diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ae15401f..910c8b6a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <!--
 Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ under the License.
 
   <properties>
     <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
+    <aetherVersion>1.0.0.v20140518</aetherVersion>
     <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
     <checkstyleVersion>9.3</checkstyleVersion>
     <doxiaVersion>1.11.1</doxiaVersion>
-    <sitePluginVersion>3.9.1</sitePluginVersion>
-    <surefire.version>2.22.2</surefire.version>
+    <doxiaSitetoolsVersion>1.11.1</doxiaSitetoolsVersion>
+    <sitePluginVersion>3.12.1</sitePluginVersion>
+    <jxrPluginVersion>3.3.0</jxrPluginVersion>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2021-01-23T22:30:12Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
@@ -117,35 +119,33 @@ under the License.
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- shared -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-reporting-api</artifactId>
+      <version>3.1.1</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-reporting-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1.0</version>
-      <exclusions>
-       <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
-          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
+      <version>3.2.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- doxia -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
-      <artifactId>doxia-site-renderer</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>doxia-sink-api</artifactId>
       <version>${doxiaVersion}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
-      <artifactId>doxia-integration-tools</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>doxia-core</artifactId>
       <version>${doxiaVersion}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
+      <artifactId>doxia-integration-tools</artifactId>
+      <version>${doxiaSitetoolsVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- plexus -->
     <dependency>
@@ -168,11 +168,6 @@ under the License.
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
       <version>3.4.2</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-interpolation</artifactId>
-      <version>1.26</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-velocity</artifactId>
@@ -208,17 +203,65 @@ under the License.
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- test -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <version>4.13.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.36</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-testing</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-testing-harness</artifactId>
       <version>3.3.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+          <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aether-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${aetherVersion}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aether-impl</artifactId>
+      <version>${aetherVersion}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aether-connector-basic</artifactId>
+      <version>${aetherVersion}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aether-transport-wagon</artifactId>
+      <version>${aetherVersion}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-http-lightweight</artifactId>
+      <version>3.5.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -335,6 +378,7 @@ under the License.
       <build>
         <plugins>
           <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
             <configuration>
               <goals>
@@ -376,7 +420,7 @@ under the License.
         </plugins>
       </reporting>
     </profile>
-    
+
     <profile>
       <id>jdk9</id>
       <activation>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-129/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-129/pom.xml
index 33079a33..7d3f51b3 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-129/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-129/pom.xml
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ under the License.
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>checkstyle-new</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
-  <properties>
-    <checkstyleVersion>@pom.version@</checkstyleVersion>
-  </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -46,16 +43,16 @@ under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${checkstyleVersion}</version>
-      </plugin>      
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
-  </build>  
+  </build>
   <reporting>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${checkstyleVersion}</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <configuration>
           <configLocation>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/checkstyle-8.28/src/main/resources/sun_checks.xml</configLocation>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-131/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-131/pom.xml
index 0e0409d6..54209626 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-131/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-131/pom.xml
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <configuration>
           <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-137/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-137/pom.xml
index 7050b4de..c30b6fc3 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-137/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-137/pom.xml
@@ -37,17 +37,13 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-        </configuration>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>validate</id>
             <phase>validate</phase>
             <configuration>
               <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-              <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
               <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
               <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
               <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-169/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-169/pom.xml
index abfa9e7c..d1da4623 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-169/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-169/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ under the License.
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <checkstyleVersion>@project.version@</checkstyleVersion>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ under the License.
           <inherited>true</inherited>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${checkstyleVersion}</version>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <inherited>true</inherited>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-172/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-172/pom.xml
index e29f7c62..8a8a2bb8 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-172/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-172/pom.xml
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>@sitePluginVersion@</version>
-      </plugin>      
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <reporting>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-173-with-charset/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-173-with-charset/pom.xml
index fefa985f..b3366885 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-173-with-charset/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-173-with-charset/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <configuration>
           <configLocation>checkstyle-with-charset.xml</configLocation>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-173-without-charset/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-173-without-charset/pom.xml
index eaf6c581..7a042acb 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-173-without-charset/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-173-without-charset/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <configuration>
           <configLocation>checkstyle-without-charset.xml</configLocation>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-193/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-193/pom.xml
index 0b93fbb3..37cce0cd 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-193/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-193/pom.xml
@@ -37,13 +37,11 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <configuration>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-              <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-              <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-              <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
-              <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
+          <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+          <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
+          <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-219-no-license_failure/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-219-no-license_failure/pom.xml
index fc38b6cd..b2cd4118 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-219-no-license_failure/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-219-no-license_failure/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>check</id>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-219-no-license_success/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-219-no-license_success/pom.xml
index 5159d799..2cf51cc2 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-219-no-license_success/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-219-no-license_success/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>check</id>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-222-no-resources/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-222-no-resources/pom.xml
index 1b6e4639..b4541e66 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-222-no-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-222-no-resources/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet>
             <reports>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-222-resources/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-222-resources/pom.xml
index c8f486ba..3263bade 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-222-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-222-resources/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet>
             <reports>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-222-testResources/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-222-testResources/pom.xml
index 0da43182..e0022361 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-222-testResources/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-222-testResources/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet>
             <reports>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-224/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-224/pom.xml
index fc572620..98125480 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-224/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-224/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
+        <version>@jxrPluginVersion@</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-LICENSE.txt/core/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-LICENSE.txt/core/pom.xml
index 189c2b57..ab68edc0 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-LICENSE.txt/core/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-LICENSE.txt/core/pom.xml
@@ -1,58 +1,58 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ 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
-  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
-  ~ under the License.
-  -->
-
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle</groupId>
-  <artifactId>mcheckstyle-225-core</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-  </properties>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mcheckstyle-225-build-tools</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>check</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>check</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-</project>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ 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
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mcheckstyle-225-core</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mcheckstyle-225-build-tools</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>check</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-customHeader/core/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-customHeader/core/pom.xml
index f342d3ad..4ea23168 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-customHeader/core/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-customHeader/core/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-pluginManagement/core/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-pluginManagement/core/pom.xml
index 4544068d..7fe36661 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-pluginManagement/core/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-pluginManagement/core/pom.xml
@@ -1,57 +1,57 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ 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
-  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
-  ~ under the License.
-  -->
-
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle</groupId>
-    <artifactId>mcheckstyle-225</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-  <artifactId>mcheckstyle-225-core</artifactId>
-
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-  </properties>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>check</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>check</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <headerLocation>test/custom-header.txt</headerLocation>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-</project>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ 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
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mcheckstyle-225</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>mcheckstyle-225-core</artifactId>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>check</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <headerLocation>test/custom-header.txt</headerLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-pluginManagement/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-pluginManagement/pom.xml
index 12b0bdfd..f61ae9e7 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-pluginManagement/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-225-pluginManagement/pom.xml
@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- ~ 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 ~ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF 
-  licenses this file ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the ~ 
-  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance ~ with the License. 
-  You may obtain a copy of the License at ~ ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
-  ~ ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, ~ software 
-  distributed under the License is distributed on an ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 
-  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY ~ KIND, either express or implied. See the 
-  License for the ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations 
-  ~ under the License. -->
-
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle</groupId>
-  <artifactId>mcheckstyle-225</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-  <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>@pom.version@</version>
-          <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-              <artifactId>mcheckstyle-225-build-tools</artifactId>
-              <version>${project.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-          </dependencies>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-    </pluginManagement>
-  </build>
-
-  <modules>
-    <module>build-tools</module>
-    <module>core</module>
-  </modules>
-</project>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- ~ 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 ~ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF
+  licenses this file ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the ~
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance ~ with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at ~ ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~ ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, ~ software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY ~ KIND, either express or implied. See the
+  License for the ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License. -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mcheckstyle-225</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+              <artifactId>mcheckstyle-225-build-tools</artifactId>
+              <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>build-tools</module>
+    <module>core</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-268/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-268/pom.xml
index 8a152b30..4af529b7 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-268/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-268/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>check</id>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-332_cache-checker/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-332_cache-checker/pom.xml
index 388aaa84..2e4713fb 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-332_cache-checker/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-332_cache-checker/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-337/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-337/pom.xml
index 3dbbf1a5..29ffd169 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-337/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-337/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>check</id>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-338/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-338/pom.xml
index dcfc9798..3ecd7f0e 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-338/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-338/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       <plugins>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>@pom.version@</version>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
           <configuration>
             <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
           </configuration>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-347/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-347/pom.xml
index 445012a5..6f1237ab 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-347/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-347/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- making sure there is one checkstyle error -->
           <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-357-with-header-override/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-357-with-header-override/pom.xml
index 6a0d9906..9a11d16f 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-357-with-header-override/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-357-with-header-override/pom.xml
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
             <plugins>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.7.1</version>
+                    <version>@sitePluginVersion@</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>@pom.version@</version>
+                    <version>@project.version@</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <checkstyleRules>
                             <module name="Checker">
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-357/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-357/pom.xml
index 4ac7dc9b..3e809bfc 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-357/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-357/pom.xml
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
             <plugins>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.7.1</version>
+                    <version>@sitePluginVersion@</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>@pom.version@</version>
+                    <version>@project.version@</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <checkstyleRules>
                             <module name="Checker">
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-365/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-365/pom.xml
index 2f829d24..d1d6729b 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-365/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-365/pom.xml
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
             <plugins>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.7.1</version>
+                    <version>@sitePluginVersion@</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>@pom.version@</version>
+                    <version>@project.version@</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <checkstyleRules>
                             <module name="Checker">
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-99-custom-xref-test-location/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-99-custom-xref-test-location/pom.xml
index 2c3839fa..f5f86646 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-99-custom-xref-test-location/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-99-custom-xref-test-location/pom.xml
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ under the License.
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>checkstyle-new</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
-  <properties>
-    <checkstyleVersion>@pom.version@</checkstyleVersion>
-    <jxrPluginVersion>3.0.0</jxrPluginVersion>
-  </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -43,7 +39,7 @@ under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>@pom.version@</version>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
           <configuration>
             <configLocation>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/checkstyle-8.28/src/main/resources/sun_checks.xml</configLocation>
             <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
@@ -53,10 +49,10 @@ under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${jxrPluginVersion}</version>
+          <version>@jxrPluginVersion@</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
-    </pluginManagement>  
+    </pluginManagement>
   </build>
   <reporting>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-99/pom.xml b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-99/pom.xml
index 450f13cd..bf629fd6 100644
--- a/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-99/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-99/pom.xml
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ under the License.
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>checkstyle-new</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
-  <properties>
-    <checkstyleVersion>@pom.version@</checkstyleVersion>
-    <jxrPluginVersion>3.0.0</jxrPluginVersion>
-  </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -43,7 +39,7 @@ under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>@pom.version@</version>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
           <configuration>
             <configLocation>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/checkstyle-8.28/src/main/resources/sun_checks.xml</configLocation>
             <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
@@ -52,10 +48,10 @@ under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${jxrPluginVersion}</version>
+          <version>@jxrPluginVersion@</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
-    </pluginManagement>  
+    </pluginManagement>
   </build>
   <reporting>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/src/it/check-fail/pom.xml b/src/it/check-fail/pom.xml
index ebf692b1..a7e6de42 100644
--- a/src/it/check-fail/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/check-fail/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>check</id>
diff --git a/src/it/check-pass/pom.xml b/src/it/check-pass/pom.xml
index a2303f94..532139ce 100644
--- a/src/it/check-pass/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/check-pass/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>check</id>
diff --git a/src/it/check-tests-only/pom.xml b/src/it/check-tests-only/pom.xml
index d377267c..b56faa2d 100644
--- a/src/it/check-tests-only/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/check-tests-only/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <configuration>
           <includes>**/*.*</includes>
           <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
diff --git a/src/it/checkstyle-goal/pom.xml b/src/it/checkstyle-goal/pom.xml
index 821dcb22..373425c3 100644
--- a/src/it/checkstyle-goal/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/checkstyle-goal/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <configuration>
           <enableRSS>true</enableRSS>
         </configuration>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet>
             <reports>
diff --git a/src/it/checkstyle-report/pom.xml b/src/it/checkstyle-report/pom.xml
index 686c43cf..9755cab7 100644
--- a/src/it/checkstyle-report/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/checkstyle-report/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <configuration>
           <enableRSS>true</enableRSS>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/src/it/minimal-pom/pom.xml b/src/it/minimal-pom/pom.xml
index 11f77810..d30a26ac 100644
--- a/src/it/minimal-pom/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/minimal-pom/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
diff --git a/src/it/multi-modules-aggregate/child-a/pom.xml b/src/it/multi-modules-aggregate/child-a/pom.xml
index 94839244..973a8f60 100644
--- a/src/it/multi-modules-aggregate/child-a/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/multi-modules-aggregate/child-a/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>@pom.version@</version>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
         </plugin>      
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
       </plugin>      
     </plugins>
   </build>  
diff --git a/src/it/multi-modules-aggregate/pom.xml b/src/it/multi-modules-aggregate/pom.xml
index 82ac112d..c97e517b 100644
--- a/src/it/multi-modules-aggregate/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/multi-modules-aggregate/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>@pom.version@</version>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- this is the file we had in 2.13, slightly adapted to Checkstyle 8.x -->
           <configLocation>maven_checks.xml</configLocation>
diff --git a/src/it/multi-modules/multi-modules-child/pom.xml b/src/it/multi-modules/multi-modules-child/pom.xml
index 0cd429c6..00fdde84 100644
--- a/src/it/multi-modules/multi-modules-child/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/multi-modules/multi-modules-child/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>@pom.version@</version>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
         </plugin>      
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
       </plugin>      
     </plugins>
   </build>  
diff --git a/src/it/multi-modules/pom.xml b/src/it/multi-modules/pom.xml
index 1539b19c..e618dcfd 100644
--- a/src/it/multi-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/multi-modules/pom.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>@pom.version@</version>
-        </plugin>      
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
     <module>multi-modules-child</module>
     <module>multi-modules-child-nosource</module>
   </modules>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/multimoduleproject/pom.xml b/src/it/multimoduleproject/pom.xml
index dff6b120..cfe9b220 100644
--- a/src/it/multimoduleproject/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/multimoduleproject/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
         <!-- version>2.4</version -->
         <configuration>
           <!-- 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/AbstractCheckstyleReport.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/AbstractCheckstyleReport.java
index 583c5f3a..14344b66 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/AbstractCheckstyleReport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/AbstractCheckstyleReport.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
-import org.apache.maven.doxia.tools.SiteTool;
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
 import org.apache.maven.model.PluginManagement;
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractCheckstyleReport
 
     private static final String DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION = "sun_checks.xml";
 
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${session}", readonly = true, required = true )
+    private MavenSession session;
+
     /**
      * Specifies the cache file used to speed up Checkstyle on successive runs.
      */
@@ -113,16 +116,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractCheckstyleReport
     @Parameter( property = "checkstyle.consoleOutput", defaultValue = "false" )
     protected boolean consoleOutput;
 
-    /**
-     * The file encoding to use when reading the source files. If the property <code>project.build.sourceEncoding</code>
-     * is not set, the platform default encoding is used. <strong>Note:</strong> This parameter always overrides the
-     * property <code>charset</code> from Checkstyle's <code>TreeWalker</code> module.
-     *
-     * @since 2.2
-     */
-    @Parameter( property = "encoding", defaultValue = "${project.build.sourceEncoding}" )
-    protected String encoding;
-
     /**
      * Specifies if the build should fail upon a violation.
      */
@@ -362,14 +355,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractCheckstyleReport
     @Deprecated
     private boolean enableRSS;
 
-    /**
-     * SiteTool.
-     *
-     * @since 2.2
-     */
-    @Component( role = SiteTool.class )
-    protected SiteTool siteTool;
-
     /**
      * The Plugin Descriptor
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleAggregateReport.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleAggregateReport.java
index d2981d7d..dee6f64d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleAggregateReport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleAggregateReport.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ protected CheckstyleExecutorRequest createRequest()
             .setTestSourceDirectories( getTestSourceDirectories() ).setConfigLocation( configLocation )
             .setPropertyExpansion( propertyExpansion ).setHeaderLocation( headerLocation )
             .setCacheFile( cacheFile ).setSuppressionsFileExpression( suppressionsFileExpression )
-            .setEncoding( encoding ).setPropertiesLocation( propertiesLocation );
+            .setEncoding( getInputEncoding() ).setPropertiesLocation( propertiesLocation );
         return request;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleReport.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleReport.java
index faf0a168..0d3af2d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleReport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleReport.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ protected CheckstyleExecutorRequest createRequest()
             .setTestSourceDirectories( getTestSourceDirectories() ).setConfigLocation( configLocation )
             .setPropertyExpansion( propertyExpansion ).setHeaderLocation( headerLocation )
             .setCacheFile( cacheFile ).setSuppressionsFileExpression( suppressionsFileExpression )
-            .setEncoding( encoding ).setPropertiesLocation( propertiesLocation );
+            .setEncoding( getInputEncoding() ).setPropertiesLocation( propertiesLocation );
         return request;
     }
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public boolean canGenerateReport()
         {
             return false;
         }
-        
+
         // TODO: would be good to scan the files here
         for ( File sourceDirectory : getSourceDirectories() )
         {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public boolean canGenerateReport()
                 return true;
             }
         }
-        
+
         if ( includeTestSourceDirectory )
         {
             for ( File testSourceDirectory : getTestSourceDirectories() )
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public boolean canGenerateReport()
                 }
             }
         }
-        
+
         return ( ( includeResources && hasResources( resources ) )
             || ( includeTestResources && hasResources( testResources ) )
         );
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java
index f3e645cd..43c07a1f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public class CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo
      */
     @Parameter( defaultValue = "${project.resources}", readonly = true )
     protected List<Resource> resources;
-    
+
     /**
      * Specifies the location of the test resources to be used for Checkstyle.
      *
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ public class CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo
      * @since 2.2
      */
     @Parameter( property = "encoding", defaultValue = "${project.build.sourceEncoding}" )
-    private String encoding;
+    private String inputEncoding;
 
     /**
      * @since 2.5
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ public class CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo
      */
     @Parameter ( defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true, required = true )
     protected MavenProject project;
-    
+
     /**
      * The Plugin Descriptor
      */
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ public class CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo
 
     /**
      * Specifies the location of the source directory to be used for Checkstyle.
-     * 
+     *
      * @deprecated instead use {@link #sourceDirectories}. For version 3.0.0, this parameter is only defined to break
      *             the build if you use it!
      */
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ public class CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo
     private PlexusConfiguration checkstyleRules;
 
     /**
-     * Dump file for inlined Checkstyle rules. 
+     * Dump file for inlined Checkstyle rules.
      */
     @Parameter( property = "checkstyle.output.rules.file",
                     defaultValue = "${project.build.directory}/checkstyle-rules.xml" )
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ public class CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo
     /**
      * Specifies whether modules with a configured severity of <code>ignore</code> should be omitted during Checkstyle
      * invocation.
-     * 
+     *
      * @since 3.0.0
      */
     @Parameter( defaultValue = "false" )
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ public void execute()
                     .setPropertyExpansion( propertyExpansion )
                     .setHeaderLocation( headerLocation ).setLicenseArtifacts( collectArtifacts( "license" ) )
                     .setCacheFile( cacheFile ).setSuppressionsFileExpression( suppressionsFileExpression )
-                    .setEncoding( encoding ).setPropertiesLocation( propertiesLocation )
+                    .setEncoding( inputEncoding ).setPropertiesLocation( propertiesLocation )
                     .setOmitIgnoredModules( omitIgnoredModules );
                 checkstyleExecutor.executeCheckstyle( request );
 
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ else if ( "plain".equals( outputFileFormat ) )
 
         return listener;
     }
-    
+
     private List<Artifact> collectArtifacts( String hint )
     {
         List<Artifact> artifacts = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ private List<Artifact> collectArtifacts( String hint )
     private List<Artifact> getCheckstylePluginDependenciesAsArtifacts( Map<String, Plugin> plugins, String hint )
     {
         List<Artifact> artifacts = new ArrayList<>();
-        
+
         Plugin checkstylePlugin = plugins.get( plugin.getGroupId() + ":" + plugin.getArtifactId() );
         if ( checkstylePlugin != null )
         {
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ private List<Artifact> getCheckstylePluginDependenciesAsArtifacts( Map<String, P
         }
         return artifacts;
     }
-    
+
     private List<File> getSourceDirectories()
     {
         if ( sourceDirectories == null )
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ private List<File> getSourceDirectories()
         }
         return sourceDirs;
     }
-    
+
     private List<File> getTestSourceDirectories()
     {
         if ( testSourceDirectories == null )
@@ -936,5 +936,5 @@ private List<File> getTestSourceDirectories()
         }
         return testSourceDirs;
     }
-    
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/AbstractCheckstyleTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/AbstractCheckstyleTestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d925d35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/AbstractCheckstyleTestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle;
+
+/*
+ * 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
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.LegacySupport;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.ArtifactStubFactory;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.stubs.MavenProjectStub;
+import org.apache.maven.project.DefaultProjectBuildingRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.SimpleLocalRepositoryManagerFactory;
+import org.eclipse.aether.DefaultRepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.LocalRepository;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract class to test reports generation.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractCheckstyleTestCase
+    extends AbstractMojoTestCase
+{
+    private Locale oldLocale;
+
+    private ArtifactStubFactory artifactStubFactory;
+
+    /**
+     * The current project to be test.
+     */
+    private MavenProject testMavenProject;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // required for mojo lookups to work
+        super.setUp();
+
+        oldLocale = Locale.getDefault();
+        Locale.setDefault( Locale.ENGLISH );
+
+        artifactStubFactory = new DependencyArtifactStubFactory( getTestFile( "target" ), true, false );
+        artifactStubFactory.getWorkingDir().mkdirs();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void tearDown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.tearDown();
+
+        Locale.setDefault( oldLocale );
+        oldLocale = null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the current Maven project
+     *
+     * @return the maven project
+     */
+    protected MavenProject getTestMavenProject()
+    {
+        return testMavenProject;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the generated report as file in the test maven project.
+     *
+     * @param name the name of the report.
+     * @return the generated report as file
+     * @throws IOException if the return file doesnt exist
+     */
+    protected File getGeneratedReport( String name )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        String outputDirectory = getBasedir() + "/target/test/test-harness/" + getTestMavenProject().getArtifactId();
+
+        File report = new File( outputDirectory, name );
+        if ( !report.exists() )
+        {
+            throw new IOException( "File not found. Attempted: " + report );
+        }
+
+        return report;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate the report and return the generated file
+     *
+     * @param goal the mojo goal.
+     * @param pluginXml the name of the xml file in "src/test/resources/plugin-configs/".
+     * @return the generated HTML file
+     * @throws Exception if any
+     */
+    protected File generateReport( String goal, String pluginXml )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/resources/plugin-configs/" + pluginXml );
+        CheckstyleReport mojo  = createReportMojo( goal, pluginXmlFile );
+        return generateReport( mojo, pluginXmlFile );
+    }
+
+    protected CheckstyleReport createReportMojo( String goal, File pluginXmlFile )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckstyleReport mojo = (CheckstyleReport) lookupMojo( goal, pluginXmlFile );
+        assertNotNull( "Mojo not found.", mojo );
+
+        LegacySupport legacySupport = lookup( LegacySupport.class );
+        legacySupport.setSession( newMavenSession( new MavenProjectStub() ) );
+        DefaultRepositorySystemSession repoSession =
+            (DefaultRepositorySystemSession) legacySupport.getRepositorySession();
+        repoSession.setLocalRepositoryManager( new SimpleLocalRepositoryManagerFactory().newInstance( repoSession, new LocalRepository( artifactStubFactory.getWorkingDir() ) ) );
+
+        setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "session", legacySupport.getSession() );
+        setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "remoteRepositories", mojo.getProject().getRemoteArtifactRepositories() );
+        return mojo;
+    }
+
+    protected File generateReport( CheckstyleReport mojo, File pluginXmlFile )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        mojo.execute();
+
+        ProjectBuilder builder = lookup( ProjectBuilder.class );
+
+        ProjectBuildingRequest buildingRequest = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest();
+        buildingRequest.setRepositorySession( lookup( LegacySupport.class ).getRepositorySession() );
+
+        testMavenProject = builder.build( pluginXmlFile, buildingRequest ).getProject();
+
+        File outputDir = mojo.getReportOutputDirectory();
+        String filename = mojo.getOutputName() + ".html";
+
+        return new File( outputDir, filename );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Read the contents of the specified file object into a string
+     */
+    protected String readFile( File checkstyleTestDir, String fileName ) throws IOException
+    {
+        return new String( Files.readAllBytes( checkstyleTestDir.toPath().resolve( fileName ) ) );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleReportTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleReportTest.java
index 81ec866f..b6575c8b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleReportTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleReportTest.java
@@ -19,70 +19,30 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 
-
-
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.DependencyResolutionRequiredException;
-import org.apache.maven.doxia.site.decoration.DecorationModel;
-import org.apache.maven.doxia.siterenderer.RendererException;
-import org.apache.maven.doxia.siterenderer.SiteRenderingContext;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.PluginDescriptor;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase;
-import org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReport;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.IOUtil;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.WriterFactory;
 
 /**
  * @author Edwin Punzalan
  *
  */
 public class CheckstyleReportTest
-    extends AbstractMojoTestCase
+    extends AbstractCheckstyleTestCase
 {
-    private Locale oldLocale;
-
-    /** {@inheritDoc} */
-    protected void setUp()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        super.setUp();
-
-        oldLocale = Locale.getDefault();
-        Locale.setDefault( Locale.ENGLISH );
-    }
-
-    /** {@inheritDoc} */
-    protected void tearDown()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        super.tearDown();
-
-        Locale.setDefault( oldLocale );
-        oldLocale = null;
-    }
-
     public void testNoSource()
         throws Exception
     {
-        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/plugin-configs/no-source-plugin-config.xml" );
-
-        CheckstyleReport mojo = (CheckstyleReport) lookupMojo( "checkstyle", pluginXmlFile );
-        assertNotNull( "Mojo found.", mojo );
-        mojo.execute();
-
-        File outputFile = (File) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "outputFile" );
-
-        renderer( mojo, outputFile );
-
-        assertTrue( outputFile.getAbsolutePath() + " not generated!", outputFile.exists() );
-
-        assertTrue( outputFile.getAbsolutePath() + " is empty!", outputFile.length() <= 0 );
+        File generatedReport = generateReport( "checkstyle", "no-source-plugin-config.xml" );
+        assertFalse( FileUtils.fileExists( generatedReport.getAbsolutePath() ) );
     }
 
     public void testMinConfiguration()
@@ -159,23 +119,46 @@ public void testTestSourceDirectory()
         generateReport( "test-source-directory-plugin-config.xml" );
     }
 
-    private File generateReport( String pluginXml )
+    /**
+     * Read the contents of the specified file object into a string
+     *
+     * @param file the file to be read
+     * @return a String object that contains the contents of the file
+     * @throws java.io.IOException
+     */
+    private String readFile( File file )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        String strTmp;
+        StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder( (int) file.length() );
+        try ( BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader( new FileReader( file ) ) )
+        {
+            while ( ( strTmp = in.readLine() ) != null )
+            {
+                str.append( ' ' );
+                str.append( strTmp );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return str.toString();
+    }
+
+    private void generateReport( String pluginXml )
         throws Exception
     {
-        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/plugin-configs/" + pluginXml );
+        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/resources/plugin-configs/" + pluginXml );
         ResourceBundle bundle =
             ResourceBundle.getBundle( "checkstyle-report", Locale.getDefault(), this.getClassLoader() );
 
-        CheckstyleReport mojo = (CheckstyleReport) lookupMojo( "checkstyle", pluginXmlFile );
+        CheckstyleReport mojo = createReportMojo( "checkstyle", pluginXmlFile );
 
-        assertNotNull( "Mojo found.", mojo );
-        
         PluginDescriptor descriptorStub = new PluginDescriptor();
         descriptorStub.setGroupId( "org.apache.maven.plugins" );
         descriptorStub.setArtifactId( "maven-checkstyle-plugin" );
         setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "plugin", descriptorStub );
 
-        mojo.execute();
+        File generatedReport = generateReport( mojo, pluginXmlFile );
+        assertTrue( FileUtils.fileExists( generatedReport.getAbsolutePath() ) );
 
         File outputFile = (File) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "outputFile" );
         assertNotNull( "Test output file", outputFile );
@@ -187,8 +170,7 @@ private File generateReport( String pluginXml )
             assertTrue( "Test cache file exists", new File( cacheFile ).exists() );
         }
 
-        MavenReport reportMojo = mojo;
-        File outputDir = reportMojo.getReportOutputDirectory();
+        File outputDir = mojo.getReportOutputDirectory();
 
         Boolean rss = (Boolean) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "enableRSS" );
         if (rss)
@@ -203,19 +185,10 @@ private File generateReport( String pluginXml )
             assertTrue( "Test useFile exists", useFile.exists() );
         }
 
-        String filename = reportMojo.getOutputName() + ".html";
-        File outputHtml = new File( outputDir, filename );
-
-        renderer( mojo, outputHtml );
-
-        assertTrue( outputHtml.getAbsolutePath() + " not generated!", outputHtml.exists() );
-
-        assertTrue( outputHtml.getAbsolutePath() + " is empty!", outputHtml.length() > 0 );
-
-        String htmlString = FileUtils.fileRead( outputHtml );
+        String str = readFile( generatedReport );
 
         boolean searchHeaderFound =
-            htmlString.contains( getHtmlHeader( bundle.getString( "report.checkstyle.rules" ) ) );
+            str.contains( getHtmlHeader( bundle.getString( "report.checkstyle.rules" ) ) );
         Boolean rules = (Boolean) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "enableRulesSummary" );
         if (rules)
         {
@@ -226,7 +199,7 @@ private File generateReport( String pluginXml )
             assertFalse( "Test for Rules Summary", searchHeaderFound );
         }
 
-        searchHeaderFound = htmlString.contains( getHtmlHeader( bundle.getString( "report.checkstyle.summary" ) ) );
+        searchHeaderFound = str.contains( getHtmlHeader( bundle.getString( "report.checkstyle.summary" ) ) );
         Boolean severity = (Boolean) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "enableSeveritySummary" );
         if (severity)
         {
@@ -237,7 +210,7 @@ private File generateReport( String pluginXml )
             assertFalse( "Test for Severity Summary", searchHeaderFound );
         }
 
-        searchHeaderFound = htmlString.contains( getHtmlHeader( bundle.getString( "report.checkstyle.files" ) ) );
+        searchHeaderFound = str.contains( getHtmlHeader( bundle.getString( "report.checkstyle.files" ) ) );
         Boolean files = (Boolean) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "enableFilesSummary" );
         if (files)
         {
@@ -247,45 +220,10 @@ private File generateReport( String pluginXml )
         {
             assertFalse( "Test for Files Summary", searchHeaderFound );
         }
-
-        return outputHtml;
     }
 
     private static String getHtmlHeader( String s )
     {
         return ">" + s + "</h2>";
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Renderer the sink from the report mojo.
-     *
-     * @param mojo not null
-     * @param outputHtml not null
-     * @throws RendererException if any
-     * @throws IOException if any
-     */
-    private void renderer( CheckstyleReport mojo, File outputHtml )
-        throws RendererException, Exception
-    {
-        Writer writer = null;
-        SiteRenderingContext context = new SiteRenderingContext();
-        context.setDecoration( new DecorationModel() );
-        context.setTemplateName( "org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/resources/default-site.vm" );
-        context.setLocale( Locale.ENGLISH );
-
-        try
-        {
-            outputHtml.getParentFile().mkdirs();
-            writer = WriterFactory.newXmlWriter( outputHtml );
-
-            mojo.execute();
-
-            writer.close();
-            writer = null;
-        }
-        finally
-        {
-            IOUtil.close( writer );
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojoTest.java
index af9ba833..ee1f2c99 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojoTest.java
@@ -37,22 +37,19 @@
 public class CheckstyleViolationCheckMojoTest
     extends AbstractMojoTestCase
 {
-    
-    
-    
     public void testDefaultConfig()
         throws Exception
     {
-        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml" );
+        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/resources/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml" );
 
         CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo mojo = (CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo) lookupMojo( "check", pluginXmlFile );
-        
+
         mojoSetup( mojo );
-        
+
         assertNotNull( "Mojo found.", mojo );
-        
+
         assertNotNull( "project null.", mojo.project );
-        
+
         try
         {
             mojo.execute();
@@ -68,14 +65,14 @@ public void testDefaultConfig()
     public void testInvalidFormatWithSkipExec()
         throws Exception
     {
-        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml" );
+        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/resources/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml" );
 
         Mojo mojo = lookupMojo( "check", pluginXmlFile );
 
         assertNotNull( "Mojo found.", mojo );
 
         mojoSetup( mojo );
-        
+
         setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "outputFileFormat", "plain" );
 
         try
@@ -93,14 +90,14 @@ public void testInvalidFormatWithSkipExec()
     public void testNoOutputFile()
         throws Exception
     {
-        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml" );
+        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/resources/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml" );
 
         Mojo mojo = lookupMojo( "check", pluginXmlFile );
 
         assertNotNull( "Mojo found.", mojo );
 
         mojoSetup( mojo );
-        
+
         setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "outputFile", new File( "target/NoSuchFile.xml" ) );
 
         mojo.execute();
@@ -109,7 +106,7 @@ public void testNoOutputFile()
     private void doTestPlainOutputFile( boolean failsOnError )
         throws Exception
     {
-        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/plugin-configs/check-plugin-plain-output.xml" );
+        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/resources/plugin-configs/check-plugin-plain-output.xml" );
 
         Mojo mojo = lookupMojo( "check", pluginXmlFile );
 
@@ -149,19 +146,19 @@ public void testPlainOutputFile()
     public void testNoFail()
         throws Exception
     {
-        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml" );
+        File pluginXmlFile = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/resources/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml" );
 
         Mojo mojo = lookupMojo( "check", pluginXmlFile );
 
         assertNotNull( "Mojo found.", mojo );
 
         mojoSetup( mojo );
-        
+
         setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "failOnViolation", Boolean.FALSE );
 
         mojo.execute();
     }
-    
+
     protected void mojoSetup( Mojo mojo )
         throws Exception
     {
@@ -193,7 +190,7 @@ public String getDirectory()
         setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "configLocation", "sun_checks.xml" );
         setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "cacheFile", getBasedir() + "/target/classes/checkstyle-cachefile" );
         setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "sourceDirectories", Arrays.asList( getBasedir() + "/src/test/plugin-configs/src" ));// new File( getBasedir() + "/target" ) );
-        setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "encoding", "UTF-8" );
+        setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "inputEncoding", "UTF-8" );
         setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "skipExec", Boolean.TRUE );
 
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/DependencyArtifactStubFactory.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/DependencyArtifactStubFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a15a42e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/DependencyArtifactStubFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle;
+
+/*
+ * 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
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.VersionRange;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.ArtifactStubFactory;
+
+public class DependencyArtifactStubFactory
+    extends ArtifactStubFactory
+{
+    private boolean flattenedPath = true;
+
+    public DependencyArtifactStubFactory( File theWorkingDir, boolean theCreateFiles, boolean flattenedPath )
+    {
+        this( theWorkingDir, theCreateFiles );
+        this.flattenedPath = flattenedPath;
+    }
+
+    public DependencyArtifactStubFactory( File theWorkingDir, boolean theCreateFiles )
+    {
+        super( theWorkingDir, theCreateFiles );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Artifact createArtifact( String groupId, String artifactId, VersionRange versionRange, String scope,
+                                    String type, String classifier, boolean optional )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        File workingDir = getWorkingDir();
+
+        if ( !flattenedPath )
+        {
+            // don't use flatten directories, won't happen at runtime
+            String path = groupId.replace( '.', '/' ) + '/' +
+                    artifactId + '/' +
+                    ArtifactUtils.toSnapshotVersion( versionRange.getRecommendedVersion().toString() );
+            setWorkingDir( new File( workingDir, path ) );
+        }
+
+        Artifact artifact =
+            super.createArtifact( groupId, artifactId, versionRange, scope, type, classifier, optional );
+
+        setWorkingDir( workingDir );
+
+        return artifact;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/CheckstyleProjectStub.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/CheckstyleProjectStub.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..528a00f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/CheckstyleProjectStub.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.stubs;
+
+/*
+ * 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
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepositoryPolicy;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.MavenArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.layout.DefaultRepositoryLayout;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.stubs.MavenProjectStub;
+
+public abstract class CheckstyleProjectStub
+    extends MavenProjectStub
+{
+    @Override
+    public List<ArtifactRepository> getRemoteArtifactRepositories()
+    {
+        ArtifactRepository repository = new MavenArtifactRepository( "central", "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2",
+                                                                       new DefaultRepositoryLayout(), new ArtifactRepositoryPolicy(), new ArtifactRepositoryPolicy() );
+
+        return Collections.singletonList( repository );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/MinMavenProjectStub.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/MinMavenProjectStub.java
index 795b8352..ab838019 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/MinMavenProjectStub.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/MinMavenProjectStub.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  *
  */
 public class MinMavenProjectStub
-    extends org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.stubs.MavenProjectStub
+    extends CheckstyleProjectStub
 {
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     public List<String> getCompileClasspathElements()
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/ModuleMavenProjectStub.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/ModuleMavenProjectStub.java
index 71debc5f..5c92929a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/ModuleMavenProjectStub.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/ModuleMavenProjectStub.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  *
  */
 public class ModuleMavenProjectStub
-    extends org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.stubs.MavenProjectStub
+    extends CheckstyleProjectStub
 {
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/MultiMavenProjectStub.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/MultiMavenProjectStub.java
index 5c415a70..b39d9e02 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/MultiMavenProjectStub.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/stubs/MultiMavenProjectStub.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  *
  */
 public class MultiMavenProjectStub
-    extends org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.stubs.MavenProjectStub
+    extends CheckstyleProjectStub
 {
 
     public MultiMavenProjectStub()
diff --git a/src/test/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml
similarity index 99%
rename from src/test/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml
rename to src/test/resources/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml
index a2c5d09d..754c8e42 100644
--- a/src/test/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/check-plugin-config.xml
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ under the License.
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/src/test/plugin-configs/check-plugin-plain-output.xml b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/check-plugin-plain-output.xml
similarity index 97%
rename from src/test/plugin-configs/check-plugin-plain-output.xml
rename to src/test/resources/plugin-configs/check-plugin-plain-output.xml
index 4d5e29ca..0fb56a7f 100644
--- a/src/test/plugin-configs/check-plugin-plain-output.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/check-plugin-plain-output.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ under the License.
           </sourceDirectories>
           <project implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.stubs.MinMavenProjectStub"/>
           <consoleOutput>false</consoleOutput>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/plugin-configs/custom-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/custom-plugin-config.xml
similarity index 90%
rename from src/test/plugin-configs/custom-plugin-config.xml
rename to src/test/resources/plugin-configs/custom-plugin-config.xml
index 309762e0..43bd6794 100644
--- a/src/test/plugin-configs/custom-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/custom-plugin-config.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@ under the License.
 -->
 
 <project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/test-harness/checkstyle/custom</outputDirectory>
+          <localRepository>${localRepository}</localRepository>
           <enableRulesSummary>true</enableRulesSummary>
           <enableSeveritySummary>true</enableSeveritySummary>
           <enableFilesSummary>true</enableFilesSummary>
@@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ under the License.
           <!-- value not really important, just point to an existing dir -->
           <xrefLocation>${basedir}/target/test-harness/checkstyle/custom</xrefLocation>
           <xrefTestLocation>${basedir}/target/test-harness/checkstyle/custom</xrefTestLocation>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/plugin-configs/dep-resolution-exception-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/dep-resolution-exception-plugin-config.xml
similarity index 95%
rename from src/test/plugin-configs/dep-resolution-exception-plugin-config.xml
rename to src/test/resources/plugin-configs/dep-resolution-exception-plugin-config.xml
index d2c0218d..e9aa739a 100644
--- a/src/test/plugin-configs/dep-resolution-exception-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/dep-resolution-exception-plugin-config.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ under the License.
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/test-harness/checkstyle/dep-resolution</outputDirectory>
+          <localRepository>${localRepository}</localRepository>
           <enableRulesSummary>true</enableRulesSummary>
           <enableSeveritySummary>true</enableSeveritySummary>
           <enableFilesSummary>true</enableFilesSummary>
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ under the License.
           <linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
           <xrefLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref</xrefLocation>
           <xrefTestLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref-test</xrefTestLocation>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/plugin-configs/fail-on-error-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/fail-on-error-plugin-config.xml
similarity index 97%
rename from src/test/plugin-configs/fail-on-error-plugin-config.xml
rename to src/test/resources/plugin-configs/fail-on-error-plugin-config.xml
index 06853a12..4090e096 100644
--- a/src/test/plugin-configs/fail-on-error-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/fail-on-error-plugin-config.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ under the License.
           <linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
           <xrefLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref</xrefLocation>
           <xrefTestLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref-test</xrefTestLocation>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/plugin-configs/min-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/min-plugin-config.xml
similarity index 90%
rename from src/test/plugin-configs/min-plugin-config.xml
rename to src/test/resources/plugin-configs/min-plugin-config.xml
index a151bdb2..5ce4ca1a 100644
--- a/src/test/plugin-configs/min-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/min-plugin-config.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@ under the License.
 -->
 
 <project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/test-harness/checkstyle/min</outputDirectory>
+          <localRepository>${localRepository}</localRepository>
           <enableRulesSummary>true</enableRulesSummary>
           <enableSeveritySummary>true</enableSeveritySummary>
           <enableFilesSummary>true</enableFilesSummary>
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ under the License.
           <linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
           <xrefLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref</xrefLocation>
           <xrefTestLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref-test</xrefTestLocation>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/plugin-configs/multi-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/multi-plugin-config.xml
similarity index 97%
rename from src/test/plugin-configs/multi-plugin-config.xml
rename to src/test/resources/plugin-configs/multi-plugin-config.xml
index 4f3d4f25..9bb0c059 100644
--- a/src/test/plugin-configs/multi-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/multi-plugin-config.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ under the License.
           <linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
           <xrefLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref</xrefLocation>
           <xrefTestLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref-test</xrefTestLocation>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/plugin-configs/no-files-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/no-files-plugin-config.xml
similarity index 90%
rename from src/test/plugin-configs/no-files-plugin-config.xml
rename to src/test/resources/plugin-configs/no-files-plugin-config.xml
index ad5e125d..ce32b86f 100644
--- a/src/test/plugin-configs/no-files-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/no-files-plugin-config.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@ under the License.
 -->
 
 <project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/test-harness/checkstyle/no-files</outputDirectory>
+          <localRepository>${localRepository}</localRepository>
           <enableRulesSummary>true</enableRulesSummary>
           <enableSeveritySummary>true</enableSeveritySummary>
           <enableFilesSummary>false</enableFilesSummary>
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ under the License.
           <linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
           <xrefLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref</xrefLocation>
           <xrefTestLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref-test</xrefTestLocation>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/plugin-configs/no-rules-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/no-rules-plugin-config.xml
similarity index 90%
rename from src/test/plugin-configs/no-rules-plugin-config.xml
rename to src/test/resources/plugin-configs/no-rules-plugin-config.xml
index b189c759..899bc84d 100644
--- a/src/test/plugin-configs/no-rules-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/no-rules-plugin-config.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@ under the License.
 -->
 
 <project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/test-harness/checkstyle/no-rules</outputDirectory>
+          <localRepository>${localRepository}</localRepository>
           <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
           <enableSeveritySummary>true</enableSeveritySummary>
           <enableFilesSummary>true</enableFilesSummary>
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ under the License.
           <linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
           <xrefLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref</xrefLocation>
           <xrefTestLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref-test</xrefTestLocation>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/plugin-configs/no-severity-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/no-severity-plugin-config.xml
similarity index 90%
rename from src/test/plugin-configs/no-severity-plugin-config.xml
rename to src/test/resources/plugin-configs/no-severity-plugin-config.xml
index 91d5fae4..416c9fc1 100644
--- a/src/test/plugin-configs/no-severity-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/no-severity-plugin-config.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@ under the License.
 -->
 
 <project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/test-harness/checkstyle/no-severity</outputDirectory>
+          <localRepository>${localRepository}</localRepository>
           <enableRulesSummary>true</enableRulesSummary>
           <enableSeveritySummary>false</enableSeveritySummary>
           <enableFilesSummary>true</enableFilesSummary>
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ under the License.
           <linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
           <xrefLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref</xrefLocation>
           <xrefTestLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref-test</xrefTestLocation>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/plugin-configs/no-source-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/no-source-plugin-config.xml
similarity index 92%
rename from src/test/plugin-configs/no-source-plugin-config.xml
rename to src/test/resources/plugin-configs/no-source-plugin-config.xml
index 37a110ed..fab72514 100644
--- a/src/test/plugin-configs/no-source-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/no-source-plugin-config.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ under the License.
 -->
 
 <project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ under the License.
           <linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
           <xrefLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref</xrefLocation>
           <xrefTestLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref-test</xrefTestLocation>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/plugin-configs/test-source-directory-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/test-source-directory-plugin-config.xml
similarity index 90%
rename from src/test/plugin-configs/test-source-directory-plugin-config.xml
rename to src/test/resources/plugin-configs/test-source-directory-plugin-config.xml
index 2f6defe7..4678fa4e 100644
--- a/src/test/plugin-configs/test-source-directory-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/test-source-directory-plugin-config.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@ under the License.
 -->
 
 <project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/test-harness/checkstyle/no-source</outputDirectory>
+          <localRepository>${localRepository}</localRepository>
           <enableRulesSummary>true</enableRulesSummary>
           <enableSeveritySummary>true</enableSeveritySummary>
           <enableFilesSummary>true</enableFilesSummary>
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ under the License.
           <linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
           <xrefLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref</xrefLocation>
           <xrefTestLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref-test</xrefTestLocation>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/plugin-configs/useFile-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/useFile-plugin-config.xml
similarity index 90%
rename from src/test/plugin-configs/useFile-plugin-config.xml
rename to src/test/resources/plugin-configs/useFile-plugin-config.xml
index b488964c..89e78b4d 100644
--- a/src/test/plugin-configs/useFile-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/plugin-configs/useFile-plugin-config.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@ under the License.
 -->
 
 <project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/test-harness/checkstyle/useFile</outputDirectory>
+          <localRepository>${localRepository}</localRepository>
           <enableRulesSummary>true</enableRulesSummary>
           <enableSeveritySummary>true</enableSeveritySummary>
           <enableFilesSummary>true</enableFilesSummary>
@@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ under the License.
           <xrefLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref</xrefLocation>
           <xrefTestLocation>${basedir}/target/site/xref-test</xrefTestLocation>
           <useFile>${basedir}/target/test-harness/checkstyle/useFile/checkstyle-output.txt</useFile>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>