diff --git a/demos/demo-jndi-webapp/src/main/config/modules/demo-jndi.mod b/demos/demo-jndi-webapp/src/main/config/modules/demo-jndi.mod
index 08e90ec58aed..197277d328ad 100644
--- a/demos/demo-jndi-webapp/src/main/config/modules/demo-jndi.mod
+++ b/demos/demo-jndi-webapp/src/main/config/modules/demo-jndi.mod
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ demo-mock-resources
 [files]
 basehome:modules/demo.d/demo-jndi.xml|webapps/demo-jndi.xml
 maven://org.eclipse.jetty.demos/demo-jndi-webapp/${jetty.version}/war|webapps/demo-jndi.war
-maven://org.eclipse.jetty.orbit/javax.mail.glassfish/1.4.1.v201005082020/jar|lib/ext/javax.mail.glassfish-1.4.1.v201005082020.jar
-maven://jakarta.transaction/jakarta.transaction-api/1.3.2/jar|lib/ext/jakarta.transaction-api-1.3.2.jar
+maven://org.eclipse.jetty.orbit/javax.mail.glassfish/@javax.mail.glassfish.version@/jar|lib/ext/javax.mail.glassfish-@javax.mail.glassfish.version@.jar
+maven://jakarta.transaction/jakarta.transaction-api/@jakarta.transaction-api.version@/jar|lib/ext/jakarta.transaction-api-@jakarta.transaction-api.version@.jar
diff --git a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/pom.xml b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/pom.xml
index 59664838eddb..6282b856208a 100644
--- a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <target>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/gcloud-datastore.mod">
-                  <fileset file="src/main/config-template/modules/gcloud-datastore.mod" />
+                  <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/jetty-config-files/modules/gcloud-datastore.mod" />
                   <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" />
                 </concat>
               </target>
@@ -148,23 +148,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/config.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/assembly/config.xml b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/assembly/config.xml
index 29e5be1228af..d621ddfd7674 100644
--- a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/assembly/config.xml
+++ b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/assembly/config.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   </formats>
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
-      <directory>src/main/config-template</directory>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}/jetty-config-files</directory>
       <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>**</include>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       </excludes>
     </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
-      <directory>target</directory>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
       <outputDirectory>modules</outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>gcloud-datastore.mod</include>
diff --git a/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/modules/session-store-hazelcast-embedded.mod b/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/modules/session-store-hazelcast-embedded.mod
index b575db5cdc76..3e65e85df246 100644
--- a/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/modules/session-store-hazelcast-embedded.mod
+++ b/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/modules/session-store-hazelcast-embedded.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ lib/jetty-hazelcast-${jetty.version}.jar
 lib/hazelcast/hazelcast-${hazelcast.version}.jar
 
 [ini]
-hazelcast.version?=4.2.2
+hazelcast.version?=@hazelcast.version@
 
 [license]
 Hazelcast is an open source project hosted on Github and released under the Apache 2.0 license.
diff --git a/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/modules/session-store-hazelcast-remote.mod b/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/modules/session-store-hazelcast-remote.mod
index 500e2a5ed8f7..7842d1a1dbb3 100644
--- a/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/modules/session-store-hazelcast-remote.mod
+++ b/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/modules/session-store-hazelcast-remote.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ lib/jetty-hazelcast-${jetty.version}.jar
 lib/hazelcast/hazelcast-${hazelcast.version}.jar
 
 [ini]
-hazelcast.version?=4.2.2
+hazelcast.version?=@hazelcast.version@
 
 [license]
 Hazelcast is an open source project hosted on Github and released under the Apache 2.0 license.
diff --git a/jetty-home/pom.xml b/jetty-home/pom.xml
index fbf5f451aba6..61256cda1a3b 100644
--- a/jetty-home/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-home/pom.xml
@@ -33,9 +33,15 @@
               <useBuildFilters>false</useBuildFilters>
               <includeEmptyDirs>true</includeEmptyDirs>
               <outputDirectory>${assembly-directory}</outputDirectory>
+              <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+              <useDefaultDelimiters>false</useDefaultDelimiters>
+              <delimiters>
+                <delimiter>@</delimiter>
+              </delimiters>
               <resources>
                 <resource>
                   <directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+                  <filtering>true</filtering>
                 </resource>
               </resources>
             </configuration>
@@ -871,6 +877,21 @@
       <type>jar</type>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/conscrypt.mod b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/conscrypt.mod
index a61af57bd748..d82148980521 100644
--- a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/conscrypt.mod
+++ b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/conscrypt.mod
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ Conscrypt is distributed under the Apache Licence 2.0
 https://github.com/google/conscrypt/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 [ini]
-conscrypt.version?=2.5.1
+conscrypt.version?=@conscrypt.version@
 jetty.sslContext.provider?=Conscrypt
diff --git a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/hawtio.mod b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/hawtio.mod
index 050c6265449a..b4dd2a8fcd02 100644
--- a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/hawtio.mod
+++ b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/hawtio.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ http://github.com/hawtio/hawtio
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
 
 [ini]
-hawtio.version?=2.13.5
+hawtio.version?=@hawtio.version@
 
 [ini-template]
 ## Hawt.io configuration
diff --git a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/jamon.mod b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/jamon.mod
index d72e16191eef..109410a2e8bd 100644
--- a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/jamon.mod
+++ b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/jamon.mod
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ etc/jamon.xml
 
 [files]
 lib/jamon/
-maven://com.jamonapi/jamon/2.81|lib/jamon/jamon-2.81.jar
-maven://com.jamonapi/jamon_war/2.81/war|lib/jamon/jamon.war
+maven://com.jamonapi/jamon/${jamon.version}|lib/jamon/jamon-${jamon.version}.jar
+maven://com.jamonapi/jamon_war/${jamon.version}/war|lib/jamon/jamon.war
 basehome:modules/jamon/jamon.xml|etc/jamon.xml
 
 [lib]
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ JAMon is a source forge hosted project released under a BSD derived license.
 http://jamonapi.sourceforge.net
 http://jamonapi.sourceforge.net/JAMonLicense.html
 
+[ini]
+jamon.version?=@jamon.version@
+
 [ini-template]
 ## Jamon Configuration
 # jamon.summaryLabels=demo
diff --git a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/jolokia.mod b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/jolokia.mod
index aea83e486089..ee4875d5d241 100644
--- a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/jolokia.mod
+++ b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/jolokia.mod
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ jmx
 etc/jolokia.xml
 
 [files]
-maven://org.jolokia/jolokia-war/1.3.3/war|lib/jolokia/jolokia.war
+maven://org.jolokia/jolokia-war/${jolokia.version}/war|lib/jolokia/jolokia.war
 basehome:modules/jolokia/jolokia.xml|etc/jolokia.xml
 
+[ini]
+jolokia.version?=@jolokia.version@
+
 [license]
 Jolokia is released under the Apache License 2.0
 http://www.jolokia.org
diff --git a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-jul.mod b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-jul.mod
index 7bdafbf740af..2097219c226b 100644
--- a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-jul.mod
+++ b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-jul.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ lib/logging/slf4j-jdk14-${slf4j.version}.jar
 -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${jetty.base}/resources/java-util-logging.properties
 
 [ini]
-slf4j.version?=2.0.0-alpha5
+slf4j.version?=@slf4j.version@
 
 [license]
 SLF4J is distributed under the MIT License.
diff --git a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-log4j1.mod b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-log4j1.mod
index fec58dc54e39..b19a511afbc3 100644
--- a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-log4j1.mod
+++ b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-log4j1.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ lib/logging/slf4j-log4j12-${slf4j.version}.jar
 lib/logging/log4j-${log4j.version}.jar
 
 [ini]
-log4j.version?=1.2.17
+log4j.version?=@log4j.version@
 jetty.webapp.addServerClasses+=,org.apache.log4j.
 
 
diff --git a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-log4j2.mod b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-log4j2.mod
index 88ef9dc8b5ca..b75067bda21e 100644
--- a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-log4j2.mod
+++ b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-log4j2.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ lib/logging/log4j-api-${log4j.version}.jar
 lib/logging/log4j-core-${log4j.version}.jar
 
 [ini]
-log4j.version?=2.14.0
+log4j.version?=@log4j2.version@
 jetty.webapp.addServerClasses+=,org.apache.logging.log4j.
 
 [license]
diff --git a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-logback.mod b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-logback.mod
index ea10e350d84f..ffba31c4c0b2 100644
--- a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-logback.mod
+++ b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-logback.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ lib/logging/logback-classic-${logback.version}.jar
 lib/logging/logback-core-${logback.version}.jar
 
 [ini]
-logback.version?=1.3.0-alpha9
+logback.version?=@logback.version@
 jetty.webapp.addServerClasses+=,ch.qos.logback.
 
 [license]
diff --git a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging/slf4j.mod b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging/slf4j.mod
index 9eb3eeeba47c..861dd9e3b13e 100644
--- a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging/slf4j.mod
+++ b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging/slf4j.mod
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ slf4j
 lib/logging/slf4j-api-${slf4j.version}.jar
 
 [ini]
-slf4j.version?=2.0.0-alpha5
+slf4j.version?=@slf4j.version@
 jetty.webapp.addServerClasses+=,org.slf4j.
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-common/src/main/config/modules/sessions/infinispan/infinispan-common.mod b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-common/src/main/config/modules/sessions/infinispan/infinispan-common.mod
index d2a400bdbd85..861c1ee2f22d 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-common/src/main/config/modules/sessions/infinispan/infinispan-common.mod
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-common/src/main/config/modules/sessions/infinispan/infinispan-common.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lib/infinispan-common-${jetty.version}.jar
 lib/infinispan/*.jar
 
 [ini]
-infinispan.version?=11.0.11.Final
+infinispan.version?=@infinispan.version@
 
 [license]
 Infinispan is an open source project hosted on Github and released under the Apache 2.0 license.
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/pom.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/pom.xml
index ebeb58771f11..20d96ec89456 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <target>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/infinispan-embedded-query-libs.mod">
-                  <fileset file="src/main/config-template/modules/sessions/infinispan/embedded/infinispan-embedded-query-libs.mod" />
+                  <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/jetty-config-files/modules/sessions/infinispan/embedded/infinispan-embedded-query-libs.mod" />
                   <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" />
                 </concat>
               </target>
@@ -68,23 +68,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/config.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/src/main/assembly/config.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/src/main/assembly/config.xml
index d9db9a74ef21..f0f8436781ad 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/src/main/assembly/config.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/src/main/assembly/config.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   </formats>
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
-      <directory>src/main/config-template</directory>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}/jetty-config-files</directory>
       <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>**</include>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       </excludes>
     </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
-      <directory>target</directory>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
       <outputDirectory>modules/sessions/infinispan/embedded</outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>infinispan-embedded-query-libs.mod</include>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded/src/main/config-templates/modules/session-store-infinispan-embedded.mod b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded/src/main/config-templates/modules/session-store-infinispan-embedded.mod
index 50aefd3227d7..fa68e41fbb84 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded/src/main/config-templates/modules/session-store-infinispan-embedded.mod
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded/src/main/config-templates/modules/session-store-infinispan-embedded.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ sessions/infinispan/embedded/infinispan-embedded-libs
 basehome:modules/sessions/infinispan/embedded/infinispan.xml|etc/infinispan.xml
 
 [ini]
-infinispan.version?=11.0.11.Final
+infinispan.version?=@infinispan.version@
 
 [ini-template]
 #jetty.session.infinispan.idleTimeout.seconds=0
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml
index e17d849c1c1e..633b46dc8c32 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <target>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/infinispan-remote-query-libs.mod">
-                  <fileset file="src/main/config-template/modules/sessions/infinispan/remote/infinispan-remote-query-libs.mod" />
+                  <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/jetty-config-files/modules/sessions/infinispan/remote/infinispan-remote-query-libs.mod" />
                   <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" />
                 </concat>
               </target>
@@ -69,23 +69,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/config.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/src/main/assembly/config.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/src/main/assembly/config.xml
index 270dcfad3825..74d1280ed3da 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/src/main/assembly/config.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/src/main/assembly/config.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   </formats>
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
-      <directory>src/main/config-template</directory>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}/jetty-config-files</directory>
       <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>**</include>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       </excludes>
     </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
-      <directory>target</directory>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
       <outputDirectory>modules/sessions/infinispan/remote</outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>infinispan-remote-query-libs.mod</include>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml
index c3219dd79f69..36e8106322a3 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <target>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/infinispan-remote-libs.mod">
-                  <fileset file="src/main/config-template/modules/sessions/infinispan/remote/infinispan-remote-libs.mod" />
+                  <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/jetty-config-files/modules/sessions/infinispan/remote/infinispan-remote-libs.mod" />
                   <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" />
                 </concat>
               </target>
@@ -70,24 +70,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/config.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/src/main/assembly/config.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/src/main/assembly/config.xml
index 802f815d6aa5..f8c265477fb8 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/src/main/assembly/config.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/src/main/assembly/config.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   </formats>
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
-      <directory>src/main/config-template</directory>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}/jetty-config-files</directory>
       <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>**</include>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       </excludes>
     </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
-      <directory>target</directory>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
       <outputDirectory>modules/sessions/infinispan/remote</outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>infinispan-remote-libs.mod</include>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/src/main/config-template/modules/session-store-infinispan-remote.mod b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/src/main/config-template/modules/session-store-infinispan-remote.mod
index 00ab7bf01ba3..1875760d1d6d 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/src/main/config-template/modules/session-store-infinispan-remote.mod
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/src/main/config-template/modules/session-store-infinispan-remote.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ sessions/infinispan/remote/infinispan-remote-libs
 basehome:modules/sessions/infinispan/remote/resources/hotrod-client.properties|resources/hotrod-client.properties
 
 [ini]
-infinispan.version?=11.0.11.Final
+infinispan.version?=@infinispan.version@
 
 
 [license]
diff --git a/jetty-memcached/jetty-memcached-sessions/pom.xml b/jetty-memcached/jetty-memcached-sessions/pom.xml
index 32dead61aac4..6423033e87da 100644
--- a/jetty-memcached/jetty-memcached-sessions/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-memcached/jetty-memcached-sessions/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.googlecode.xmemcached</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmemcached</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.7</version>
+      <version>${xmemcached.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/jetty-memcached/jetty-memcached-sessions/src/main/config/modules/sessions/session-data-cache/xmemcached.mod b/jetty-memcached/jetty-memcached-sessions/src/main/config/modules/sessions/session-data-cache/xmemcached.mod
index d11158043415..b55223b4c4d7 100644
--- a/jetty-memcached/jetty-memcached-sessions/src/main/config/modules/sessions/session-data-cache/xmemcached.mod
+++ b/jetty-memcached/jetty-memcached-sessions/src/main/config/modules/sessions/session-data-cache/xmemcached.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ session-store
 logging/slf4j
 
 [files]
-maven://com.googlecode.xmemcached/xmemcached/2.4.7|lib/xmemcached/xmemcached-2.4.7.jar
+maven://com.googlecode.xmemcached/xmemcached/${xmemcached.version}|lib/xmemcached/xmemcached-${xmemcached.version}.jar
+
+[ini]
+xmemcached.version?=@xmemcached.version@
 
 [lib]
 lib/jetty-memcached-sessions-${jetty.version}.jar
diff --git a/jetty-nosql/pom.xml b/jetty-nosql/pom.xml
index 52d1994951ea..6248c944cad0 100644
--- a/jetty-nosql/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-nosql/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
       <artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.13.2</version>
+      <version>${mongodb.version}</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jetty-nosql/src/main/config/modules/session-store-mongo.mod b/jetty-nosql/src/main/config/modules/session-store-mongo.mod
index 9999bc7785b9..89150dd08b0a 100644
--- a/jetty-nosql/src/main/config/modules/session-store-mongo.mod
+++ b/jetty-nosql/src/main/config/modules/session-store-mongo.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ sessions
 sessions/mongo/${connection-type}
 
 [files]
-maven://org.mongodb/mongo-java-driver/2.13.2|lib/nosql/mongo-java-driver-2.13.2.jar
+maven://org.mongodb/mongo-java-driver/${mongodb.version}|lib/nosql/mongo-java-driver-${mongodb.version}.jar
 
 [lib]
 lib/jetty-nosql-${jetty.version}.jar
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
 
 [ini]
 connection-type?=address
+mongodb.version?=@mongodb.version@
 
 [ini-template]
 #jetty.session.mongo.dbName=HttpSessions
diff --git a/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/pom.xml b/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/pom.xml
index 10953befda1c..d66a096e389e 100644
--- a/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/pom.xml
@@ -76,32 +76,15 @@
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match=" *(.*):(.*):jar:(.*):.*$" replace="maven://\1/\2/\3|lib/jnr/\2-\3.jar" byline="true" />
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match="The following files have been resolved:" replace="[files]" />
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/unixsocket.mod">
-                  <fileset file="src/main/config-template/modules/unixsocket-prefix.mod" />
+                  <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/jetty-config-files/modules/unixsocket-prefix.mod" />
                   <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" />
-                  <fileset file="src/main/config-template/modules/unixsocket-suffix.mod" />
+                  <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/jetty-config-files/modules/unixsocket-suffix.mod" />
                 </concat>
               </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/config.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/src/main/assembly/config.xml b/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/src/main/assembly/config.xml
index 3c97242ba281..f4dd8865b05b 100644
--- a/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/src/main/assembly/config.xml
+++ b/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/src/main/assembly/config.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   </formats>
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
-      <directory>src/main/config-template</directory>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}/jetty-config-files</directory>
       <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>**</include>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       </excludes>
     </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
-      <directory>target</directory>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
       <outputDirectory>modules</outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>unixsocket.mod</include>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 154fe4a1401c..1da7e209cd43 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     <build-support.version>1.5</build-support.version>
     <checkstyle.version>9.0</checkstyle.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.0-alpha5</slf4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <log4j2.version>2.14.0</log4j2.version>
     <logback.version>1.3.0-alpha9</logback.version>
     <disruptor.version>3.4.2</disruptor.version>
@@ -32,6 +33,11 @@
     <infinispan.protostream.version>4.3.4.Final</infinispan.protostream.version>
     <gson.version>2.8.8</gson.version>
     <grpc.version>1.40.1</grpc.version>
+    <hawtio.version>2.13.5</hawtio.version>
+    <jamon.version>2.81</jamon.version>
+    <jolokia.version>1.3.3</jolokia.version>
+    <javax.mail.glassfish.version>1.4.1.v201005082020</javax.mail.glassfish.version>
+    <jakarta.transaction-api.version>1.3.3</jakarta.transaction-api.version>
     <google.errorprone.version>2.9.0</google.errorprone.version>
     <alpn.agent.version>2.0.10</alpn.agent.version>
     <hazelcast.version>4.2.2</hazelcast.version>
@@ -52,6 +58,8 @@
     <jboss.logging.version>3.4.2.Final</jboss.logging.version>
     <jetty.perf-helper.version>1.0.7</jetty.perf-helper.version>
     <ant.version>1.10.11</ant.version>
+    <xmemcached.version>2.4.7</xmemcached.version>
+    <mongodb.version>2.13.2</mongodb.version>
     <!-- OSGI import-package -->
     <osgi.slf4j.import.packages>org.slf4j;version="[1.7,3.0)", org.slf4j.event;version="[1.7,3.0)", org.slf4j.helpers;version="[1.7,3.0)", org.slf4j.spi;version="[1.7,3.0)"</osgi.slf4j.import.packages>
 
@@ -484,7 +492,7 @@
             <dependency>
               <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain</groupId>
               <artifactId>jetty-assembly-descriptors</artifactId>
-              <version>1.0</version>
+              <version>1.1</version>
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>
         </plugin>
@@ -1109,12 +1117,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.orbit</groupId>
         <artifactId>javax.mail.glassfish</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.1.v201005082020</version>
+        <version>${javax.mail.glassfish.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>jakarta.transaction</groupId>
         <artifactId>jakarta.transaction-api</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.3</version>
+        <version>${jakarta.transaction-api.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>
@@ -1283,6 +1291,7 @@
         <artifactId>jetty-perf-helper</artifactId>
         <version>${jetty.perf-helper.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>jcl104-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -1309,6 +1318,26 @@
         <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jboss-logging</artifactId>
+        <version>${jboss.logging.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+        <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+        <version>${logback.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
         <artifactId>asciidoctor-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -1370,6 +1399,42 @@
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
         <version>3.12.0</version>
       </dependency>
+      <!-- some modules use those artifacts so we can manage version from here -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.hawt</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hawtio-default</artifactId>
+        <version>${hawtio.version}</version>
+        <type>war</type>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.jamonapi</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jamon</artifactId>
+        <version>${jamon.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.jamonapi</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jamon_war</artifactId>
+        <version>${jamon.version}</version>
+        <type>war</type>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jolokia</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jolokia-war</artifactId>
+        <version>${jolokia.version}</version>
+        <type>war</type>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -1462,6 +1527,36 @@
       </activation>
       <build>
         <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>copy-resources</id>
+                <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                  <useDefaultDelimiters>false</useDefaultDelimiters>
+                  <delimiters>
+                    <delimiter>@</delimiter>
+                  </delimiters>
+                  <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/jetty-config-files</outputDirectory>
+                  <resources>
+                    <resource>
+                      <directory>src/main/config</directory>
+                      <filtering>true</filtering>
+                      <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*.p12</exclude>
+                      </excludes>
+                    </resource>
+                  </resources>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -1483,6 +1578,65 @@
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>config-template</id>
+      <activation>
+        <file>
+          <exists>src/main/config-template</exists>
+        </file>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>copy-resources</id>
+                <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                  <useDefaultDelimiters>false</useDefaultDelimiters>
+                  <delimiters>
+                    <delimiter>@</delimiter>
+                  </delimiters>
+                  <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/jetty-config-files</outputDirectory>
+                  <resources>
+                    <resource>
+                      <directory>src/main/config-template</directory>
+                      <filtering>true</filtering>
+                      <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*.p12</exclude>
+                      </excludes>
+                    </resource>
+                  </resources>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>single</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <descriptors>
+                    <descriptor>src/main/assembly/config.xml</descriptor>
+                  </descriptors>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>eclipse-release</id>
       <modules>