diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-messaging/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-messaging/pom.xml
index bcd74e57d..d3bd70d64 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-messaging/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-messaging/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2013-2016 the original author or authors.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
 <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">
@@ -16,6 +32,10 @@
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
+	<properties>
+		<sonar.skip>true</sonar.skip>
+	</properties>
+
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
@@ -47,10 +67,6 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
-	<properties>
-		<testcontainers.jackson.version>2.1.0</testcontainers.jackson.version>
-	</properties>
-
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-ribbon/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-ribbon/pom.xml
index 7765d3ba1..c788b4c11 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-ribbon/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-ribbon/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2013-2016 the original author or authors.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
 <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">
@@ -16,6 +32,10 @@
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
+	<properties>
+		<sonar.skip>true</sonar.skip>
+	</properties>
+
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-stream/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-stream/pom.xml
index 561ff62ac..f306a28ee 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-stream/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-stream/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2013-2016 the original author or authors.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
 <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">
@@ -16,6 +32,10 @@
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
+	<properties>
+		<sonar.skip>true</sonar.skip>
+	</properties>
+
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-test-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-test-core/pom.xml
index 78c0028fb..87514438e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-test-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-test-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2013-2016 the original author or authors.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
 <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">
@@ -19,6 +35,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+		<sonar.skip>true</sonar.skip>
 	</properties>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-websocket/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-websocket/pom.xml
index cf3ad4ed0..95638a77a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-websocket/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-websocket/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2013-2016 the original author or authors.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
 <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">
@@ -16,6 +32,10 @@
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
+	<properties>
+		<sonar.skip>true</sonar.skip>
+	</properties>
+
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
@@ -47,10 +67,6 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
-	<properties>
-		<testcontainers.jackson.version>2.1.0</testcontainers.jackson.version>
-	</properties>
-
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-zipkin-stream/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-zipkin-stream/pom.xml
index b5817860b..f8eac4c27 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-zipkin-stream/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-zipkin-stream/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2013-2016 the original author or authors.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
 <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>
@@ -20,6 +36,7 @@
 		<docker.image.prefix>springio</docker.image.prefix>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+		<sonar.skip>true</sonar.skip>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-zipkin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-zipkin/pom.xml
index aebf1e0a2..d40e13590 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-zipkin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-zipkin/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2013-2016 the original author or authors.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
 <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>
@@ -15,6 +31,10 @@
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
+	<properties>
+		<sonar.skip>true</sonar.skip>
+	</properties>
+
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample/pom.xml
index 14b008374..ef0d702cc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2013-2016 the original author or authors.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
 <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">
@@ -16,6 +32,10 @@
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
+	<properties>
+		<sonar.skip>true</sonar.skip>
+	</properties>
+
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>