/pom.xml
@@ -88,11 +88,5 @@
             <version>${awaitility-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-servicebus/pom.xml b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-servicebus/pom.xml
index 4d6f6ece8591a..8526d1cc60ff6 100644
--- a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-servicebus/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-servicebus/pom.xml
@@ -76,11 +76,5 @@
             <version>${awaitility-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-storage-blob/pom.xml b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-storage-blob/pom.xml
index 51e51ba5a8868..0f498f5925ebb 100644
--- a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-storage-blob/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-storage-blob/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-storage-datalake/pom.xml b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-storage-datalake/pom.xml
index 33421ed5521f1..e8bfd2eebbb9e 100644
--- a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-storage-datalake/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-storage-datalake/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-storage-queue/pom.xml b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-storage-queue/pom.xml
index 4b726f88024b4..9cff7600e3d63 100644
--- a/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-storage-queue/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-azure/camel-azure-storage-queue/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- test infra -->
diff --git a/components/camel-azure/pom.xml b/components/camel-azure/pom.xml
index 31cf3313e182c..c6d42ea57f073 100644
--- a/components/camel-azure/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-azure/pom.xml
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
         <module>camel-azure-storage-queue</module>
         <module>camel-azure-cosmosdb</module>
         <module>camel-azure-servicebus</module>
-	<module>camel-azure-key-vault</module>
-	<module>camel-azure-files</module>
+        <module>camel-azure-key-vault</module>
+        <module>camel-azure-files</module>
     </modules>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/components/camel-cxf/camel-cxf-rest/pom.xml b/components/camel-cxf/camel-cxf-rest/pom.xml
index 255b39f41033d..9a8e08640a7af 100644
--- a/components/camel-cxf/camel-cxf-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-cxf/camel-cxf-rest/pom.xml
@@ -207,13 +207,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- needed by jetty http server to load class: org.jvnet.staxex.util.XMLStreamReaderToXMLStreamWriter -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
diff --git a/components/camel-cxf/camel-cxf-spring-rest/pom.xml b/components/camel-cxf/camel-cxf-spring-rest/pom.xml
index b09428a0758d3..aa3ba6508d7e4 100644
--- a/components/camel-cxf/camel-cxf-spring-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-cxf/camel-cxf-spring-rest/pom.xml
@@ -217,13 +217,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- needed by jetty http server to load class: org.jvnet.staxex.util.XMLStreamReaderToXMLStreamWriter -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
diff --git a/components/camel-cxf/camel-cxf-spring-soap/pom.xml b/components/camel-cxf/camel-cxf-spring-soap/pom.xml
index 4e2c89d2d7e47..45769b8c9be71 100644
--- a/components/camel-cxf/camel-cxf-spring-soap/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-cxf/camel-cxf-spring-soap/pom.xml
@@ -232,13 +232,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- needed by jetty http server to load class: org.jvnet.staxex.util.XMLStreamReaderToXMLStreamWriter -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
diff --git a/components/camel-dhis2/camel-dhis2-component/pom.xml b/components/camel-dhis2/camel-dhis2-component/pom.xml
index f76fc25989c3d..81875dbfcd5f5 100644
--- a/components/camel-dhis2/camel-dhis2-component/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-dhis2/camel-dhis2-component/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@
             <version>${testcontainers-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/components/camel-dhis2/pom.xml b/components/camel-dhis2/pom.xml
index ef0c1a4044c7c..5347584413ae7 100644
--- a/components/camel-dhis2/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-dhis2/pom.xml
@@ -64,11 +64,5 @@
             <artifactId>camel-test-junit5</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.12.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/components/camel-grape/pom.xml b/components/camel-grape/pom.xml
index 3f921c0fcfafb..9f5313a6845ed 100644
--- a/components/camel-grape/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-grape/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
diff --git a/components/camel-hashicorp-vault/pom.xml b/components/camel-hashicorp-vault/pom.xml
index 871aa2fbd22f7..3fb35f7700ee5 100644
--- a/components/camel-hashicorp-vault/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-hashicorp-vault/pom.xml
@@ -74,12 +74,6 @@
             <version>${awaitility-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
             <artifactId>camel-test-infra-hashicorp-vault</artifactId>
@@ -88,7 +82,7 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-    
+
 <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>ppc64le</id>
diff --git a/components/camel-huawei/camel-huaweicloud-smn/pom.xml b/components/camel-huawei/camel-huaweicloud-smn/pom.xml
index d771654f904a6..eb8c4fb64017d 100644
--- a/components/camel-huawei/camel-huaweicloud-smn/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-huawei/camel-huaweicloud-smn/pom.xml
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- HuaweiCloud SDK v3 -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.huaweicloud.sdk</groupId>
@@ -67,6 +61,10 @@
             <artifactId>huaweicloud-sdk-smn</artifactId>
             <version>${huaweicloud-sdk-version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- for testing -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/components/camel-ironmq/pom.xml b/components/camel-ironmq/pom.xml
index bb738a480fe20..74cfb4426417c 100644
--- a/components/camel-ironmq/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-ironmq/pom.xml
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-        </dependency>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/components/camel-jt400/pom.xml b/components/camel-jt400/pom.xml
index d57f6c86edfd8..86f600a93c383 100644
--- a/components/camel-jt400/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-jt400/pom.xml
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@
             <version>${jt400-version}</version>
             <classifier>java11</classifier>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-        </dependency>
 
         <!-- test dependencies -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/components/camel-kafka/pom.xml b/components/camel-kafka/pom.xml
index 750da92fe2935..2e3981e50a86b 100644
--- a/components/camel-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -135,13 +135,6 @@
             <version>${mockito-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/components/camel-mongodb/pom.xml b/components/camel-mongodb/pom.xml
index e722ce244039e..bfbcd1c85a728 100644
--- a/components/camel-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/components/camel-olingo2/camel-olingo2-component/pom.xml b/components/camel-olingo2/camel-olingo2-component/pom.xml
index 7a59c0913abf9..b80536dae3265 100644
--- a/components/camel-olingo2/camel-olingo2-component/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-olingo2/camel-olingo2-component/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- testing -->
diff --git a/components/camel-olingo4/camel-olingo4-component/pom.xml b/components/camel-olingo4/camel-olingo4-component/pom.xml
index ab7c467d096c9..61a4c4e47e6f3 100644
--- a/components/camel-olingo4/camel-olingo4-component/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-olingo4/camel-olingo4-component/pom.xml
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@
             <artifactId>odata-commons-api</artifactId>
             <version>${olingo4-version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
             <artifactId>camel-test-junit5</artifactId>
diff --git a/components/camel-pdf/pom.xml b/components/camel-pdf/pom.xml
index 4ae8a700b9e66..f33a2561c48de 100644
--- a/components/camel-pdf/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-pdf/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/components/camel-salesforce/camel-salesforce-codegen/pom.xml b/components/camel-salesforce/camel-salesforce-codegen/pom.xml
index 3e43ee7a78be5..7981d359ec4f7 100644
--- a/components/camel-salesforce/camel-salesforce-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-salesforce/camel-salesforce-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -65,11 +65,6 @@
             <artifactId>velocity-engine-core</artifactId>
             <version>${velocity-version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
diff --git a/components/camel-salesforce/camel-salesforce-component/pom.xml b/components/camel-salesforce/camel-salesforce-component/pom.xml
index ffddaa32fc543..42b91b41d6fae 100644
--- a/components/camel-salesforce/camel-salesforce-component/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-salesforce/camel-salesforce-component/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
diff --git a/components/camel-spring-batch/pom.xml b/components/camel-spring-batch/pom.xml
index a5d7fb7935983..25954ce2125a3 100644
--- a/components/camel-spring-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-spring-batch/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/components/camel-stitch/pom.xml b/components/camel-stitch/pom.xml
index 899cec11fd30c..23e563422d2f2 100644
--- a/components/camel-stitch/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-stitch/pom.xml
@@ -71,11 +71,5 @@
             <version>${awaitility-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/components/camel-telegram/pom.xml b/components/camel-telegram/pom.xml
index b222e6e18bd42..a476c85bcf9e6 100644
--- a/components/camel-telegram/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-telegram/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index f1e76d0e2aa75..5867a18c50b67 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -2819,6 +2819,12 @@
                 <artifactId>micrometer-tracing</artifactId>
                 <version>${micrometer-tracing-version}</version>
             </dependency>
+
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+                <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4feca088b94e2..20920cb1f0b40 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,20 +118,20 @@
         <!-- reproduceable builds: https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-reproducible-builds.html -->
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>1980-01-01T00:00:02Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
 
-        <maven-assembly-plugin-version>3.4.2</maven-assembly-plugin-version>
         <cyclonedx-maven-plugin-version>2.7.9</cyclonedx-maven-plugin-version>
         <flatten-maven-plugin-version>1.5.0</flatten-maven-plugin-version>
         <gmavenplus-plugin-version>2.1.0</gmavenplus-plugin-version>
         <license-maven-plugin-version>4.2</license-maven-plugin-version>
+        <maven-assembly-plugin-version>3.4.2</maven-assembly-plugin-version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin-version>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin-version>
         <maven-dependency-plugin-version>3.6.0</maven-dependency-plugin-version>
         <maven-enforcer-plugin-version>3.3.0</maven-enforcer-plugin-version>
         <maven-invoker-plugin-version>3.6.0</maven-invoker-plugin-version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin-version>3.5.0</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
+        <maven-release-plugin-version>3.0.1</maven-release-plugin-version>
         <maven-remote-resources-plugin-version>3.1.0</maven-remote-resources-plugin-version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin-version>3.1.2</maven-surefire-plugin-version>
-        <!-- we need to override the version inherited from Apache POM for modules that use this POM as parent -->
-        <surefire.version>${maven-surefire-plugin-version}</surefire.version>
+        <versions-maven-plugin-version>2.16.0</versions-maven-plugin-version>
 
         <jaxb-core-version>4.0.1</jaxb-core-version>
         <jaxb-impl-version>4.0.1</jaxb-impl-version>
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.1</version>
+                    <version>${maven-release-plugin-version}</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
                         <pushChanges>true</pushChanges>
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.16.0</version>
+                    <version>${versions-maven-plugin-version}</version>
                 </plugin>
 
                 <plugin>
diff --git a/tooling/openapi-rest-dsl-generator/pom.xml b/tooling/openapi-rest-dsl-generator/pom.xml
index a5868f7b63d5c..b0142d97c6919 100644
--- a/tooling/openapi-rest-dsl-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/openapi-rest-dsl-generator/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3-version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- yaml dsl (via xml) -->
         <dependency>