diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml
index d1290c34f..a2fb0b8d7 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml
@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-		 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+		 xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
 		 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>
+	<artifactId>taskana-rest-spring-test</artifactId>
+
 	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.2.RELEASE</version>
-		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+		<artifactId>taskana-rest-parent</artifactId>
+		<groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
+		<version>1.1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
-	<groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<packaging>jar</packaging>
-	<artifactId>taskana-rest-spring-test</artifactId>
-	<version>1.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
-	<properties>
-		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-		<spring.ldap.version>2.3.2.RELEASE</spring.ldap.version>
-	</properties>
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
+				<version>${version.spring-boot}</version>
+				<type>pom</type>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
@@ -78,11 +80,13 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${version.spring-boot}</version>
 			</plugin>
 			<!-- Required for generation of REST documentation -->
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.0.0-M3</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<!-- Required for skip plugin tests by default -->
 					<excludes>
@@ -119,7 +123,9 @@
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.1.0</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>copy-rest-docs</id>
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/src/test/java/pro/taskana/HistoryPluginLoaderTest.java b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/src/test/java/pro/taskana/HistoryPluginLoaderTest.java
index c905714cf..555fa0d01 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/src/test/java/pro/taskana/HistoryPluginLoaderTest.java
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/src/test/java/pro/taskana/HistoryPluginLoaderTest.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
 
-import pro.taskana.TaskanaEngine;
 import pro.taskana.history.HistoryEventProducer;
 import pro.taskana.impl.TaskanaEngineImpl;
 import pro.taskana.rest.RestConfiguration;
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/src/test/java/pro/taskana/rest/GenenalExceptionHandlingTest.java b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/src/test/java/pro/taskana/rest/GenenalExceptionHandlingTest.java
index 5796c0ac0..03d38796c 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/src/test/java/pro/taskana/rest/GenenalExceptionHandlingTest.java
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/src/test/java/pro/taskana/rest/GenenalExceptionHandlingTest.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.LoggingEvent;
 import ch.qos.logback.core.Appender;
 import pro.taskana.ldap.LdapCacheTestImpl;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public class GenenalExceptionHandlingTest {
     @LocalServerPort
     int port;
     @Mock
-    private Appender mockAppender;
+    private Appender<ILoggingEvent> mockAppender;
 
     @Captor
     private ArgumentCaptor<LoggingEvent> captorLoggingEvent;