diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
index 8e78a94..9eed769 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
           <usedDependencies combine.children="append">
             <usedDependency>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common</usedDependency>
             <usedDependency>org.apache.asterix:asterix-geo</usedDependency>
+            <usedDependency>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-jul</usedDependency>
           </usedDependencies>
           <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
             <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.apache.asterix:asterix-external-data:zip:*</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 65116d3..8f97ef4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <file.encoding>UTF-8</file.encoding>
     <jvm.extraargs />
-    <source.jdk.version>11</source.jdk.version>
-    <target.jdk.version>11</target.jdk.version>
+    <release.jdk.version>11</release.jdk.version>
     <javac.xlint.value>all</javac.xlint.value>
     <source-format.goal>format</source-format.goal>
     <source-format.skip>false</source-format.skip>
@@ -230,8 +229,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <source>${source.jdk.version}</source>
-          <target>${target.jdk.version}</target>
+          <release>${release.jdk.version}</release>
           <compilerArgument>-Xlint:${javac.xlint.value}</compilerArgument>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
@@ -342,7 +340,7 @@
                   <version>[3.3.9,)</version>
                 </requireMavenVersion>
                 <requireJavaVersion>
-                  <version>[11,)</version>
+                  <version>[${release.jdk.version},)</version>
                 </requireJavaVersion>
               </rules>
             </configuration>
@@ -609,7 +607,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.2</version>
+          <version>3.6.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -619,7 +617,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.6.0</version>
+          <version>3.9.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/src/main/appended-resources/supplemental-models.xml b/asterixdb/src/main/appended-resources/supplemental-models.xml
index 2376e3c..60530e9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/src/main/appended-resources/supplemental-models.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/src/main/appended-resources/supplemental-models.xml
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-transport-classes-epoll</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-codec-dns</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -223,9 +223,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-codec-http2</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-codec-socks</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -259,9 +259,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-handler-proxy</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -283,9 +283,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -295,9 +295,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-resolver</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
@@ -331,9 +331,9 @@
       <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
       <properties>
         <!-- netty is ALv2, and does not contain any embedded LICENSE or NOTICE file -->
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
-        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
-        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.94.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedLicense>
+        <license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreMissingEmbeddedNotice>
+        <license.ignoreNoticeOverride>4.1.100.Final</license.ignoreNoticeOverride>
       </properties>
     </project>
   </supplement>
diff --git a/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/raw.githubusercontent.com_netty_netty_netty-4.1.94.Final_NOTICE.txt b/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/raw.githubusercontent.com_netty_netty_netty-4.1.100.Final_NOTICE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/raw.githubusercontent.com_netty_netty_netty-4.1.94.Final_NOTICE.txt
rename to asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/raw.githubusercontent.com_netty_netty_netty-4.1.100.Final_NOTICE.txt
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
index a6b1b54..e5dcca6 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
@@ -117,16 +117,19 @@
       <!-- Dependency management inherited from top-level hyracks -->
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -152,11 +156,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>algebricks-data</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>algebricks-core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -167,28 +173,34 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-util</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml
index c5fed16..29481ec 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml
@@ -89,11 +89,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
index 01f426c..4bf1961 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
@@ -26,11 +26,30 @@
     <artifactId>hyracks-control</artifactId>
     <version>0.3.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
-
   <properties>
     <root.dir>${basedir}/../../..</root.dir>
     <sonar.sources>pom.xml,src/main/java,src/main/resources</sonar.sources>
   </properties>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <ignoredUsedUndeclaredDependencies combine.children="append">
+            <ignoredUsedUndeclaredDependency>io.netty:netty-transport:*</ignoredUsedUndeclaredDependency>
+          </ignoredUsedUndeclaredDependencies>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>process-test-classes</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>analyze-only</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>  </plugins>
+  </build>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
index 17bf600..ca3d673 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index 6789025..7768627 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 700354e..3b5ec20 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -56,41 +56,49 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -102,11 +110,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-client</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.e-movimento.tinytools</groupId>
@@ -122,31 +132,37 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -176,11 +192,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-util</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -192,6 +210,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-shutdown-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-shutdown-test/pom.xml
index 9dcdfa6..3cc80a3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-shutdown-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-shutdown-test/pom.xml
@@ -191,27 +191,31 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <type>jar</type>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
index ffc4e27..6e435c5 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
index 0c3d231..2ce2473 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
@@ -148,24 +148,29 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-nc-service</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-util</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -180,10 +185,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
index 573656f..5dec622 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-dataflow-common-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-dataflow-common-test/pom.xml
index c402398..3685bcd 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-dataflow-common-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-dataflow-common-test/pom.xml
@@ -48,30 +48,36 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
             <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
             <artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
             <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
             <artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter-test/pom.xml
index bdc870c..5bc5133 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter-test/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -59,16 +60,19 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -78,6 +82,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
index a866c47..9fae4b2 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
@@ -49,21 +49,25 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -76,11 +80,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -91,10 +97,17 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/pom.xml
index 5c2613a..7509c55 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/pom.xml
@@ -69,11 +69,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -86,67 +88,81 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-util</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/pom.xml
index c4b3a62..4a50279 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/pom.xml
@@ -48,45 +48,54 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
index f1bafb7..a76bca6 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -65,31 +66,37 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-util</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -101,6 +108,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -111,14 +119,17 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/pom.xml
index 52415b9..0fbdb5a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/pom.xml
@@ -48,59 +48,76 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
index 84b4960..b5570d6 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -60,11 +61,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -77,11 +80,13 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -92,10 +97,23 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
index 4e9da31..4760b3b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
@@ -44,37 +44,45 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/pom.xml
index a35a61e..d6f0e9b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.6.0</version>
+          <version>3.9.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
         <plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index 271b07e..3016755 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@
     <root.dir>${basedir}</root.dir>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <file.encoding>UTF-8</file.encoding>
-    <source.jdk.version>11</source.jdk.version>
-    <target.jdk.version>11</target.jdk.version>
+    <release.jdk.version>11</release.jdk.version>
     <javac.xlint.value>all</javac.xlint.value>
     <jvm.extraargs />
     <sonar.jacoco.reportPath>${env.PWD}/target/jacoco-merged.exec</sonar.jacoco.reportPath>
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@
     <snappy.version>1.1.10.5</snappy.version>
     <jackson.version>2.14.3</jackson.version>
     <jackson-databind.version>${jackson.version}</jackson-databind.version>
-    <netty.version>4.1.94.Final</netty.version>
+    <netty.version>4.1.100.Final</netty.version>
 
     <implementation.title>Apache Hyracks and Algebricks - ${project.name}</implementation.title>
     <implementation.url>https://asterixdb.apache.org/</implementation.url>
@@ -572,8 +571,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <source>${source.jdk.version}</source>
-          <target>${target.jdk.version}</target>
+          <release>${release.jdk.version}</release>
           <compilerArgument>-Xlint:${javac.xlint.value}</compilerArgument>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
@@ -683,7 +681,7 @@
                   <version>[3.3.9,)</version>
                 </requireMavenVersion>
                 <requireJavaVersion>
-                  <version>[11,)</version>
+                  <version>[${release.jdk.version},)</version>
                 </requireJavaVersion>
               </rules>
             </configuration>
@@ -892,7 +890,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.2</version>
+          <version>3.6.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>