diff --git a/e2e-test-app/pom.xml b/e2e-test-app/pom.xml
index 9441a1c9e..ca47c77a8 100644
--- a/e2e-test-app/pom.xml
+++ b/e2e-test-app/pom.xml
@@ -42,17 +42,6 @@
     <enforcer.skipEnforceScopeLoggerBridges>true</enforcer.skipEnforceScopeLoggerBridges>
   </properties>
 
-  <dependencyManagement>
-    <dependencies>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
-        <type>pom</type>
-        <scope>import</scope>
-      </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-  </dependencyManagement>
   <dependencies>
     <!-- scope "compile" -->
     <dependency>
@@ -78,14 +67,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure</artifactId>
+      <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
+      <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+      <version>${springframework.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
@@ -119,6 +111,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+      <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- scope "provided" -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1aaf69edf..c9dd00da3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven-pmd-plugin.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/ma
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
+        <!-- Needed because GitHub actions uses an old Maven version <3.9.0 -->
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${surefire.version}</version>