diff --git a/commons-vfs2-examples/pom.xml b/commons-vfs2-examples/pom.xml
index 7a36968845..fdea2118c8 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-vfs2-examples/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.1</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <phase>validate</phase>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 005087fc45..3596e75c37 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
       <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">
         org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.http.HttpFileObject.doListChildren() now throws UnsupportedOperationException instead of Exception.
       </action>
+      <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Pick up exec-maven-plugin version from parent POM.</action>
       <!-- ADD -->
       <action type="add" issue="VFS-848" dev="ggregory" due-to="beise, Gary Gregory">
         Config option for trailing slash in webdav URI #425.