diff --git a/gsrs-module-clinical-trials-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/gsrs-module-clinical-trials-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index e43d303..c5f98b9 100644
--- a/gsrs-module-clinical-trials-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/gsrs-module-clinical-trials-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -91,11 +91,6 @@
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>gov.nih.ncats</groupId>
-            <artifactId>gsrs-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-            <version>${gsrs.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>gov.nih.ncats</groupId>
             <artifactId>gsrs-spring-starter-tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/gsrs-module-clinical-trials-spring-boot-starter-tests/src/test/java/gsrs/clinicaltrials/tests/ClinicalTrialsPomsVersionTest.java b/gsrs-module-clinical-trials-spring-boot-starter-tests/src/test/java/gsrs/clinicaltrials/tests/ClinicalTrialsPomsVersionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2487b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gsrs-module-clinical-trials-spring-boot-starter-tests/src/test/java/gsrs/clinicaltrials/tests/ClinicalTrialsPomsVersionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package gsrs.clinicaltrials.tests;
+
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import gsrs.startertests.pomutilities.PomUtilities;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+
+public class ClinicalTrialsPomsVersionTest {
+    // Check GSRS versions in all pom.xml, and select extraJars, installExtraJars.sh commands
+    // against the values in pom-version.properties. Helpful when making a version change
+    // for the whole GSRS project.
+    // Test effectively skipped unless CLI param -DdoPomCheck=true
+    // Run from command line:
+    // mvn test -Dtest=gsrs.clinicaltrials.tests.ClinicalTrialsPomsVersionTest -DdoPomCheck=true -pl gsrs-module-clinical-trials-spring-boot-starter-tests
+
+    // Set to true when testing in IDE
+    boolean turnOffPomParameterCheck = false;
+    String clinicalTrialsModuleVersion;
+    String starterModuleVersion;
+    String substancesModuleVersion;
+    String otherModuleVersion;
+    String rootDir;
+    String propertiesFile;
+    String installExtraJarsScriptText;
+    boolean doPomCheck = false;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void setup() {
+        doPomCheck=Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("doPomCheck"));
+        if(!doPomCheck && !turnOffPomParameterCheck) { return; }
+        String scriptFile = "installExtraJars.sh";
+        propertiesFile = "pom-version.properties";
+        rootDir = "..";
+
+        try {
+            Properties properties = PomUtilities.readPomVersionProperties(rootDir + "/" + propertiesFile);
+
+
+            starterModuleVersion = properties.getProperty("ct.pomversiontest.starterModuleVersion");
+            substancesModuleVersion = properties.getProperty("ct.pomversiontest.substancesModuleVersion");
+            clinicalTrialsModuleVersion = properties.getProperty("ct.pomversiontest.clinicalTrialsModuleVersion");
+
+            assertNotNull(starterModuleVersion);
+            assertNotNull(substancesModuleVersion);
+            System.out.println("starterModuleVersion: " + starterModuleVersion);
+            System.out.println("substancesModuleVersion: " + substancesModuleVersion);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+//        try {
+//            installExtraJarsScriptText = PomUtilities.readTextFile(rootDir + "/" + scriptFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+//        } catch (IOException e) {
+//            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+//        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPomCheck() {
+        if(!doPomCheck && !turnOffPomParameterCheck) {
+            System.out.println("Effectively skipping testPomCheck because -DdoPomCheck is not true.");
+            return;
+        }
+        Model rootModel;
+        try {
+            rootModel = PomUtilities.readPomToModel(rootDir + "/pom.xml");
+            Properties properties = rootModel.getProperties();
+            System.out.println("> checking root");
+            assertEquals( clinicalTrialsModuleVersion, rootModel.getVersion(), "version");
+            assertEquals(starterModuleVersion, properties.getProperty("gsrs.version"), "gsrs.version:");
+            assertEquals( substancesModuleVersion, properties.getProperty("gsrs.substance.version"));
+            List<String> modules = rootModel.getModules();
+            for (String module : modules) {
+                System.out.println("> checking "+ module);
+                Model moduleModel;
+                try {
+                    moduleModel = PomUtilities.readPomToModel(rootDir + "/" + module + "/pom.xml");
+                    String checkVersion = moduleModel.getParent().getVersion();
+                    assertEquals (clinicalTrialsModuleVersion, checkVersion, "parent/version");
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void checkDependencyExtraJarExistsAndFindPathInScript(Dependency dependency) {
+        String jarPath = "extraJars/" + PomUtilities.makeJarFilename(dependency);
+        File file = new File(rootDir + "/" + jarPath);
+        assertTrue(file.exists());
+        assertTrue(installExtraJarsScriptText.contains(jarPath));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pom-version.properties b/pom-version.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4996008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom-version.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ct.pomversiontest.starterModuleVersion=3.1.1
+ct.pomversiontest.substancesModuleVersion=3.1.1.1
+ct.pomversiontest.clinicalTrialsModuleVersion=3.1.1-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9febd9..4152def 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
     <properties>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <spring-cloud.version>Hoxton.SR1</spring-cloud.version>
-        <gsrs.version>3.1</gsrs.version>
-        <gsrs.substance.version>3.1.1</gsrs.substance.version>
+        <gsrs.version>3.1.1</gsrs.version>
+        <gsrs.substance.version>3.1.1.1</gsrs.substance.version>
         <gsrs.clinical-trials.version>3.1.1-SNAPSHOT</gsrs.clinical-trials.version>
         <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
     </properties>