diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index be0ddcd12..dbde6a740 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ api_key
 # Python utilities
 *.pyc
 artman-genfiles
+
+.flattened-pom.xml
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
index 309e4d51e..c2ef87ebf 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
@@ -452,6 +452,11 @@
           <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
index 3a05f1209..0e002197f 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
@@ -90,4 +90,13 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
index ff675b8d8..6240b3ba6 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
@@ -82,4 +82,13 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
index 164d80f9f..30987be00 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
@@ -58,4 +58,13 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
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diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
index 7fccaf4a1..90067cd62 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
@@ -53,4 +53,13 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file