diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
index 4d67fdcf..e2a3e7ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Verify
     uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v3
+    with:
+      maven-args: '-D"invoker.streamLogsOnFailures" -U'
+      # put this back when 3.4.0 with jdk19 support has been released
+      #jdk-matrix: '[ "8", "11", "17", "19"]'
+      # verify-fail-fast: false
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index e9f05f7d..e19d6a06 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-asfMavenTlpPlgnBuild()
+// put 19 back when 3.4.0 with jdk19 support has been released
+asfMavenTlpPlgnBuild(jdks:[ "8", "11", "17"])
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7eb63f8e..d8747dcd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ under the License.
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>3.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Maven Invoker Plugin</name>
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ under the License.
     <beanshell-groupId>org.apache-extras.beanshell</beanshell-groupId>
     <beanshell-artifactId>bsh</beanshell-artifactId>
     <beanshell-version>2.0b6</beanshell-version>
-    <groovy-groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groovy-groupId>
-    <groovy-version>3.0.12</groovy-version>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2022-05-25T15:26:55Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <groovy-version>4.0.6</groovy-version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -98,6 +97,13 @@ under the License.
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
         <version>2.11.0</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
+        <artifactId>groovy-bom</artifactId>
+        <version>${groovy-version}</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -159,14 +165,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-script-interpreter</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- there's already a direct dependency to groovy -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
-          <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
+      <version>1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -189,21 +188,18 @@ under the License.
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>${groovy-groupId}</groupId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-      <version>${groovy-version}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>${groovy-groupId}</groupId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy-json</artifactId>
-      <version>${groovy-version}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>${groovy-groupId}</groupId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
-      <version>${groovy-version}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -265,7 +261,6 @@ under the License.
       <version>1.7.36</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -332,6 +327,29 @@ under the License.
           <version>1.0.0</version>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>ban-org-codehaus-groovy</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <bannedDependencies>
+                  <excludes>
+                    <exclude>org.codehaus.groovy:*</exclude>
+                  </excludes>
+                  <searchTransitive>true</searchTransitive>
+                </bannedDependencies>
+              </rules>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/src/it/MINVOKER-196_junit_report_file/src/it/project/verify.groovy b/src/it/MINVOKER-196_junit_report_file/src/it/project/verify.groovy
index a42a51af..a3406a71 100644
--- a/src/it/MINVOKER-196_junit_report_file/src/it/project/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/MINVOKER-196_junit_report_file/src/it/project/verify.groovy
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import groovy.xml.XmlSlurper
+
 // ensure script context contains localRepositoryPath
 assert new File( basedir, "../../../target/it-repo" ).canonicalFile.equals( localRepositoryPath )
 
diff --git a/src/it/MINVOKER-196_junit_report_file/verify.groovy b/src/it/MINVOKER-196_junit_report_file/verify.groovy
index 34fb6f19..fe84996f 100644
--- a/src/it/MINVOKER-196_junit_report_file/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/MINVOKER-196_junit_report_file/verify.groovy
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+import groovy.xml.XmlSlurper
+
 File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
 assert buildLog.text.contains( '[INFO] run post-build script verify.groovy' )
 
diff --git a/src/it/MINVOKER-288-failed-setup-run/verify.groovy b/src/it/MINVOKER-288-failed-setup-run/verify.groovy
index 5aac8b50..edc0858b 100644
--- a/src/it/MINVOKER-288-failed-setup-run/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/MINVOKER-288-failed-setup-run/verify.groovy
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-
+import groovy.xml.XmlSlurper
 
 File invokerReports = new File( new File(basedir, 'target'), 'invoker-reports-test' )
 assert invokerReports.exists()
diff --git a/src/it/MINVOKER-288-failed-setup-verify/verify.groovy b/src/it/MINVOKER-288-failed-setup-verify/verify.groovy
index 991388b2..2e769ad0 100644
--- a/src/it/MINVOKER-288-failed-setup-verify/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/MINVOKER-288-failed-setup-verify/verify.groovy
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-
+import groovy.xml.XmlSlurper
 
 File invokerReports = new File( new File(basedir, "target"), 'invoker-reports-test' )
 assert invokerReports.exists()
diff --git a/src/it/local-repo-url/src/it/project/postbuild.groovy b/src/it/local-repo-url/src/it/project/postbuild.groovy
index a42a51af..a3406a71 100644
--- a/src/it/local-repo-url/src/it/project/postbuild.groovy
+++ b/src/it/local-repo-url/src/it/project/postbuild.groovy
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import groovy.xml.XmlSlurper
+
 // ensure script context contains localRepositoryPath
 assert new File( basedir, "../../../target/it-repo" ).canonicalFile.equals( localRepositoryPath )
 
diff --git a/src/it/script-classpath-duplicates/pom.xml b/src/it/script-classpath-duplicates/pom.xml
index 1ba8f1d0..20a19265 100644
--- a/src/it/script-classpath-duplicates/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/script-classpath-duplicates/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ under the License.
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>@groovy-groupId@</groupId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
       <version>@groovy-version@</version>
       <type>pom</type>
diff --git a/src/it/script-streamLogs-false/verify.groovy b/src/it/script-streamLogs-false/verify.groovy
index c8e84f25..7bd32933 100644
--- a/src/it/script-streamLogs-false/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/script-streamLogs-false/verify.groovy
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ assert beanshellLog.contains('java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Requested array size e
 
 // groovy failed and no log message
 assert !buildLog.contains('[INFO] Output from groovy script')
-assert !buildLog.contains('Assertion failed:')
-assert !buildLog.contains('assert pom.contains("<modelVersion>9.9.9</modelVersion>")')
-assert buildLog.contains('[INFO]   org.apache.maven.shared.scriptinterpreter.ScriptEvaluationException: Assertion Error')
+assert buildLog.contains('Assertion failed:')
+assert buildLog.contains('assert pom.contains("<modelVersion>9.9.9</modelVersion>")')
 assert buildLog.contains('[INFO]           groovy' + FS + 'pom.xml ................................... FAILED')
 
 assert groovyLog.contains('Output from groovy script')
diff --git a/src/it/script-verify-xml/verify.groovy b/src/it/script-verify-xml/verify.groovy
index c1409bf6..be3f550f 100644
--- a/src/it/script-verify-xml/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/script-verify-xml/verify.groovy
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import groovy.xml.XmlSlurper
+
 // from http://groovy-lang.org/processing-xml.html
 // A lot of examples covering xml assertions 
 
diff --git a/src/it/selector-scripts/setup.groovy b/src/it/selector-scripts/setup.groovy
index 054111a1..44b015ce 100644
--- a/src/it/selector-scripts/setup.groovy
+++ b/src/it/selector-scripts/setup.groovy
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils
+import java.io.File
 
 // Previous potential target 'content' has impact on IT execution
 // (Some new file should be created by verify.sh) 
-FileUtils.deleteQuietly( new File( basedir, "target/invoker-reports-test" ) );
-FileUtils.deleteQuietly( new File( basedir, "src/it/script-ret-quiet/target" ) );
-FileUtils.deleteQuietly( new File( basedir, "src/it/script-ret-true/target" ) );
+new File( basedir, "target/invoker-reports-test" ).deleteDir()
+new File( basedir, "src/it/script-ret-quiet/target" ).deleteDir()
+new File( basedir, "src/it/script-ret-true/target" ).deleteDir()
 return true;
diff --git a/src/it/settings-merge_jdk9+/src/it/project/postbuild.groovy b/src/it/settings-merge_jdk9+/src/it/project/postbuild.groovy
index 756af0f7..065f64df 100644
--- a/src/it/settings-merge_jdk9+/src/it/project/postbuild.groovy
+++ b/src/it/settings-merge_jdk9+/src/it/project/postbuild.groovy
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import groovy.xml.XmlSlurper
+
 File effectiveSettings = new File( basedir, "effective-settings.xml" )
 assert effectiveSettings.isFile()
 
diff --git a/src/site/apt/groovy-version.apt.vm b/src/site/apt/groovy-version.apt.vm
index fd3dc9ef..bc1d17f9 100644
--- a/src/site/apt/groovy-version.apt.vm
+++ b/src/site/apt/groovy-version.apt.vm
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ Groovy version and extensions
   <<NOTICE>>: Plugin <<<maven-invoker-plugin>>> in versions older than <<<3.3.0>>> has dependency
   on <<<groovy-all>>> artifact from <<<Groovy 2>>>.
 
-  Plugin <<<maven-invoker-plugin>>> in version <<<3.3.0>>> has only dependency on <<<Groovy 3>>> core add common extensions:
+  Plugin <<<maven-invoker-plugin>>> in version <<<3.4.0>>> has only dependency on <<<Groovy 4>>> core add common extensions:
 
-  * <<<org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:3.0.10>>>
+  * <<<org.apache.groovy:groovy:${groovy-version}>>>
 
-  * <<<org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-json:3.0.10>>>
+  * <<<org.apache.groovy:groovy-json:${groovy-version}>>>
 
-  * <<<org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-xml:3.0.10>>>
+  * <<<org.apache.groovy:groovy-xml:${groovy-version}>>>
 
   []
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Groovy version and extensions
         .....
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
             <artifactId>groovy-yaml</artifactId>
             <version>3.0.10</version>
           </dependency>
@@ -65,14 +65,5 @@ Groovy version and extensions
 </project>
 +------------------
 
-  <<NOTICE>>: In plugin version <<<3.3.0>>> only <<<Groovy 3>>> extensions can be used.
+  <<NOTICE>>: In plugin version <<<3.3.0>>> only <<<Groovy 4>>> extensions can be used.
 
-Groovy 4
-
-  Please be noted that in <<<Groovy 4>>> maven <<<groupId>>> was changed
-  from <<org.codehaus.groovy>> to <<org.apache.groovy>>.
-
-  Plugin has dependency on <<<Groovy 3>>> artifacts with old <<<groupId>>>,
-  what causes that <<<Groovy 4>>> can not by used in scripts.
-
-  Next version of <<<maven-invoker-plugin>>> can contains <<<Groovy 4>>> as default.