diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47993745350..ef36fc51c02 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -245,12 +245,36 @@
           <artifactId>maven-toolchains-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.0.0</version>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.4.1</version>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
 
     <plugins>
+      <!-- build enviornment -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce-maven</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <requireMavenVersion>
+                  <version>3.8.3</version>
+                </requireMavenVersion>
+              </rules>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <source>11</source>
@@ -269,7 +293,6 @@
 
       <!-- resources -->
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
@@ -295,7 +318,6 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <excludedGroups>org.fao.geonet.repository.AbstractSpringDataTest</excludedGroups>