diff --git a/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml b/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
index bece9f215..d74c6d842 100644
--- a/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7146f8a97..3c4a46805 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,17 +94,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.9</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.9</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.9</version>
+        <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.collections</groupId>