diff --git a/examples/jackrabbit-firsthops/pom.xml b/examples/jackrabbit-firsthops/pom.xml
index aba9b44e573..04aa6628746 100644
--- a/examples/jackrabbit-firsthops/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/jackrabbit-firsthops/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
  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.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
+    <artifactId>jackrabbit-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>2.22.2</version>
+    <relativePath>../../jackrabbit-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
  <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
  <artifactId>jackrabbit-firsthops</artifactId>
  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -30,16 +37,22 @@
 
   <!-- The JCR API -->
   <dependency>
-   <groupId>javax.jcr</groupId>
-   <artifactId>jcr</artifactId>
-   <version>2.0</version>
+      <groupId>javax.jcr</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jcr</artifactId>
   </dependency>
 
   <!-- Jackrabbit content repository -->
   <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
    <artifactId>jackrabbit-core</artifactId>
-   <version>2.12.1</version>
+   <version>2.22.2</version>
+  </dependency>
+
+  <!-- Jackrabbit JCR Commons -->
+ <dependency>
+    <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
+    <artifactId>jackrabbit-jcr-commons</artifactId>
+    <version>2.22.2</version>
   </dependency>
 
   <!-- Jackrabbit Oak content repository -->
@@ -60,30 +73,11 @@
   <dependency>
    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+    <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+  <!-- <version>1.7.36</version>-->
   </dependency>
-
  </dependencies>
 
- <build>
-  <plugins>
-
-   <plugin>
-    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.2</version>
-    <configuration>
-     <compilerVersion>1.5</compilerVersion>
-     <source>1.5</source>
-     <target>1.5</target>
-     <debug>true</debug>
-     <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
-     <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-     <optimize>false</optimize>
-    </configuration>
-   </plugin>
-  </plugins>
- </build>
-
 </project>