diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 9063494..7a5fd8a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <file.encoding>UTF-8</file.encoding>
     <jvm.extraargs />
-    <release.jdk.version>11</release.jdk.version>
+    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
     <javac.xlint.value>all</javac.xlint.value>
     <source-format.goal>format</source-format.goal>
     <source-format.skip>false</source-format.skip>
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <release>${release.jdk.version}</release>
           <compilerArgument>-Xlint:${javac.xlint.value}</compilerArgument>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0</version>
+        <version>3.3.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>verify-style</id>
@@ -336,7 +335,7 @@
                   <version>[3.3.9,)</version>
                 </requireMavenVersion>
                 <requireJavaVersion>
-                  <version>[${release.jdk.version},)</version>
+                  <version>[${maven.compiler.release},)</version>
                 </requireJavaVersion>
               </rules>
             </configuration>
@@ -657,7 +656,14 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>net.revelc.code</groupId>
           <artifactId>impsort-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.2.0</version>
+          <version>1.9.0</version>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>com.github.javaparser</groupId>
+              <artifactId>javaparser-core</artifactId>
+              <version>3.25.5</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index 4c803b8..af5ef28 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <root.dir>${basedir}</root.dir>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <file.encoding>UTF-8</file.encoding>
-    <release.jdk.version>11</release.jdk.version>
+    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
     <javac.xlint.value>all</javac.xlint.value>
     <jvm.extraargs />
     <sonar.jacoco.reportPath>${env.PWD}/target/jacoco-merged.exec</sonar.jacoco.reportPath>
@@ -570,7 +570,6 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <release>${release.jdk.version}</release>
           <compilerArgument>-Xlint:${javac.xlint.value}</compilerArgument>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
@@ -596,7 +595,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0</version>
+        <version>3.3.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>verify-style</id>
@@ -680,7 +679,7 @@
                   <version>[3.3.9,)</version>
                 </requireMavenVersion>
                 <requireJavaVersion>
-                  <version>[${release.jdk.version},)</version>
+                  <version>[${maven.compiler.release},)</version>
                 </requireJavaVersion>
               </rules>
             </configuration>
@@ -765,7 +764,14 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>net.revelc.code</groupId>
           <artifactId>impsort-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.2.0</version>
+          <version>1.9.0</version>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>com.github.javaparser</groupId>
+              <artifactId>javaparser-core</artifactId>
+              <version>3.25.5</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
         </plugin>
         <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
         <plugin>