diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
index 2d8e3b371..be8c9ca67 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+    <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core Utilities (logging, tracing, metrics) with CDK</name>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
     <!-- TODO TODO TODO this should build from SNAPSHOT, but it doesn't, because the snapshots
     don't appear in the docker environment CDK builds it in in our CDK tests. How to procede? V2 blocker -->
     <version>1.17.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-utilities-cdk</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core</name>
 
     <properties>
         <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
@@ -58,13 +58,6 @@
             <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
             <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.13.2</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/pom.xml
index 130fb814d..a88150f4b 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/pom.xml
@@ -56,81 +56,75 @@
             <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
             <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.13.2</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-             <groupId>dev.aspectj</groupId>
-             <artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-             <version>1.13.1</version>
-             <configuration>
-                 <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-                 <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
-                 <complianceLevel>${maven.compiler.target}</complianceLevel>
-                 <aspectLibraries>
-                     <aspectLibrary>
-                         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-                         <artifactId>powertools-tracing</artifactId>
-                     </aspectLibrary>
-                     <aspectLibrary>
-                         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-                         <artifactId>powertools-logging</artifactId>
-                     </aspectLibrary>
-                     <aspectLibrary>
-                         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-                         <artifactId>powertools-metrics</artifactId>
-                     </aspectLibrary>
-                 </aspectLibraries>
-             </configuration>
-             <executions>
-                 <execution>
-                     <goals>
-                         <goal>compile</goal>
-                     </goals>
-                 </execution>
-             </executions>
-            <dependencies>
-                <dependency>
-                    <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
-                    <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
-                </dependency>
-            </dependencies>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.0</version>
-            <executions>
-                <execution>
-                    <phase>package</phase>
-                    <goals>
-                        <goal>shade</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <transformers>
-                            <transformer implementation="org.apache.logging.log4j.maven.plugins.shade.transformer.Log4j2PluginCacheFileTransformer"/>
-                        </transformers>
-                    </configuration>
-                </execution>
-            </executions>
-            <dependencies>
-                <dependency>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>log4j-transform-maven-shade-plugin-extensions</artifactId>
-                    <version>0.1.0</version>
-                </dependency>
-            </dependencies>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>dev.aspectj</groupId>
+                <artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.13.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
+                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
+                    <complianceLevel>${maven.compiler.target}</complianceLevel>
+                    <aspectLibraries>
+                        <aspectLibrary>
+                            <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>powertools-tracing</artifactId>
+                        </aspectLibrary>
+                        <aspectLibrary>
+                            <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>powertools-logging</artifactId>
+                        </aspectLibrary>
+                        <aspectLibrary>
+                            <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>powertools-metrics</artifactId>
+                        </aspectLibrary>
+                    </aspectLibraries>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
+                        <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
+                            <transformers>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.logging.log4j.maven.plugins.shade.transformer.Log4j2PluginCacheFileTransformer"/>
+                            </transformers>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>log4j-transform-maven-shade-plugin-extensions</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.1.0</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
     </build>
     <profiles>
         <!-- Use a profile to enforce AspectJ version 1.9.7 if we are Java 1.8 otherwise we'll get class
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/serverless/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/serverless/pom.xml
index ce0f6f081..c92d0b653 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/serverless/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/serverless/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core Utilities (logging, tracing, metrics) with SAM</name>
+    <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core Utilities (logging, tracing, metrics) with Serverless</name>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
     <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-utilities-serverless</artifactId>
@@ -56,13 +56,6 @@
             <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
             <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.13.2</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml
index 538a6da8f..d74ce7085 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+    <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core Utilities (logging, tracing, metrics) with Terraform</name>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
     <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-terraform</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-utilities-terraform</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
-    <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core</name>
-
     <properties>
         <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <aspectj.version>1.9.20</aspectj.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.2</version>
+            <version>1.2.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-            <version>3.11.2</version>
+            <version>3.11.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
             <version>${log4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
+            <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -86,6 +91,13 @@
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
+                        <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -100,7 +112,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
                             <transformers>
-                              <transformer implementation="org.apache.logging.log4j.maven.plugins.shade.transformer.Log4j2PluginCacheFileTransformer"/>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.logging.log4j.maven.plugins.shade.transformer.Log4j2PluginCacheFileTransformer"/>
                             </transformers>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
@@ -151,61 +163,6 @@
             <properties>
                 <aspectj.version>1.9.7</aspectj.version>
             </properties>
-            <dependencyManagement>
-                <dependencies>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
-                        <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                </dependencies>
-            </dependencyManagement>
-            <build>
-                <pluginManagement>
-                    <plugins>
-                        <plugin>
-                            <groupId>dev.aspectj</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                            <version>${aspectj.plugin.version}</version>
-                            <configuration>
-                                <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-                                <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
-                                <complianceLevel>${maven.compiler.target}</complianceLevel>
-                                <aspectLibraries>
-                                    <aspectLibrary>
-                                        <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-                                        <artifactId>powertools-tracing</artifactId>
-                                    </aspectLibrary>
-                                    <aspectLibrary>
-                                        <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-                                        <artifactId>powertools-logging</artifactId>
-                                    </aspectLibrary>
-                                    <aspectLibrary>
-                                        <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-                                        <artifactId>powertools-metrics</artifactId>
-                                    </aspectLibrary>
-                                </aspectLibraries>
-                            </configuration>
-                            <executions>
-                                <execution>
-                                    <goals>
-                                        <goal>compile</goal>
-                                        <goal>test-compile</goal>
-                                    </goals>
-                                </execution>
-                            </executions>
-                            <!-- Enforce aspectJ 1.9.7 -->
-                            <dependencies>
-                                <dependency>
-                                    <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
-                                    <artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
-                                    <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
-                                </dependency>
-                            </dependencies>
-                        </plugin>
-                    </plugins>
-                </pluginManagement>
-            </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 </project>