diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
index 465d41f22..086cbde00 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@
       <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
@@ -114,6 +119,17 @@
       <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-util</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- plexus -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-report-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-report-plugin/pom.xml
index d023ad270..38f79e403 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-report-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-report-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <it.debug>true</it.debug>
+    <doxiaVersion>1.11.1</doxiaVersion>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -57,6 +58,11 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-reporting-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-model-builder</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
@@ -67,6 +73,12 @@
       <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- plugin tools -->
     <dependency>
@@ -86,7 +98,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
       <artifactId>doxia-sink-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.1</version>
+      <version>${doxiaVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
+      <artifactId>doxia-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${doxiaVersion}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- shared -->
@@ -101,12 +118,11 @@
       <version>3.8.1</version>
       <!--same version as used by doxia site renderer -->
     </dependency>
-    <!-- plexus -->
+    <!-- Plexus -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <!-- Plexus -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-i18n</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
index 9a66a25f8..9423b4df5 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-api</artifactId>
@@ -56,6 +60,11 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
@@ -73,6 +82,12 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
+      <version>1</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
@@ -111,6 +126,12 @@
       <artifactId>plexus-testing</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
+      <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
+      <version>1.11.13</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
index 21f4c209a..0800051ba 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,30 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-reporting-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
+      <version>1</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
+      <version>2.7.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <!-- plexus -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
@@ -81,7 +105,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4</version>
+      <version>3.5.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- for parsing java/javadoc versions -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
index e2ca5627f..e262d1c34 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
@@ -43,30 +43,50 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- plexus -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-velocity</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- other -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
       <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
-      <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
-      <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- for HTML to plain text conversion -->
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
index 7c0cc293e..0534a4ec3 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,15 @@
     <!-- maven -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
@@ -49,14 +57,9 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- plexus -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- misc -->
@@ -64,8 +67,24 @@
       <groupId>com.thoughtworks.qdox</groupId>
       <artifactId>qdox</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
+      <version>1</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- test -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b07501221..025552e41 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
     <pluginTestingHarnessVersion>3.3.0</pluginTestingHarnessVersion>
     <maven4Version>4.0.0-alpha-4</maven4Version>
     <maven3Version>3.9.6</maven3Version>
+    <resolverVersion>1.9.18</resolverVersion>
     <slf4jVersion>1.7.36</slf4jVersion>
     <antVersion>1.10.14</antVersion>
     <maven.site.path>plugin-tools-archives/plugin-tools-LATEST</maven.site.path>
@@ -158,6 +159,11 @@
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-model-builder</artifactId>
+        <version>${maven3Version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>