diff --git a/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml b/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
index 41d705d59..273d68432 100644
--- a/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0</version>
+            <version>3.2.2</version>
             <configuration>
               <debug>true</debug>
               <projectsDirectory>src/it</projectsDirectory>
diff --git a/plexus-component-metadata/src/it/annotation-processing-test/pom.xml b/plexus-component-metadata/src/it/annotation-processing-test/pom.xml
index d4eae9b7b..28af86134 100644
--- a/plexus-component-metadata/src/it/annotation-processing-test/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-component-metadata/src/it/annotation-processing-test/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <version>4.13.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <!-- http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/ -->
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>7</source>
+          <target>7</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/plexus-component-metadata/src/it/descriptor-1/pom.xml b/plexus-component-metadata/src/it/descriptor-1/pom.xml
index 490c3b578..2405ca0df 100644
--- a/plexus-component-metadata/src/it/descriptor-1/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-component-metadata/src/it/descriptor-1/pom.xml
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.6</source>
-                    <target>1.6</target>
+                    <source>7</source>
+                    <target>7</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 01ec3a12d..366499fef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
     <artifactId>plexus</artifactId>
-    <version>8</version>
+    <version>6.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>plexus-containers</artifactId>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <xbeanReflectVersion>3.7</xbeanReflectVersion>
     <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
+    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>