diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-plugins/restApiPlugin/pom.xml b/app/server/appsmith-plugins/restApiPlugin/pom.xml
index cd9e8fa6a5..b34dbf1947 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-plugins/restApiPlugin/pom.xml
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-plugins/restApiPlugin/pom.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
          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.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2.2.RELEASE</version>
+        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+    </parent>
+
     <groupId>com.external.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>restApiPlugin</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -40,14 +47,8 @@
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.2.3.RELEASE</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.4.RELEASE</version>
+            <artifactId>spring-webflux</artifactId>
+            <version>5.1.13.RELEASE</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -58,14 +59,8 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.2</version>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -111,7 +106,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.13.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -133,33 +127,31 @@
 
     </dependencies>
 
+    <!--
+        This doesn't use the maven-shade-plugin because it inherits from spring-boot-starter-parent
+        for it's dependency on webclient. This is a normal compile.
+    -->
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.4</version>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.2</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <minimizeJar>false</minimizeJar>
-                    <transformers>
-                        <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
-                            <manifestEntries>
-                                <Plugin-Id>${plugin.id}</Plugin-Id>
-                                <Plugin-Class>${plugin.class}</Plugin-Class>
-                                <Plugin-Version>${plugin.version}</Plugin-Version>
-                                <Plugin-Provider>${plugin.provider}</Plugin-Provider>
-                            </manifestEntries>
-                        </transformer>
-                    </transformers>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifestEntries>
+                            <Plugin-Id>${plugin.id}</Plugin-Id>
+                            <Plugin-Class>${plugin.class}</Plugin-Class>
+                            <Plugin-Version>${plugin.version}</Plugin-Version>
+                            <Plugin-Provider>${plugin.provider}</Plugin-Provider>
+                            <Plugin-Dependencies>${plugin.dependencies}</Plugin-Dependencies>
+                        </manifestEntries>
+                    </archive>
                 </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>