diff --git a/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml b/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
index cb52df92e..d0505aae0 100644
--- a/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -39,14 +39,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fae6856c3..01ec3a12d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     <classWorldsVersion>2.6.0</classWorldsVersion>
     <plexusUtilsVersion>3.1.1</plexusUtilsVersion>
     <xbeanReflectVersion>3.7</xbeanReflectVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
   </properties>
@@ -94,23 +95,22 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0</version>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0</version>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0</version>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        <version>4.13.1</version>
-        <scope>provided</scope>
+        <version>4.13.2</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>