diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57333fbd..8e781da8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>41</version>
+    <version>42</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ under the License.
 
   <properties>
     <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
-    <aetherVersion>1.0.0.v20140518</aetherVersion>
-    <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.6.3</mavenVersion>
+    <resolverVersion>1.4.1</resolverVersion>
+    <slf4jVersion>1.7.36</slf4jVersion>
     <checkstyleVersion>9.3</checkstyleVersion>
     <doxiaVersion>1.11.1</doxiaVersion>
     <doxiaSitetoolsVersion>1.11.1</doxiaSitetoolsVersion>
@@ -120,6 +121,12 @@ under the License.
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
+      <version>1</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- shared -->
     <dependency>
@@ -193,6 +200,12 @@ under the License.
       <version>3.14.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- test -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
@@ -209,7 +222,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.36</version>
+      <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -225,27 +238,27 @@ under the License.
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
-      <artifactId>aether-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${aetherVersion}</version>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
-      <artifactId>aether-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>${aetherVersion}</version>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-impl</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
-      <artifactId>aether-connector-basic</artifactId>
-      <version>${aetherVersion}</version>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-connector-basic</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
-      <artifactId>aether-transport-wagon</artifactId>
-      <version>${aetherVersion}</version>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-transport-wagon</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -289,28 +302,6 @@ under the License.
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.0</version>
-        <executions>
-          <!--
-            Make the version parts of the maven.compiler.target property
-            available as separate properties, so that they can be used to define
-            the java signature artifactId used by animal-sniffer
-          -->
-          <execution>
-            <id>parse-version</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>parse-version</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <propertyPrefix>javaSignature</propertyPrefix>
-              <versionString>${maven.compiler.target}</versionString>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -318,7 +309,7 @@ under the License.
         <configuration>
           <signature>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
-            <artifactId>java${javaSignature.majorVersion}${javaSignature.minorVersion}</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>java18</artifactId>
             <version>1.0</version>
           </signature>
         </configuration>