diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8062b34..23282ac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,37 +3,54 @@
          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.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.5</version>
-        <relativePath/>
+        <groupId>com.klaroworks</groupId>
+        <artifactId>developer-role-smoke</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
-    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+
     <artifactId>developer-role-smoke</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0</version>
-    <name>Developer Role Smoke Test</name>
-    <description>Spring Boot smoke application for Developer role</description>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>Developer Role Smoke</name>
+    <description>Runtime role matrix for developer role validation</description>
+
     <properties>
-        <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <junit.version>5.10.0</junit.version>
     </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.11.0</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.2</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-</project>
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+</project>