diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 93629b0063b2e..3f3eb4f039620 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <surefire.version>3.1.0</surefire.version>
     <maven-assembly-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-    <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
+    <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.8.0</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
     <maven-modernizer-plugin.version>2.3.0</maven-modernizer-plugin.version>
     <maven-shade-plugin>3.6.0</maven-shade-plugin>
     <maven-antrun-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-antrun-plugin.version>
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/pom.xml b/pulsar-broker/pom.xml
index 07d44efa9968a..7b3bbcaafb1e1 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-broker/pom.xml
@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>pulsar-functions-api-examples</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <type>pom</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -417,7 +416,6 @@
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>pulsar-functions-api-examples-builtin</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <type>pom</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -425,7 +423,6 @@
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>pulsar-io-batch-data-generator</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <type>pom</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -433,7 +430,6 @@
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>pulsar-io-data-generator</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <type>pom</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>