diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
index 62275f5..f6bfca2 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
@@ -33,4 +33,9 @@
             </includes>
         </fileSet>
     </fileSets>
+    <requiredProperties>
+        <requiredProperty key="onosVersion">
+            <defaultValue>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</defaultValue>
+        </requiredProperty>
+    </requiredProperties>
 </archetype-descriptor>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 071d4da..3abcc18 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
 <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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-dependencies</artifactId>
+        <version>${onosVersion}</version>
+    </parent>
+
     <groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
     <artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
     <version>${version}</version>
@@ -31,9 +37,6 @@
     <url>http://onosproject.org</url>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <onos.version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</onos.version>
-
         <web.context>/onos/${artifactId}</web.context>
         <api.version>1.0.0</api.version>
         <api.title>Sample app REST API</api.title>
@@ -48,19 +51,14 @@
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
             <version>${onos.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onlab-osgi</artifactId>
             <version>${onos.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -94,46 +92,30 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
             <artifactId>jersey-container-servlet</artifactId>
-            <version>2.26</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.5</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.5</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.0.0</version>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.osgi.service.component.annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.0</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.karaf.shell</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.karaf.shell.console</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -143,8 +125,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
-                <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>
                     <instructions>
                         <_wab>src/main/webapp/</_wab>
@@ -152,9 +132,6 @@
                             WEB-INF/classes/apidoc/swagger.json=target/swagger.json,
                             {maven-resources}
                         </Include-Resource>
-                        <Bundle-SymbolicName>
-                            ${project.groupId}.${project.artifactId}
-                        </Bundle-SymbolicName>
                         <Import-Package>
                             *,org.glassfish.jersey.servlet
                         </Import-Package>
@@ -163,52 +140,8 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.26.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <supportedProjectTypes>
-                        <supportedProjectType>bundle</supportedProjectType>
-                        <supportedProjectType>war</supportedProjectType>
-                    </supportedProjectTypes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
                 <artifactId>onos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>cfg</id>
-                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>cfg</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>swagger</id>
-                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>swagger</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>app</id>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>app</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>