diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b43020cbe..0016e7045 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ under the License.
     <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2022-03-05T18:51:54Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
+    <plexus-archiver.version>4.6.0</plexus-archiver.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
-      <version>4.2.2</version>
+      <version>${plexus-archiver.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/setup-custom-ear-lifecycle/manager/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/setup-custom-ear-lifecycle/manager/pom.xml
index d3f85640a..41e9fe15b 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/setup-custom-ear-lifecycle/manager/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/setup-custom-ear-lifecycle/manager/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.3</version>
+      <version>@plexus-archiver.version@</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/src/it/projects/setup-custom-ear-lifecycle/plugin/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/setup-custom-ear-lifecycle/plugin/pom.xml
index 9d2e6573f..ca1f9b3af 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/setup-custom-ear-lifecycle/plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/setup-custom-ear-lifecycle/plugin/pom.xml
@@ -41,18 +41,7 @@ under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>mojo-descriptor</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>descriptor</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
+        <version>3.7.0</version>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
@@ -68,23 +57,25 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.9</version>
+      <version>@mavenVersion@</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.9</version>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+      <version>@mavenVersion@</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
-      <version>4.2.2</version>
+      <version>@plexus-archiver.version@</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- dependencies to annotations -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1</version>
+      <version>3.7.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromConfiguration/TestIncludeExcludeUnpackMojo.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromConfiguration/TestIncludeExcludeUnpackMojo.java
index afc0dfcb7..9134d062c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromConfiguration/TestIncludeExcludeUnpackMojo.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromConfiguration/TestIncludeExcludeUnpackMojo.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ protected void setUp()
         assertNotNull( mojo );
         assertNotNull( mojo.getProject() );
 
-        mojo.setArchiverManager( (ArchiverManager) lookup( ArchiverManager.ROLE ) );
+        mojo.setArchiverManager( lookup( ArchiverManager.class ) );
 
         mojo.setMarkersDirectory( new File( this.testDir, "markers" ) );
         mojo.setArtifactItems( list );
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/testUtils/DependencyArtifactStubFactory.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/testUtils/DependencyArtifactStubFactory.java
index 807c6f93b..2d7527f8e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/testUtils/DependencyArtifactStubFactory.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/testUtils/DependencyArtifactStubFactory.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.testUtils;
 
-/* 
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -28,13 +28,19 @@
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.VersionRange;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.fromConfiguration.ArtifactItem;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.ArtifactStubFactory;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.fromConfiguration.ArtifactItem;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.Archiver;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.ArchiverException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.manager.ArchiverManager;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.manager.NoSuchArchiverException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.war.WarArchiver;
 
 public class DependencyArtifactStubFactory
     extends ArtifactStubFactory
 {
     private boolean flattenedPath = true;
+    private ArchiverManager archiverManager;
 
     public DependencyArtifactStubFactory( File theWorkingDir, boolean theCreateFiles, boolean flattenedPath )
     {
@@ -95,4 +101,37 @@ public Artifact createArtifact( String groupId, String artifactId, VersionRange
 
         return artifact;
     }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUnpackableFile( ArchiverManager archiverManager )
+    {
+        // it is needed in createUnpackableFile method
+        this.archiverManager = archiverManager;
+        super.setUnpackableFile( archiverManager );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * We need override original method which try to set wrong class of logger on Archiver.
+     * <p>
+     * Newer version of Archiver use SLF4J instead of Plexus logger.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void createUnpackableFile( Artifact artifact, File destFile )
+        throws NoSuchArchiverException, ArchiverException, IOException
+    {
+        Archiver archiver = archiverManager.getArchiver( destFile );
+
+        archiver.setDestFile( destFile );
+        archiver.addFile( getSrcFile(), getUnpackableFileName( artifact ) );
+
+        if ( archiver instanceof WarArchiver )
+        {
+            WarArchiver war = (WarArchiver) archiver;
+            // the use of this is counter-intuitive:
+            // http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/PLX-286
+            war.setIgnoreWebxml( false );
+        }
+        archiver.createArchive();
+    }
 }