diff --git a/plugin/pom.xml b/plugin/pom.xml
index 9480132e..dc1cd606 100644
--- a/plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin/pom.xml
@@ -136,10 +136,16 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- Required for the dev goal and the maven-execute dependency -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- Required for the dev goal and the maven-execute dependency -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.wildfly.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>wildfly-controller-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2fde374f..09d5960e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
         <version.org.apache.maven.shared.filter>3.4.0</version.org.apache.maven.shared.filter>
         <version.org.apache.maven.resolver>1.9.18</version.org.apache.maven.resolver>
         <version.org.codehaus.plexus>4.0.2</version.org.codehaus.plexus>
+        <version.org.codehaus.plexus-xml>4.0.4</version.org.codehaus.plexus-xml>
         <!-- maven dependencies only required by tests -->
         <version.org.apache.maven.wagon>3.5.3</version.org.apache.maven.wagon>
 
@@ -329,6 +330,12 @@
                 <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.org.codehaus.plexus}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- Required for the dev goal and the maven-execute dependency -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+                <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.org.codehaus.plexus-xml}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jboss.galleon</groupId>
                 <artifactId>galleon-maven-plugin</artifactId>