diff --git a/pitest-aggregator/pom.xml b/pitest-aggregator/pom.xml
index a4b4f4624..d08aa1bf6 100644
--- a/pitest-aggregator/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-aggregator/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
-			<version>2.13.3</version>
+			<version>2.16.2</version>
 		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/pom.xml b/pitest-maven-verification/pom.xml
index cb6e25969..d96c44e96 100644
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-maven-verification/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<url>https://pitest.org</url>
 
 	<properties>
-		<maven.version>2.2.1</maven.version>
+		<maven.version>3.9.6</maven.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<build>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-			<artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${maven.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -65,25 +65,7 @@
 			<artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
 			<version>3.8.6</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-			<artifactId>maven-toolchain</artifactId>
-			<version>${maven.version}</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
@@ -116,7 +98,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-				<version>3.8.6</version>
+				<version>${maven.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-158-coverage/pom.xml b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-158-coverage/pom.xml
index 25a3f638e..13b5110b6 100644
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-158-coverage/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-158-coverage/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-			<version>24.1.1</version>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/pitest-maven/pom.xml b/pitest-maven/pom.xml
index ff4cb936f..02d259a7c 100644
--- a/pitest-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-maven/pom.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 	<url>https://pitest.org</url>
 
 	<properties>
-		<scm.version>2.0.1</scm.version>
-		<surefire.version>3.0.0-M7</surefire.version>
+		<scm.version>2.1.0</scm.version>
+		<surefire.version>3.2.5</surefire.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<build>