diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/pom.xml
index 6a6ee7919a..b16ccdf8ee 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/pom.xml
@@ -10,19 +10,6 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons</artifactId>
-	<name>${project.artifactId}</name>
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>17</source>
-                    <target>17</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 
     <dependencies>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/pom.xml
index 6268864c01..fd2d378832 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/pom.xml
@@ -74,12 +74,9 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.2</version>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.2</version>
+				<version>3.5.3</version>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/examples/LeaderControllerTest.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/examples/LeaderControllerTests.java
similarity index 91%
rename from spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/examples/LeaderControllerTest.java
rename to spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/examples/LeaderControllerTests.java
index 63ed314355..2ed5d3f31f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/examples/LeaderControllerTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/examples/LeaderControllerTests.java
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
@@ -36,17 +34,13 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
-@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
-public class LeaderControllerTest {
+public class LeaderControllerTests {
 
-	@Mock
-	private OnGrantedEvent mockOnGrantedEvent;
+	private final OnGrantedEvent mockOnGrantedEvent = Mockito.mock(OnGrantedEvent.class);
 
-	@Mock
-	private OnRevokedEvent mockOnRevokedEvent;
+	private final OnRevokedEvent mockOnRevokedEvent = Mockito.mock(OnRevokedEvent.class);
 
-	@Mock
-	private Context mockContext;
+	private final Context mockContext = Mockito.mock(Context.class);
 
 	private String host;