diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 18e713e..4845a47 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The following documentation tries to get you started fast. There are also sample
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>cxf-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-	    <version>2.2.1.RELEASE</version>
+	    <version>2.3.0.RELEASE</version>
 	</dependency>
 </dependencies>
 ```
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ The following documentation tries to get you started fast. There are also sample
         <plugin>
             <groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
             <artifactId>cxf-spring-boot-starter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.7.RELEASE</version>
+            <version>2.3.0.RELEASE</version>
             <executions>
                 <execution>
                     <goals>
diff --git a/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/cxf-boot-simple-client/pom.xml b/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/cxf-boot-simple-client/pom.xml
index d878377..3e2cbd2 100644
--- a/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/cxf-boot-simple-client/pom.xml
+++ b/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/cxf-boot-simple-client/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
             <artifactId>cxf-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.1.RELEASE</version>
+            <version>2.3.0.RELEASE</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cxf-spring-boot-starter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.1.7.RELEASE</version>
+                <version>2.3.0.RELEASE</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
diff --git a/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/cxf-boot-simple/pom.xml b/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/cxf-boot-simple/pom.xml
index 205b91b..49ae83b 100644
--- a/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/cxf-boot-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/cxf-boot-simple/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
             <artifactId>cxf-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.1.RELEASE</version>
+            <version>2.3.0.RELEASE</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cxf-spring-boot-starter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.1.7.RELEASE</version>
+                <version>2.3.0.RELEASE</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
diff --git a/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/pom.xml b/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/pom.xml
index 6e01fb8..53d48fd 100644
--- a/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
 		<artifactId>cxf-spring-boot-starter-reactor</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/cxf-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml b/cxf-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
index 1368505..3cb51dc 100644
--- a/cxf-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/cxf-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
 		<artifactId>cxf-spring-boot-starter-reactor</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>cxf-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 	<description>Boot starter for SOAP-Webservices with Apache CXF using JAX-WS &amp; JAXB with Annotations only</description>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 		<!-- Project dependencies -->
 		<spring.boot.version>2.3.3.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
-		<cxf-spring-boot-starter-maven-plugin.version>2.1.7.RELEASE</cxf-spring-boot-starter-maven-plugin.version>
+		<cxf-spring-boot-starter-maven-plugin.version>2.3.0.RELEASE</cxf-spring-boot-starter-maven-plugin.version>
 		<cxf.version>3.4.0</cxf.version>
 		<jakarta.activation.version>1.2.2</jakarta.activation.version>
 
diff --git a/cxf-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/de/codecentric/cxf/configuration/CxfAutoConfiguration.java b/cxf-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/de/codecentric/cxf/configuration/CxfAutoConfiguration.java
index 78a7afc..32fc55e 100644
--- a/cxf-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/de/codecentric/cxf/configuration/CxfAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/cxf-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/de/codecentric/cxf/configuration/CxfAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ public void setUp() throws BootStarterCxfException {
      * But when in client mode, this isn´t always wanted (e.g. when you are in Client
      * only mode and just want to test or call some SOAP services, but not provide
      * services on your own.
-     * <p></p>
-     * Because there is (& sadly will be) no @ConditionalOnMissingProperty in Spring Boot
+     * <br><br>
+     * Because there is (&amp; sadly will be) no @ConditionalOnMissingProperty in Spring Boot
      * (https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/4938), we need to use a workaround:
-     * <p></p>
+     * <br><br>
      * If endpoint.autoinit is NOT set, Endpoint autoinitialization will run.
      * If endpoint.autoinit is set to some other value than false, autoinitialization will also run.
-     * <p></p>
+     * <br><br>
      * Only if endpoint.autoinit = false, the autoinitialization isn´t running.
      */
     @Bean
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 70e1b36..48a2473 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 <?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" 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>
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
-		<artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>7</version>
-	</parent>
 	<groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
 	<artifactId>cxf-spring-boot-starter-reactor</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>cxf-spring-boot-starter-reactor</name>
+	<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<description>Reactor Maven project for the cxf-spring-boot-starter</description>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>