diff --git a/spring-batch-bigquery/.gitignore b/spring-batch-bigquery/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d75620a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-bigquery/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.flattened-pom.xml
diff --git a/spring-batch-bigquery/pom.xml b/spring-batch-bigquery/pom.xml
index 21743e5..8f47e10 100644
--- a/spring-batch-bigquery/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-bigquery/pom.xml
@@ -13,18 +13,31 @@
   ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License.
-  --><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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-
+  -->
+<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>3.4.1</version>
+        <relativePath/>
+    </parent>
+
     <groupId>org.springframework.batch.extensions</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-batch-bigquery</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
     <name>Spring Batch BigQuery</name>
     <description>Spring Batch extension for Google BigQuery</description>
     <url>https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch-extensions/tree/main/spring-batch-bigquery</url>
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>Apache-2.0</name>
+            <url>https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+            <distribution>repo</distribution>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
 
     <developers>
         <developer>
@@ -34,111 +47,86 @@
         </developer>
     </developers>
 
-    <licenses>
-        <license>
-            <name>Apache-2.0</name>
-            <url>https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
-            <distribution>repo</distribution>
-        </license>
-    </licenses>
-
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch-extensions</url>
         <connection>git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch-extensions.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>git@github.com:spring-projects/spring-batch-extensions.git</developerConnection>
     </scm>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-
-        <!-- Dependent on Spring Batch core -->
-        <java.version>17</java.version>
-        <logback.version>1.5.13</logback.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
+        <!-- Compile -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-batch-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.2</version>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-csv</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-            <version>2.42.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-csv</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.2</version>
+            <version>2.45.0</version>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
-
-
-        <!-- Test Dependencies -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-            <version>5.11.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.12.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-batch-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Test -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
+            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.16</version>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>1.20.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <!-- Compiles source code -->
+            <!-- Generate javadoc and source jars -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.13.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${java.version}</source>
-                    <target>${java.version}</target>
-                </configuration>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>jar</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>attach-sources</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>jar</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
             </plugin>
-
             <!-- Runs tests -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <includes>
                         <!-- Google cloud tests are omitted because they are designed to be run locally -->
@@ -147,35 +135,34 @@
                     </includes>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
-            <!-- Generate javadoc and source jars -->
+            <!-- Generates a flattened version of the pom.xml, used instead of the original -->
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
-                        <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                        <id>flatten</id>
+                        <phase>process-resources</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>jar</goal>
+                            <goal>flatten</goal>
                         </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <flattenMode>ossrh</flattenMode>
+                            <pomElements>
+                                <profiles>remove</profiles>
+                            </pomElements>
+                        </configuration>
                     </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.1</version>
-                <executions>
                     <execution>
-                        <id>attach-sources</id>
+                        <id>flatten-clean</id>
+                        <phase>clean</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>jar</goal>
+                            <goal>clean</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>