diff --git a/nifi-standardize-date-nar/pom.xml b/nifi-standardize-date-nar/pom.xml
index 27ae4f5..47c8ffe 100644
--- a/nifi-standardize-date-nar/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-standardize-date-nar/pom.xml
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.nineteen04labs</groupId>
         <artifactId>nifi-standardize-date-bundle</artifactId>
-        <version>18.07.3</version>
+        <version>18.07.4</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>nifi-standardize-date-nar</artifactId>
-    <version>18.07.3</version>
+    <version>18.07.4</version>
     <packaging>nar</packaging>
     <properties>
         <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.nineteen04labs</groupId>
             <artifactId>nifi-standardize-date-processors</artifactId>
-            <version>18.07.3</version>
+            <version>18.07.4</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/nifi-standardize-date-processors/pom.xml b/nifi-standardize-date-processors/pom.xml
index 1a402ec..b99136a 100644
--- a/nifi-standardize-date-processors/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-standardize-date-processors/pom.xml
@@ -20,75 +20,89 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.nineteen04labs</groupId>
         <artifactId>nifi-standardize-date-bundle</artifactId>
-        <version>18.07.3</version>
+        <version>18.07.4</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>nifi-standardize-date-processors</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
+    <properties>
+        <nifi.version>1.5.0</nifi.version>
+        <custom.avro.version>1.8.0.48p</custom.avro.version>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.nifi</groupId>
             <artifactId>nifi-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${nifi.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.nifi</groupId>
             <artifactId>nifi-utils</artifactId>
+            <version>${nifi.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
             <version>2.6</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- Import custom avro and its dependencies to handle union file types -->
+        <!-- Import custom avro that we built below to handle union file types -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
             <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.0</version>
-            <scope>system</scope>
-            <systemPath>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/avro-1.8.0-zolyfarkas.jar</systemPath>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.13</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.13</version>
+            <version>${custom.avro.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>19.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
-            <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.7.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- End of custom avro and dependencies -->
-        <!-- Need newer Jackson lib for JsonFactory -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
             <version>2.9.6</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.nifi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>nifi-mock</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+            <version>1.7.25</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.nifi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>nifi-mock</artifactId>
+            <version>${nifi.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.12</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-</project>
+
+    <!-- Run 'mvn validate' to install this dependency to local m2 -->
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5.2</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+                    <version>${custom.avro.version}</version>
+                    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+                    <file>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/avro-${custom.avro.version}-jar-with-dependencies.jar</file>
+                    <generatePom>true</generatePom>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>install-jar-lib</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>install-file</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nifi-standardize-date-processors/src/main/resources/avro-1.8.0-zolyfarkas.jar b/nifi-standardize-date-processors/src/main/resources/avro-1.8.0-zolyfarkas.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index e833b09..0000000
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diff --git a/nifi-standardize-date-processors/src/main/resources/avro-1.8.0.48p-jar-with-dependencies.jar b/nifi-standardize-date-processors/src/main/resources/avro-1.8.0.48p-jar-with-dependencies.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c94aa2
Binary files /dev/null and b/nifi-standardize-date-processors/src/main/resources/avro-1.8.0.48p-jar-with-dependencies.jar differ
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 01719f3..b9d2523 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,9 @@
 <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>
 
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.apache.nifi</groupId>
-        <artifactId>nifi-nar-bundles</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0</version>
-    </parent>
-
     <groupId>com.nineteen04labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>nifi-standardize-date-bundle</artifactId>
-    <version>18.07.3</version>
+    <version>18.07.4</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <modules>
@@ -32,4 +26,28 @@
         <module>nifi-standardize-date-nar</module>
     </modules>
 
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.nifi</groupId>
+                <artifactId>nifi-nar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.2.0</version>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.7.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
 </project>