diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a06df3be..05b74970 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>43</version>
+    <version>44</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
+      <version>${version.maven-plugin-tools}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/changes/issues/IssueUtilsTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/changes/issues/IssueUtilsTestCase.java
index 684017eb..20a8e821 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/changes/issues/IssueUtilsTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/changes/issues/IssueUtilsTestCase.java
@@ -33,19 +33,19 @@
  */
 public class IssueUtilsTestCase extends TestCase {
     public void testFilterIssuesWithVersionPrefix() {
-        Issue issue_1;
-        issue_1 = new Issue();
-        issue_1.setId("1");
-        issue_1.addFixVersion("myPrefix-1.0");
+        Issue issue1;
+        issue1 = new Issue();
+        issue1.setId("1");
+        issue1.addFixVersion("myPrefix-1.0");
 
-        Issue issue_2;
-        issue_2 = new Issue();
-        issue_2.setId("2");
-        issue_2.addFixVersion("1.0");
+        Issue issue2;
+        issue2 = new Issue();
+        issue2.setId("2");
+        issue2.addFixVersion("1.0");
 
         List<Issue> issueList = new ArrayList<>();
-        issueList.add(issue_1);
-        issueList.add(issue_2);
+        issueList.add(issue1);
+        issueList.add(issue2);
 
         List<Issue> filteredIssues;
         try {