diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0896afeda3..2de4aee35f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-    <version>23</version>
+    <version>33</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
   <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
diff --git a/tez-dag/pom.xml b/tez-dag/pom.xml
index 9d4833a531..2fd7b6bde5 100644
--- a/tez-dag/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-dag/pom.xml
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@
             <id>generate-sources</id>
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <delete dir="${test.log.dir}" />
                 <mkdir dir="${test.log.dir}" />
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
             <goals>
               <goal>run</goal>
diff --git a/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml b/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
index 1c60fb00d3..99a96d9373 100644
--- a/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@
             <id>generate-sources</id>
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <delete dir="${test.log.dir}" />
                 <mkdir dir="${test.log.dir}" />
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
             <goals>
               <goal>run</goal>
diff --git a/tez-tests/pom.xml b/tez-tests/pom.xml
index 242c1e8355..d56e0f76c2 100644
--- a/tez-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-tests/pom.xml
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@
             <id>generate-sources</id>
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <delete dir="${test.log.dir}" />
                 <mkdir dir="${test.log.dir}" />
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
             <goals>
               <goal>run</goal>