diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0903b15f91..e06912d790 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ tmp
 # deployment
 /myLocalMvnRepo
 /coatjava-*.tar.gz
-/common-tools/coat-libs/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
-/common-tools/coat-libs/.flattened-pom.xml
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+.flattened-pom.xml
 
 *.class
 *lundfiles*.dat
diff --git a/common-tools/clara-io/pom.xml b/common-tools/clara-io/pom.xml
index c2d1b5d5c9..0b989ccd5d 100644
--- a/common-tools/clara-io/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clara-io/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>clara-io</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-analysis/pom.xml b/common-tools/clas-analysis/pom.xml
index 925b284fec..0e1d98b757 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-analysis/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clas-analysis/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas-analysis</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-decay-tools/pom.xml b/common-tools/clas-decay-tools/pom.xml
index 87609a09db..ed19932f66 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-decay-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clas-decay-tools/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas-decay-tools</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-detector/pom.xml b/common-tools/clas-detector/pom.xml
index b7db01fc92..296d885580 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-detector/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clas-detector/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas-detector</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-geometry/pom.xml b/common-tools/clas-geometry/pom.xml
index 643c92a4f9..7ea9b67ed5 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-geometry/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clas-geometry/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas-geometry</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-io/pom.xml b/common-tools/clas-io/pom.xml
index af4fe0a4dd..740ccb6485 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-io/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clas-io/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas-io</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-jcsg/pom.xml b/common-tools/clas-jcsg/pom.xml
index 67b1c20738..31387a98d4 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-jcsg/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clas-jcsg/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas-jcsg</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-logging/pom.xml b/common-tools/clas-logging/pom.xml
index 53b6efead6..67cf1b1373 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clas-logging/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas-logging</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-math/pom.xml b/common-tools/clas-math/pom.xml
index 1bd328bffd..94410ff9f5 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-math/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clas-math/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas-math</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-physics/pom.xml b/common-tools/clas-physics/pom.xml
index 4a47907fb3..0bd837d366 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-physics/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clas-physics/pom.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-reco/pom.xml b/common-tools/clas-reco/pom.xml
index 3944457a97..19f2fdb032 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-reco/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clas-reco/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas-reco</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-tracking/pom.xml b/common-tools/clas-tracking/pom.xml
index 2e5a362357..2b0945c8fe 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-tracking/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clas-tracking/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas-tracking</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-utils/pom.xml b/common-tools/clas-utils/pom.xml
index f3ca1bdddf..6b42865d26 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clas-utils/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas-utils</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/cnuphys/magfield/pom.xml b/common-tools/cnuphys/magfield/pom.xml
index 7cde07a36c..cc2852b622 100644
--- a/common-tools/cnuphys/magfield/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/cnuphys/magfield/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
     <groupId>cnuphys</groupId>
     <artifactId>magfield</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <parent>
-      <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-      <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-      <relativePath>../../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+      <groupId>cnuphys</groupId>
+      <artifactId>clas12</artifactId>
       <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/cnuphys/pom.xml b/common-tools/cnuphys/pom.xml
index 51f0c40671..8c575d18bf 100644
--- a/common-tools/cnuphys/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/cnuphys/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
   <groupId>cnuphys</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas12</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/cnuphys/snr/pom.xml b/common-tools/cnuphys/snr/pom.xml
index c054da8841..bc0cce95f4 100644
--- a/common-tools/cnuphys/snr/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/cnuphys/snr/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
     <groupId>cnuphys</groupId>
     <artifactId>snr</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <parent>
-      <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-      <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-      <relativePath>../../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+      <groupId>cnuphys</groupId>
+      <artifactId>clas12</artifactId>
       <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/cnuphys/splot/pom.xml b/common-tools/cnuphys/splot/pom.xml
index f4694848a4..b2b2c49534 100644
--- a/common-tools/cnuphys/splot/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/cnuphys/splot/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
     <groupId>cnuphys</groupId>
     <artifactId>splot</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <parent>
-      <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-      <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-      <relativePath>../../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+      <groupId>cnuphys</groupId>
+      <artifactId>clas12</artifactId>
       <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/cnuphys/swimmer/pom.xml b/common-tools/cnuphys/swimmer/pom.xml
index 7405ab97a3..85869010a4 100644
--- a/common-tools/cnuphys/swimmer/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/cnuphys/swimmer/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
     <groupId>cnuphys</groupId>
     <artifactId>swimmer</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <parent>
-      <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-      <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-      <relativePath>../../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+      <groupId>cnuphys</groupId>
+      <artifactId>clas12</artifactId>
       <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml b/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml
index df61d0c972..1cb68ed8f9 100644
--- a/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.coat</groupId>
   <artifactId>coat-libs</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
@@ -244,34 +243,14 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
-      <!-- generate minimal POM file for deployment, containing GAV (groupID, artifactId, version) -->
+      <!-- deployment plugins -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <flattenMode>fatjar</flattenMode>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>flatten</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>flatten</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
-
-      <!-- deployment configuration -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.4</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <!-- Use the minimal GAV POM -->
-          <pomFile>${project.build.directory}/.flattened-pom.xml</pomFile>
-        </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
     </plugins>
@@ -280,8 +259,8 @@
   <!-- deployment -->
   <distributionManagement>
     <repository>
-      <id>coat-libs</id>
-      <url>file://myLocalMvnRepo</url> <!-- must be consistent with 'deploy-coatjava.sh' -->
+      <id>${project.artifactId}</id>
+      <url>${coat.deployment.url}</url>
     </repository>
   </distributionManagement>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/pom.xml b/common-tools/pom.xml
index 6337de9c3a..d6733dd67b 100644
--- a/common-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
     <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/common-tools/swim-tools/pom.xml b/common-tools/swim-tools/pom.xml
index f553692508..533a1c8df6 100644
--- a/common-tools/swim-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/swim-tools/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
   <artifactId>swim-tools</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>common-tools</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/deploy-coatjava.sh b/deploy-coatjava.sh
index fad3ac98f2..5917610e13 100755
--- a/deploy-coatjava.sh
+++ b/deploy-coatjava.sh
@@ -140,11 +140,21 @@ log "cleanly rebuild coatjava"
 $src_dir/build-coatjava.sh --clean
 $src_dir/build-coatjava.sh
 
-# deploy locally
+# deploy locally; no need to `clean deploy`, since we have already cleaned and re-built
 log "local deployment of coatjava version $ver_deploy"
-mvn clean deploy -f $src_dir/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml
+pom_files=(
+  $src_dir/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml
+  $src_dir/reconstruction/pom.xml
+)
+for pom_file in ${pom_files[@]}; do
+  mvn deploy -Dmaven.test.skip=true -f $pom_file
+done
+
+# make a tarball too
 deploy_tarball=coatjava-${ver_deploy}.tar.gz
 tar czf $deploy_tarball coatjava
+
+# say what we did
 print_deployment() {
   log "========================"
   log "local deployments:"
@@ -154,7 +164,6 @@ print_deployment() {
 }
 print_deployment
 
-
 # deploy remotely
 if ! $dry_run; then
   log "now deploying..."
diff --git a/libexec/version-bump.sh b/libexec/version-bump.sh
index 42fe4fa61f..3d610dd992 100755
--- a/libexec/version-bump.sh
+++ b/libexec/version-bump.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 ver=$1
 echo ">>> bumping version number to: $ver"
 pom_file=$(cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-$0})/.. && pwd -P)/pom.xml
-mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$ver -DprocessAllModules -f $pom_file
-mvn versions:commit -DprocessAllModules -f $pom_file
+mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$ver -DprocessAllModules=true -f $pom_file
+mvn versions:commit -DprocessAllModules=true -f $pom_file
 echo ">>> bumped version number to: $ver"
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cec54d2a7b..0000000000
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,315 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-  <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-  <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-  <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>clas12maven</id>
-      <url>https://clasweb.jlab.org/.clas12maven</url>
-    </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jnp-maven</id>
-      <url>https://clasweb.jlab.org/.jhep/maven</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
-  <dependencyManagement>
-    <dependencies>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
-        <version>4.9.1</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>junit</groupId>
-        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        <version>4.13.2</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.json</groupId>
-        <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-        <version>20250517</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
-        <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
-        <artifactId>javafx-base</artifactId>
-        <version>22.0.2</version>
-        <classifier>linux</classifier>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
-        <artifactId>javafx-graphics</artifactId>
-        <version>22.0.2</version>
-        <classifier>linux</classifier>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
-        <artifactId>javafx-fxml</artifactId>
-        <version>22.0.2</version>
-        <classifier>linux</classifier>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.17</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-        <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.1</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-        <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.17.0</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.jlab</groupId>
-        <artifactId>groot</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.5</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.freehep</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jminuit</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.jlab.coda</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclara</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.jlab.coda</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jevio</artifactId>
-        <classifier>jar-with-dependencies</classifier>
-        <version>6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>net.jpountz.lz4</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lz4-java</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>com.aha.compression</groupId>
-            <artifactId> AHACompressionAPI </artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>com.lmax</groupId>
-            <artifactId>disruptor</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>proguard</groupId>
-            <artifactId>proguard</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-        </exclusions>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.jlab.jnp</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jnp-hipo</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.jlab.jnp</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jnp-hipo4</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.jlab.ccdbrcdb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>ccdbrcdb</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>gov.nist.math</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jama</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.3</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>ai.djl</groupId>
-        <artifactId>bom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.32.0</version> <!-- sets version number for all 'ai.djl' dependencies -->
-        <type>pom</type>
-        <scope>import</scope>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <!-- BEGIN DEPENDENCY CONFLICT RESOLUTION -->
-      <!-- the following dependency versions are specified to resolve dependency tree conflicts; see also exclusions in `maven-enforcer-plugin` -->
-
-      <dependency> <!-- conflict between `org.jlab.jnp:jnp-hipo:jar:2.0-SNAPSHOT` and `org.jlab.jnp:jnp-hipo4:jar:4.3-SNAPSHOT` -->
-        <groupId>net.objecthunter</groupId>
-        <artifactId>exp4j</artifactId>
-        <version>0.4.8</version> <!-- choose the later version -->
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency> <!-- resolve conflict between `org.jlab.coda:jclara` and `ai.djl:api` -->
-        <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-        <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-        <version>2.13.1</version> <!-- choose the later version -->
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency> <!-- resolve conflict between `j4ml:j4ml-clas12` and `clas-tracking` -->
-        <groupId>org.ejml</groupId>
-        <artifactId>ejml-simple</artifactId>
-        <version>0.40</version> <!-- match version from `j4ml:j4ml-clas12:jar:0.9-SNAPSHOT` -->
-      </dependency>
-
-      <!-- END DEPENDENCY CONFLICT RESOLUTION -->
-
-    </dependencies>
-  </dependencyManagement>
-
-  <build>
-
-    <extensions>
-      <extension>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-        <artifactId>wagon-ssh-external</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.3</version>
-      </extension>
-    </extensions>
-
-    <plugins>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>4.9.3.0</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <excludeFilterFile>spotbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.11.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <doctitle>COATJAVA - API documentation - version ${project.version}</doctitle>
-          <windowtitle>COATJAVA - API documentation - version ${project.version}</windowtitle>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-          <doclint>none</doclint>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>aggregate</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>aggregate</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.14.0</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <release>17</release>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <archive>
-            <manifest>
-              <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
-              <addDefaultSpecificationEntries>true</addDefaultSpecificationEntries>
-            </manifest>
-            <manifestSections>
-              <manifestSection>
-                <name>${project.name}</name>
-                <manifestEntries>
-                  <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
-                  <version>${project.version}</version>
-                </manifestEntries>
-              </manifestSection>
-            </manifestSections>
-          </archive>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.0</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>enforce-dependency-convergence</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>enforce</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <rules>
-                <dependencyConvergence>
-                  <excludes>
-                    <!-- excluding conflicts that may be tricky to resolve -->
-                    <exclude>com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java</exclude> <!-- `org.jlab.ccdbrcdb:ccdbrcdb` use v3, but `org.jlab.coda.xmsg` uses v2 -->
-                  </excludes>
-                </dependencyConvergence>
-              </rules>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.13</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
-              <goal>report</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-    </plugins>
-
-  </build>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 581906e90d..d788afb382 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,28 +1,370 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-  </properties>
-
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-  <artifactId>clas12</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+    <coat.deployment.url>file://myLocalMvnRepo</coat.deployment.url> <!-- must be consistent with 'deploy-coatjava.sh' -->
+  </properties>
 
   <modules>
-    <module>parent</module>
     <module>common-tools</module>
     <module>reconstruction</module>
   </modules>
 
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>clas12maven</id>
+      <url>https://clasweb.jlab.org/.clas12maven</url>
+    </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>jnp-maven</id>
+      <url>https://clasweb.jlab.org/.jhep/maven</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
+  <!-- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -->
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
+        <version>4.9.1</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>junit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        <version>4.13.2</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.json</groupId>
+        <artifactId>json</artifactId>
+        <version>20250517</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+        <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
+        <artifactId>javafx-base</artifactId>
+        <version>22.0.2</version>
+        <classifier>linux</classifier>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
+        <artifactId>javafx-graphics</artifactId>
+        <version>22.0.2</version>
+        <classifier>linux</classifier>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
+        <artifactId>javafx-fxml</artifactId>
+        <version>22.0.2</version>
+        <classifier>linux</classifier>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.17</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
+        <version>3.6.1</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+        <version>3.17.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jlab</groupId>
+        <artifactId>groot</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.5</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.freehep</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jminuit</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jlab.coda</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclara</artifactId>
+        <version>4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jlab.coda</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jevio</artifactId>
+        <classifier>jar-with-dependencies</classifier>
+        <version>6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>net.jpountz.lz4</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lz4-java</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.aha.compression</groupId>
+            <artifactId> AHACompressionAPI </artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.lmax</groupId>
+            <artifactId>disruptor</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>proguard</groupId>
+            <artifactId>proguard</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jlab.jnp</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jnp-hipo</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jlab.jnp</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jnp-hipo4</artifactId>
+        <version>4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jlab.ccdbrcdb</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ccdbrcdb</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>gov.nist.math</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jama</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.3</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>ai.djl</groupId>
+        <artifactId>bom</artifactId>
+        <version>0.32.0</version> <!-- sets version number for all 'ai.djl' dependencies -->
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <!-- BEGIN DEPENDENCY CONFLICT RESOLUTION -->
+      <!-- the following dependency versions are specified to resolve dependency tree conflicts; see also exclusions in `maven-enforcer-plugin` -->
+
+      <dependency> <!-- conflict between `org.jlab.jnp:jnp-hipo:jar:2.0-SNAPSHOT` and `org.jlab.jnp:jnp-hipo4:jar:4.3-SNAPSHOT` -->
+        <groupId>net.objecthunter</groupId>
+        <artifactId>exp4j</artifactId>
+        <version>0.4.8</version> <!-- choose the later version -->
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency> <!-- resolve conflict between `org.jlab.coda:jclara` and `ai.djl:api` -->
+        <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+        <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+        <version>2.13.1</version> <!-- choose the later version -->
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency> <!-- resolve conflict between `j4ml:j4ml-clas12` and `clas-tracking` -->
+        <groupId>org.ejml</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ejml-simple</artifactId>
+        <version>0.40</version> <!-- match version from `j4ml:j4ml-clas12:jar:0.9-SNAPSHOT` -->
+      </dependency>
+
+      <!-- END DEPENDENCY CONFLICT RESOLUTION -->
+
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <!-- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -->
+
+  <build>
+
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wagon-ssh-external</artifactId>
+        <version>3.5.3</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+
+    <!-- .................................................................................. -->
+
+    <plugins> <!-- plugins inherited by all child POMs -->
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>4.9.3.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludeFilterFile>spotbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.11.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <doctitle>COATJAVA - API documentation - version ${project.version}</doctitle>
+          <windowtitle>COATJAVA - API documentation - version ${project.version}</windowtitle>
+          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <doclint>none</doclint>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>aggregate</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>aggregate</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.14.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <release>17</release>
+          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.3.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.4.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifest>
+              <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
+              <addDefaultSpecificationEntries>true</addDefaultSpecificationEntries>
+            </manifest>
+            <manifestSections>
+              <manifestSection>
+                <name>${project.name}</name>
+                <manifestEntries>
+                  <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
+                  <version>${project.version}</version>
+                </manifestEntries>
+              </manifestSection>
+            </manifestSections>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.5.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce-dependency-convergence</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <dependencyConvergence>
+                  <excludes>
+                    <!-- excluding conflicts that may be tricky to resolve -->
+                    <exclude>com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java</exclude> <!-- `org.jlab.ccdbrcdb:ccdbrcdb` use v3, but `org.jlab.coda.xmsg` uses v2 -->
+                  </excludes>
+                </dependencyConvergence>
+              </rules>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.8.13</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+              <goal>report</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+
+    <!-- .................................................................................. -->
+
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins> <!-- plugin configurations (unused in child POMs unless declared) -->
+
+        <!-- generate minimal POM files for deployment, containing GAV (groupID, artifactId, version) -->
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.7.1</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <flattenMode>fatjar</flattenMode>
+          </configuration>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>flatten</id>
+              <phase>package</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>flatten</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+
+        <!-- deployment configuration -->
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1.4</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <!-- Use the minimal GAV POM -->
+            <pomFile>${project.build.directory}/.flattened-pom.xml</pomFile>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+
+  </build>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/reconstruction/alert/pom.xml b/reconstruction/alert/pom.xml
index 1e028b2116..bfd9fbf2bb 100644
--- a/reconstruction/alert/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/alert/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
@@ -130,22 +129,7 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
-      <!-- ignore 'ai.djl' runtime dependencies otherwise 'dependency:analyze' will claim these are unused -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
-            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>ai.djl:model-zoo</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
-            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>ai.djl.pytorch:pytorch-model-zoo</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
-            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>ai.djl.pytorch:pytorch-engine</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
-            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>ai.djl.pytorch:pytorch-native-cpu</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
-            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>ai.djl.pytorch:pytorch-jni</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
-          </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
+      <!-- install 'ai.djl' runtime dependencies -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -163,10 +147,16 @@
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies> <!-- tell 'dependency:analyze' to not complain that these are unused -->
+            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>ai.djl:model-zoo</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>ai.djl.pytorch:pytorch-model-zoo</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>ai.djl.pytorch:pytorch-engine</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>ai.djl.pytorch:pytorch-native-cpu</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>ai.djl.pytorch:pytorch-jni</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+          </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
-
-
-
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/band/pom.xml b/reconstruction/band/pom.xml
index 85dd299418..a8acadc83a 100644
--- a/reconstruction/band/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/band/pom.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12.detector</groupId>
-    <artifactId>clas12detector-band</artifactId>
-    <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <groupId>org.jlab.clas12.detector</groupId>
+  <artifactId>clas12detector-band</artifactId>
+  <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/bg/pom.xml b/reconstruction/bg/pom.xml
index e73d907379..bd391ed8bd 100644
--- a/reconstruction/bg/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/bg/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
@@ -35,4 +34,5 @@
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
+
  </project>
diff --git a/reconstruction/cnd/pom.xml b/reconstruction/cnd/pom.xml
index b001f444fd..d7e13dd912 100644
--- a/reconstruction/cnd/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/cnd/pom.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12.detector</groupId>
-    <artifactId>clas12detector-cnd</artifactId>
-    <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <groupId>org.jlab.clas12.detector</groupId>
+  <artifactId>clas12detector-cnd</artifactId>
+  <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/cvt/pom.xml b/reconstruction/cvt/pom.xml
index d6b2c60d21..cba92aadf8 100644
--- a/reconstruction/cvt/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/cvt/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/dc/pom.xml b/reconstruction/dc/pom.xml
index 6f8aceb206..b81b76d186 100644
--- a/reconstruction/dc/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/dc/pom.xml
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas12.detector</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas12detector-dc</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-      <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-      <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-      <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-      <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
+    <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/reconstruction/eb/pom.xml b/reconstruction/eb/pom.xml
index 6b0c774b2f..78cdd22110 100644
--- a/reconstruction/eb/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/eb/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
@@ -107,4 +106,5 @@
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
+
  </project>
diff --git a/reconstruction/ec/pom.xml b/reconstruction/ec/pom.xml
index 21fd4d5710..c1264e449a 100644
--- a/reconstruction/ec/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/ec/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/fmt/pom.xml b/reconstruction/fmt/pom.xml
index 948286af72..d550549ccf 100644
--- a/reconstruction/fmt/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/fmt/pom.xml
@@ -2,17 +2,14 @@
  <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>
 
-  <name>clas12detector-fmt</name>
   <groupId>org.jlab.clas12.detector</groupId>
   <artifactId>clas12detector-fmt</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/ft/pom.xml b/reconstruction/ft/pom.xml
index 715d47cfd3..2b4bc8b073 100644
--- a/reconstruction/ft/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/ft/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/htcc/pom.xml b/reconstruction/htcc/pom.xml
index 4db2ffd094..3bcb9f3ead 100644
--- a/reconstruction/htcc/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/htcc/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/ltcc/pom.xml b/reconstruction/ltcc/pom.xml
index 21ed98a165..ceeca949fc 100644
--- a/reconstruction/ltcc/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/ltcc/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/mc/pom.xml b/reconstruction/mc/pom.xml
index d1b1b127cd..32360b54ee 100644
--- a/reconstruction/mc/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/mc/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/mltn/pom.xml b/reconstruction/mltn/pom.xml
index 8594d1906c..b76fa17027 100644
--- a/reconstruction/mltn/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/mltn/pom.xml
@@ -1,57 +1,55 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12.detector</groupId>
-    <artifactId>clas12detector-mltn</artifactId>
+  <groupId>org.jlab.clas12.detector</groupId>
+  <artifactId>clas12detector-mltn</artifactId>
+  <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-        <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-        <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <dependencies>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.jlab.jnp</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jnp-hipo4</artifactId>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>j4ml</groupId>
-        <artifactId>j4ml-neuroph</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>j4ml</groupId>
-        <artifactId>j4ml-data</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>j4ml</groupId>
-        <artifactId>j4ml-clas12</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-        <artifactId>clas-io</artifactId>
-        <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-        <artifactId>clas-reco</artifactId>
-        <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-    </dependencies>
+  </parent>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jlab.jnp</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jnp-hipo4</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>j4ml</groupId>
+      <artifactId>j4ml-neuroph</artifactId>
+      <version>0.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>j4ml</groupId>
+      <artifactId>j4ml-data</artifactId>
+      <version>0.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>j4ml</groupId>
+      <artifactId>j4ml-clas12</artifactId>
+      <version>0.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
+      <artifactId>clas-io</artifactId>
+      <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
+      <artifactId>clas-reco</artifactId>
+      <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/reconstruction/pom.xml b/reconstruction/pom.xml
index 4e9b196698..daef0aa947 100644
--- a/reconstruction/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-  <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
+  <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
   <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
   <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
     <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
@@ -39,4 +38,30 @@
     <module>postproc</module>
     <module>recoil</module>
   </modules>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <!--
+        FIXME: these deployment plugins are here in this aggregator POM, so that all its modules
+        get deployed the same way, but it also means that _this_ aggregator POM gets deployed too;
+        it's not clear if this is actually useful, or correct
+      -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>${project.artifactId}</id>
+      <url>${coat.deployment.url}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/reconstruction/postproc/pom.xml b/reconstruction/postproc/pom.xml
index 4eeaa2ae3f..8283039110 100644
--- a/reconstruction/postproc/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/postproc/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
@@ -35,4 +34,5 @@
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
+
  </project>
diff --git a/reconstruction/raster/pom.xml b/reconstruction/raster/pom.xml
index 9ff24f2ed3..7310a5c4a0 100644
--- a/reconstruction/raster/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/raster/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
@@ -40,4 +39,5 @@
       <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+
  </project>
diff --git a/reconstruction/recoil/pom.xml b/reconstruction/recoil/pom.xml
index 5d9b04632e..5f431260c1 100644
--- a/reconstruction/recoil/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/recoil/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/rich/pom.xml b/reconstruction/rich/pom.xml
index 94fefea668..af6d00a5b7 100644
--- a/reconstruction/rich/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/rich/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/rtpc/pom.xml b/reconstruction/rtpc/pom.xml
index c95e55a99c..ec49b1f9c5 100644
--- a/reconstruction/rtpc/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/rtpc/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/swaps/pom.xml b/reconstruction/swaps/pom.xml
index cedecae991..66a6de11da 100644
--- a/reconstruction/swaps/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/swaps/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
@@ -35,4 +34,5 @@
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
+
  </project>
diff --git a/reconstruction/tof/pom.xml b/reconstruction/tof/pom.xml
index 7a1a655656..d692697530 100644
--- a/reconstruction/tof/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/tof/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/urwell/pom.xml b/reconstruction/urwell/pom.xml
index f9764f3f16..24ccca3ac8 100644
--- a/reconstruction/urwell/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/urwell/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/reconstruction/vtx/pom.xml b/reconstruction/vtx/pom.xml
index e40687784d..f396abc7b4 100644
--- a/reconstruction/vtx/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/vtx/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.jlab.clas</groupId>
-    <artifactId>coatjava</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <groupId>org.jlab.clas12</groupId>
+    <artifactId>reconstruction</artifactId>
     <version>13.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>