diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/annotation-with-inheritance-reactor/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/annotation-with-inheritance-reactor/pom.xml
index ad37af04f..a4236d23d 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/annotation-with-inheritance-reactor/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/annotation-with-inheritance-reactor/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0</version>
+      <version>@mavenVersion@</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+      <version>@mavenVersion@</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/annotation-with-inheritance/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/annotation-with-inheritance/pom.xml
index 4921b29bc..3cb72fead 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/annotation-with-inheritance/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/annotation-with-inheritance/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0</version>
+      <version>@mavenVersion@</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+      <version>@mavenVersion@</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>