diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/pom.xml
index 51e1456358..f45227235f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/pom.xml
@@ -8,13 +8,23 @@
 	<name>spring-cloud-kubernetes</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
-    <parent>
-        <artifactId>parent-boot-1</artifactId>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../parent-boot-1</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-    	
+    <properties>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.0.6.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+    </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>
+
+
     <modules>
         <module>demo-frontend</module>
         <module>demo-backend</module>