diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/annotations/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/annotations/pom.xml
index 0a9610870406..e9a628f9a7e7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/annotations/pom.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
 -->
-<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
-https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
@@ -25,14 +22,14 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <artifactId>hdds-annotation-processing</artifactId>
   <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <description>Apache Ozone annotation processing tools for validating custom
-    annotations at compile time.
-  </description>
-  <name>Apache Ozone Annotation Processing</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <name>Apache Ozone Annotation Processing</name>
+  <description>Apache Ozone annotation processing tools for validating custom
+    annotations at compile time.</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip> <!-- no tests in this module so far -->
+    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+    <!-- no tests in this module so far -->
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/client/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/client/pom.xml
index 333b960fc243..e32457ec799d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/client/pom.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
 -->
-<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
-https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
@@ -25,14 +22,35 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <artifactId>hdds-client</artifactId>
   <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Client Library</description>
-  <name>Apache Ozone HDDS Client</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-
-  <properties>
-  </properties>
+  <name>Apache Ozone HDDS Client</name>
+  <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Client Library</description>
 
   <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentracing</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentracing-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentracing</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentracing-util</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
       <artifactId>hdds-common</artifactId>
@@ -49,11 +67,6 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
       <artifactId>hdds-interface-client</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
       <artifactId>ratis-client</artifactId>
@@ -80,25 +93,6 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.opentracing</groupId>
-      <artifactId>opentracing-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.opentracing</groupId>
-      <artifactId>opentracing-util</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
@@ -148,7 +142,8 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <id>ban-annotations</id> <!-- override default restriction from root POM -->
+            <id>ban-annotations</id>
+            <!-- override default restriction from root POM -->
             <configuration>
               <rules>
                 <restrictImports>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/common/pom.xml
index f2576f7cf08b..e1cf736f6d30 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/pom.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
 -->
-<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
-https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
@@ -24,45 +21,45 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hdds-common</artifactId>
   <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Common</description>
-  <name>Apache Ozone HDDS Common</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-
-  <properties>
-  </properties>
+  <name>Apache Ozone HDDS Common</name>
+  <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Common</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hdds-hadoop-dependency-client</artifactId>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
-      <artifactId>picocli</artifactId>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.stephenc.jcip</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcip-annotations</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
+      <artifactId>error_prone_annotations</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <!-- for the annotations in OzoneConfiguration -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
@@ -73,33 +70,45 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+      <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+      <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
+      <artifactId>picocli</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
+      <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
+      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>grpc-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${io.grpc.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hdds-annotation-processing</artifactId>
+      <groupId>io.jaegertracing</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaeger-client</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hdds-config</artifactId>
+      <groupId>io.jaegertracing</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaeger-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+      <groupId>io.opentracing</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentracing-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentracing</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentracing-util</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
@@ -111,17 +120,49 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
-      <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
+      <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hdds-annotation-processing</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hdds-config</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hdds-hadoop-dependency-client</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hdds-interface-admin</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hdds-interface-client</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ratis-client</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <artifactId>ratis-server-api</artifactId>
       <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ratis-common</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <artifactId>ratis-metrics-dropwizard3</artifactId>
       <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ratis-grpc</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ratis-metrics-dropwizard3</artifactId>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
@@ -129,37 +170,23 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ratis-common</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
       <artifactId>ratis-netty</artifactId>
-      <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <artifactId>ratis-grpc</artifactId>
-      <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
       <artifactId>ratis-proto</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ratis-client</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>ratis-server-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
       <artifactId>ratis-thirdparty-misc</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
-      <artifactId>error_prone_annotations</artifactId>
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
-
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
@@ -174,34 +201,10 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcutil-jdk18on</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.jaegertracing</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jaeger-client</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.jaegertracing</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jaeger-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
       <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.opentracing</groupId>
-      <artifactId>opentracing-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.opentracing</groupId>
-      <artifactId>opentracing-util</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
-      <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
       <artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
@@ -211,24 +214,14 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hdds-interface-client</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hdds-interface-admin</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+      <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- for the annotations in OzoneConfiguration -->
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>grpc-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${io.grpc.version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
+      <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
@@ -258,27 +251,20 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <build>
     <resources>
       <resource>
+        <filtering>false</filtering>
         <directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
         <excludes>
           <exclude>hdds-version-info.properties</exclude>
         </excludes>
-        <filtering>false</filtering>
       </resource>
       <resource>
+        <filtering>true</filtering>
         <directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
         <includes>
           <include>hdds-version-info.properties</include>
         </includes>
-        <filtering>true</filtering>
       </resource>
     </resources>
-    <extensions>
-      <extension>
-        <groupId>kr.motd.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>os-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${os-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-      </extension>
-    </extensions>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -286,10 +272,10 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>version-info</id>
-            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>version-info</goal>
             </goals>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
             <configuration>
               <source>
                 <directory>${basedir}/../</directory>
@@ -330,7 +316,8 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <id>ban-annotations</id> <!-- override default restriction from root POM -->
+            <id>ban-annotations</id>
+            <!-- override default restriction from root POM -->
             <configuration>
               <rules>
                 <restrictImports>
@@ -347,5 +334,12 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
         </executions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>kr.motd.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>os-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${os-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml
index 60c63475ae34..5809828eccf0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
 -->
-<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
-https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
@@ -24,12 +21,9 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hdds-config</artifactId>
   <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Config Tools</description>
-  <name>Apache Ozone HDDS Config</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-
-  <properties>
-  </properties>
+  <name>Apache Ozone HDDS Config</name>
+  <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Config Tools</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml
index c21ca8203b56..29a8f92fc83d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <name>Apache Ozone HDDS Container Service</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <properties>
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/crypto-api/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/crypto-api/pom.xml
index ca54b3de9f2d..3a2838427818 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/crypto-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/crypto-api/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip> <!-- no tests in this module so far -->
+        <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/crypto-default/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/crypto-default/pom.xml
index 6024c3e2ddf2..f9653145e44e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/crypto-default/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/crypto-default/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip> <!-- no tests in this module so far -->
+        <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/docs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/docs/pom.xml
index 7f4ffbb8a709..e8261c39cb11 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/docs/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <properties>
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip> <!-- no testable code in this module -->
     <skipDocs>false</skipDocs>
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/erasurecode/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/erasurecode/pom.xml
index b540d1c68ea6..5f34b7b72925 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/erasurecode/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/erasurecode/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
index 37d41cde390a..af233cbae9a1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-client/pom.xml
index 7676f1f45f1c..5bb9b138687f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-client/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <properties>
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip> <!-- no tests in this module -->
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-server/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-server/pom.xml
index 6be31002b094..05923dab2cde 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-server/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <properties>
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip> <!-- no tests in this module -->
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-test/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-test/pom.xml
index f04e45a03404..5df30c7dfdd3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-test/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <properties>
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip> <!-- no tests in this module -->
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/interface-admin/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/interface-admin/pom.xml
index f3197dc89650..941224230854 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/interface-admin/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/interface-admin/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <properties>
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip> <!-- no testable code in this module -->
     <spotbugs.skip>true</spotbugs.skip> <!-- only generated code in this module -->
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/interface-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/interface-client/pom.xml
index 1a61dfa930e8..b373d11d507c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/interface-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/interface-client/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <properties>
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip> <!-- no testable code in this module -->
     <spotbugs.skip>true</spotbugs.skip> <!-- only generated code in this module -->
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/interface-server/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/interface-server/pom.xml
index 47bde5a0bc77..539a0a5430e5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/interface-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/interface-server/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <properties>
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip> <!-- no testable code in this module -->
     <spotbugs.skip>true</spotbugs.skip> <!-- only generated code in this module -->
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/managed-rocksdb/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/managed-rocksdb/pom.xml
index 40ad920647a0..144d482be129 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/managed-rocksdb/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/managed-rocksdb/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip> <!-- no tests in this module so far -->
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/pom.xml
index b3aa6ff69522..7e4fbd32db3e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/pom.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
 -->
-<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
-https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
@@ -25,157 +22,144 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <artifactId>hdds</artifactId>
   <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Project</description>
-  <name>Apache Ozone HDDS</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-  <properties>
-    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
-  </properties>
+  <name>Apache Ozone HDDS</name>
+  <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Project</description>
 
   <modules>
     <module>annotations</module>
-    <module>hadoop-dependency-client</module>
-    <module>hadoop-dependency-test</module>
-    <module>hadoop-dependency-server</module>
-    <module>interface-client</module>
-    <module>interface-admin</module>
-    <module>interface-server</module>
     <module>client</module>
     <module>common</module>
+    <module>config</module>
+    <module>container-service</module>
     <module>crypto-api</module>
     <module>crypto-default</module>
+    <module>docs</module>
+    <module>erasurecode</module>
     <module>framework</module>
+    <module>hadoop-dependency-client</module>
+    <module>hadoop-dependency-server</module>
+    <module>hadoop-dependency-test</module>
+    <module>interface-admin</module>
+    <module>interface-client</module>
+    <module>interface-server</module>
     <module>managed-rocksdb</module>
+    <module>rocks-native</module>
     <module>rocksdb-checkpoint-differ</module>
-    <module>container-service</module>
     <module>server-scm</module>
-    <module>tools</module>
-    <module>docs</module>
-    <module>config</module>
     <module>test-utils</module>
-    <module>erasurecode</module>
-    <module>rocks-native</module>
+    <module>tools</module>
   </modules>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
 
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-common</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-annotation-processing</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-managed-rocksdb</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-client</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-hadoop-dependency-client</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-common</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-hadoop-dependency-server</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-config</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-hadoop-dependency-test</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-container-service</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-interface-server</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-docs</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-interface-client</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-erasurecode</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-interface-admin</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-hadoop-dependency-client</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-erasurecode</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-hadoop-dependency-server</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-client</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-interface-admin</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-tools</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-interface-client</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-server-framework</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-interface-server</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-      <artifactId>rocksdb-checkpoint-differ</artifactId>
-      <version>${hdds.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-server-scm</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-managed-rocksdb</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-container-service</artifactId>
-        <version>${hdds.version}</version>
+        <artifactId>hdds-rocks-native</artifactId>
+        <version>${hdds.rocks.native.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-docs</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-server-framework</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-config</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-server-scm</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-annotation-processing</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-tools</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-test-utils</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>rocksdb-checkpoint-differ</artifactId>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
@@ -194,18 +178,26 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hdds-hadoop-dependency-test</artifactId>
+        <version>${hdds.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
         <artifactId>hdds-server-scm</artifactId>
-        <type>test-jar</type>
         <version>${hdds.version}</version>
+        <type>test-jar</type>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hdds-rocks-native</artifactId>
-        <version>${hdds.rocks.native.version}</version>
+        <artifactId>hdds-test-utils</artifactId>
+        <version>${hdds.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/rocks-native/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/rocks-native/pom.xml
index 4c751e0b10a5..c01a4f166518 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/rocks-native/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/rocks-native/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
   <name>Apache Ozone HDDS RocksDB Tools</name>
   <artifactId>hdds-rocks-native</artifactId>
 
+  <properties>
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/rocksdb-checkpoint-differ/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/rocksdb-checkpoint-differ/pom.xml
index c4284a4e85d1..fc8cf910613c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/rocksdb-checkpoint-differ/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/rocksdb-checkpoint-differ/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/pom.xml
index 4c2e40c37592..a1da1f4e68ce 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/pom.xml
index 6ff87083c03d..903f01c8269e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
-
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/tools/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/tools/pom.xml
index 5b77f394c96f..8af514f65b78 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/tools/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
+    <sort.skip>true</sort.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>