diff --git a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-0-commits-0-tags/invoker.properties b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-0-commits-0-tags/invoker.properties
index 472b48407b..2e9655e1b8 100644
--- a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-0-commits-0-tags/invoker.properties
+++ b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-0-commits-0-tags/invoker.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 invoker.goals=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:set-version-from-scm-tag
 invoker.buildResult = failure
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=User Example
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=user@example.com
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH=main
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diff --git a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-1-commit-0-tags/invoker.properties b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-1-commit-0-tags/invoker.properties
index 146151669c..e74c108d47 100644
--- a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-1-commit-0-tags/invoker.properties
+++ b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-1-commit-0-tags/invoker.properties
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 invoker.goals=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:set-version-from-scm-tag
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=User Example
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=user@example.com
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH=main
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diff --git a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-4-commits-1-vtag/invoker.properties b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-4-commits-1-vtag/invoker.properties
index 6becd8a834..a340cc0d44 100644
--- a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-4-commits-1-vtag/invoker.properties
+++ b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-4-commits-1-vtag/invoker.properties
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 invoker.goals=-X ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:set-version-from-scm-tag
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=User Example
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=user@example.com
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH=main
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diff --git a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-latest-commit/invoker.properties b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-latest-commit/invoker.properties
index 146151669c..e74c108d47 100644
--- a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-latest-commit/invoker.properties
+++ b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-latest-commit/invoker.properties
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 invoker.goals=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:set-version-from-scm-tag
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=User Example
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=user@example.com
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH=main
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diff --git a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-param-append-snapshot/invoker.properties b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-param-append-snapshot/invoker.properties
index 8d696e78a5..fc220ab3ff 100644
--- a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-param-append-snapshot/invoker.properties
+++ b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-param-append-snapshot/invoker.properties
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 invoker.goals=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:set-version-from-scm-tag -DappendSnapshot=false
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=User Example
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=user@example.com
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH=main
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diff --git a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-param-use-versions/invoker.properties b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-param-use-versions/invoker.properties
index 2e671e27ef..0ceeb3577c 100644
--- a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-param-use-versions/invoker.properties
+++ b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-param-use-versions/invoker.properties
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 invoker.goals=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:set-version-from-scm-tag -DuseVersion=9.9.9-9
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=User Example
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=user@example.com
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH=main
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-property-name/invoker.properties b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-property-name/invoker.properties
index 5cdc4a2e4f..76779106d9 100644
--- a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-property-name/invoker.properties
+++ b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-dynamic-versioning-scm-tag-property-name/invoker.properties
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 invoker.goals=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:set-version-from-scm-tag -DpropertyName=version_from_scm
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=User Example
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=user@example.com
-invoker.environmentVariables.GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH=main
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diff --git a/versions-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DynamicVersioningSCMPlugin.java b/versions-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DynamicVersioningSCMPlugin.java
index f2cea3919a..bfbb290cc6 100644
--- a/versions-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DynamicVersioningSCMPlugin.java
+++ b/versions-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DynamicVersioningSCMPlugin.java
@@ -54,24 +54,32 @@ public class DynamicVersioningSCMPlugin extends AbstractMojo {
 
     /**
      * The Maven Project Object
+     *
+     * @since 2.17.0
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true, required = true)
     private MavenProject project;
 
     /**
      * The name of the property that will contain the resolved version.
+     *
+     * @since 2.17.0
      */
     @Parameter(property = "propertyName", defaultValue = "revision")
     protected String propertyName;
 
     /**
      * Whether the SNAPSHOT qualifier shall be apppended or not.
+     *
+     * @since 2.17.0
      */
     @Parameter(property = "appendSnapshot", defaultValue = "true")
     protected boolean appendSnapshot;
 
     /**
      * Set the version instead of resolving from SCM tag information.
+     *
+     * @since 2.17.0
      */
     @Parameter(property = "useVersion")
     protected String useVersion;
@@ -79,6 +87,8 @@ public class DynamicVersioningSCMPlugin extends AbstractMojo {
     /**
      * The default version used when SCM repository has no commit or no semantic version
      * tag.
+     *
+     * @since 2.17.0
      */
     @Parameter(property = "defaultVersion", defaultValue = "0.0.1")
     protected String defaultVersion;