diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index e6d4b8a1..924ce6a6 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -37,11 +37,8 @@ limitations under the License.
   <modules>
     <module>dataflow-connector-examples</module>
     <module>dataproc-wordcount</module>
-    <module>gae-flexible-helloworld</module>
-    <module>hello-world</module>
     <module>metric-scaler</module>
     <module>quickstart</module>
-    <module>connect</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/java/quickstart/pom.xml b/java/quickstart/pom.xml
index a81e1e6e..2aa85146 100644
--- a/java/quickstart/pom.xml
+++ b/java/quickstart/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ limitations under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.10</version>
+    <version>1.2.2</version>
+    <relativePath></relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>