diff --git a/archetypes/jersey-example-java8-webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/jersey-example-java8-webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index dc88fe13f38..af777dd4a09 100644
--- a/archetypes/jersey-example-java8-webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/jersey-example-java8-webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2015, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright (c) 2015, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
     This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
     terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -127,6 +127,5 @@
     <properties>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <jersey.config.test.container.port>8080</jersey.config.test.container.port>
-        <war.mvn.plugin.version>3.4.0</war.mvn.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/archetypes/jersey-heroku-webapp/pom.xml b/archetypes/jersey-heroku-webapp/pom.xml
index 1baa9764ad4..02e84bb7c7c 100644
--- a/archetypes/jersey-heroku-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/jersey-heroku-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5</version>
+                <version>${resources.mvn.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <escapeString>\</escapeString>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/archetypes/jersey-heroku-webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/jersey-heroku-webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index d1073c9903d..87a3936f0a8 100644
--- a/archetypes/jersey-heroku-webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/jersey-heroku-webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>${compiler.mvn.plugin.version}</version>
                 <inherited>true</inherited>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <jersey.version>${project.version}</jersey.version>
-        <jetty.version>9.4.54.v20240208</jetty.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <surefire.mvn.plugin.version>3.2.5</surefire.mvn.plugin.version>
-        <war.mvn.plugin.version>3.4.0</war.mvn.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/pom.xml b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/pom.xml
index ca8227bd41d..60477a87703 100644
--- a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5</version>
+                <version>${resources.mvn.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <escapeString>\</escapeString>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/src/main/resources/META-INF/archetype.xml b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/src/main/resources/META-INF/archetype.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a4f9973a17..00000000000
--- a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/src/main/resources/META-INF/archetype.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Copyright (c) 2010, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
-
-    This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
-    terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
-    http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
-
-    This Source Code may also be made available under the following Secondary
-    Licenses when the conditions for such availability set forth in the
-    Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU General Public License,
-    version 2 with the GNU Classpath Exception, which is available at
-    https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html.
-
-    SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
-
--->
-
-<archetype>
-  <id>jersey-quickstart-grizzly2</id>
-  <sources>
-    <source>src/main/java/Main.java</source>
-    <source>src/main/java/MyResource.java</source>
-  </sources>
-  <testSources>
-    <source>src/test/java/MyResourceTest.java</source>
-  </testSources>
-</archetype>
diff --git a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b55039641ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Copyright (c) 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+
+    This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+    terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
+    http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
+
+    This Source Code may also be made available under the following Secondary
+    Licenses when the conditions for such availability set forth in the
+    Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU General Public License,
+    version 2 with the GNU Classpath Exception, which is available at
+    https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html.
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
+
+-->
+
+<archetype-descriptor
+        xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype-descriptor/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/archetype-descriptor-1.0.0.xsd"
+        name="jersey-quickstart-webapp"
+        xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype-descriptor/1.0.0"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <fileSets>
+        <fileSet filtered="true" packaged="true" encoding="UTF-8">
+            <directory>src/main/java</directory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <!--<fileSet filtered="true" encoding="UTF-8">
+            <directory>src/main/webapp</directory>
+        </fileSet>-->
+        <fileSet filtered="true" packaged="true" encoding="UTF-8">
+            <directory>src/test/java</directory>
+        </fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+</archetype-descriptor>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 779f0802aff..9f25d21dc99 100644
--- a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-grizzly2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>\${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+            <version>${junit5.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <jersey.version>${project.version}</jersey.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.2</junit-jupiter.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <surefire.mvn.plugin.version>3.2.5</surefire.mvn.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/pom.xml b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/pom.xml
index 4fab9283191..21aa6b3d727 100644
--- a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5</version>
+                <version>${resources.mvn.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <escapeString>\</escapeString>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/archetype.xml b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/archetype.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cea1eea5e9d..00000000000
--- a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/archetype.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Copyright (c) 2010, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
-
-    This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
-    terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
-    http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
-
-    This Source Code may also be made available under the following Secondary
-    Licenses when the conditions for such availability set forth in the
-    Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU General Public License,
-    version 2 with the GNU Classpath Exception, which is available at
-    https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html.
-
-    SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
-
--->
-
-<archetype>
-  <id>jersey-quickstart-webapp</id>
-  <sources>
-    <source>src/main/java/MyResource.java</source>
-  </sources>
-  <resources>
-    <resource>src/main/webapp/index.jsp</resource>
-    <resource>src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml</resource>
-  </resources>
-</archetype>
diff --git a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..831f0acb060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Copyright (c) 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+
+    This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+    terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
+    http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
+
+    This Source Code may also be made available under the following Secondary
+    Licenses when the conditions for such availability set forth in the
+    Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU General Public License,
+    version 2 with the GNU Classpath Exception, which is available at
+    https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html.
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
+
+-->
+
+<archetype-descriptor
+        xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype-descriptor/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/archetype-descriptor-1.0.0.xsd"
+        name="jersey-quickstart-webapp"
+        xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype-descriptor/1.0.0"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <fileSets>
+        <fileSet filtered="true" packaged="true" encoding="UTF-8">
+            <directory>src/main/java</directory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet filtered="true" encoding="UTF-8">
+            <directory>src/main/webapp</directory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet filtered="true" packaged="true" encoding="UTF-8">
+            <directory>src/test/java</directory>
+        </fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+</archetype-descriptor>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index fc70d513571..341fb67664e 100644
--- a/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/jersey-quickstart-webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>${compiler.mvn.plugin.version}</version>
                 <inherited>true</inherited>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
@@ -63,6 +63,5 @@
     <properties>
         <jersey.version>${project.version}</jersey.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <war.mvn.plugin.version>3.4.0</war.mvn.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index fd0009e5901..b3d8cfcbd46 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.6</version>
+                    <version>${resources.mvn.plugin.version}</version>
                     <!-- Add legal information, NOTICE.md and LINCENSE.md to jars -->
                     <executions>
                         <execution>