diff --git a/spring-data-rest/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest/pom.xml
index 772d6f2553..e563a6a3b5 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest/pom.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-data-rest</artifactId>
+    
     <version>1.0</version>
     <name>spring-data-rest</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -40,11 +40,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
             <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-            <version>${sqlite.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- <dependency> <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId> <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId> <version>${hsqldb.version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId> 
-            <artifactId>derby</artifactId> <version>${derby.version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.xerial</groupId> <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId> <version>${sqlite.version}</version> 
-            </dependency> -->
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -53,8 +49,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.SpringDataRestApplication</start-class>
-        <sqlite.version>3.25.2</sqlite.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>2.1.0.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>