diff --git a/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml b/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml
index 01881551f..f80e2e7c3 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml
@@ -39,15 +39,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2014 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <reporting.findbugs-plugin.version>2.5.3</reporting.findbugs-plugin.version>
-        <reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>2.11</reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>
-        <reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>2.6</reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>
-        <reporting.javadoc-plugin.version>2.9.1</reporting.javadoc-plugin.version>
-        <reporting.jxr-plugin.version>2.4</reporting.jxr-plugin.version>
-        <reporting.pmd-plugin.version>3.0.1</reporting.pmd-plugin.version>
-        <reporting.surefire-report-plugin.version>2.16</reporting.surefire-report-plugin.version>
-        <reporting.taglist-plugin.version>2.4</reporting.taglist-plugin.version>
-        <reporting.versions-plugin.version>2.1</reporting.versions-plugin.version>
     </properties>
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1f21d987..69f64c921 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
         <apache.lucene.version>4.7.2</apache.lucene.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.12</slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
+        <reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>2.11</reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>
+        <reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>2.6</reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>
+        <reporting.findbugs-plugin.version>2.5.3</reporting.findbugs-plugin.version>
+        <reporting.javadoc-plugin.version>2.9.1</reporting.javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <reporting.jxr-plugin.version>2.4</reporting.jxr-plugin.version>
+        <reporting.pmd-plugin.version>3.0.1</reporting.pmd-plugin.version>
+        <reporting.surefire-report-plugin.version>2.16</reporting.surefire-report-plugin.version>
+        <reporting.taglist-plugin.version>2.4</reporting.taglist-plugin.version>
+        <reporting.versions-plugin.version>2.1</reporting.versions-plugin.version>
     </properties>
     <distributionManagement>
         <site>