diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d47f986c41db29ec6dc0d5036bf760b3a1cf366..9d5e2adf2559faf63c3ad3f92c26e7d181ddb5f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,36 @@
-.idea/
 target/
-.settings/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea/
+*.iws
 *.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### Eclipse ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
 .project
-.classpath
\ No newline at end of file
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+build/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
+
+### Mac OS ###
+**/.DS_Store
+Icon?
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 594b1d5041119a9c999c5640e1cc4a117840066b..f57325d79617c8fad7c09281a6758979d2fc8a0e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
     <!-- Inherited Icy Parent POM -->
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.bioimageanalysis.icy</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-pom-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.6</version>
+        <artifactId>pom-icy</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.7</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- Project Information -->
     <artifactId>apache-commons-codec</artifactId>
-    <version>1.15.0</version>
+    <version>1.16.0</version>
 
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <description>
         The Apache Commons Codec Library.
         Apache Commons Codec (TM) software provides implementations of common encoders and decoders such as Base64, Hex, Phonetic and URLs. </description>
-    <url>http://icy.bioimageanalysis.org/plugin/apache-commons-codec/</url>
+    <url>https://icy.bioimageanalysis.org/plugin/apache-commons-codec/</url>
     <inceptionYear>2020</inceptionYear>
 
     <organization>
@@ -57,42 +57,11 @@
 
     <!-- Project properties -->
     <properties>
-
+        <arttifact-to-extract>commons-codec</arttifact-to-extract>
     </properties>
 
-    <!-- Project build configuration -->
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>${project.artifactId}-fetch</id>
-                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <includeArtifactIds>commons-codec</includeArtifactIds>
-                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.outputDirectory}</outputDirectory>
-                            <stripVersion>true</stripVersion>
-                            <excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <!-- List of project's dependencies -->
     <dependencies>
-        <!-- The core of Icy -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.bioimageanalysis.icy</groupId>
-            <artifactId>icy-kernel</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>