diff --git a/maven-scm-client/pom.xml b/maven-scm-client/pom.xml
index e94a86539..739a2d90f 100644
--- a/maven-scm-client/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-scm-client/pom.xml
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@
       <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-git/maven-scm-provider-git-commons/pom.xml b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-git/maven-scm-provider-git-commons/pom.xml
index cb2f84829..a760f342f 100644
--- a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-git/maven-scm-provider-git-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-git/maven-scm-provider-git-commons/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/maven-scm-provider-svn-commons/pom.xml b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/maven-scm-provider-svn-commons/pom.xml
index 03a286027..a68b6b1b9 100644
--- a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/maven-scm-provider-svn-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/maven-scm-provider-svn-commons/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-scm-test/pom.xml b/maven-scm-test/pom.xml
index c59c7aeba..6b3499390 100644
--- a/maven-scm-test/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-scm-test/pom.xml
@@ -40,22 +40,15 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
-      <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <!-- runtime bits needed to construct Plexus and others -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-scm-manager-plexus</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 07f98f8ee..613ad8cf7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>39</version>
+    <version>41</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
@@ -249,38 +249,17 @@
         <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
         <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.1</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
         <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
         <version>1</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
-        <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
-        <version>${sisuVersion}</version>
-        <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-        </exclusions>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
         <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
         <version>4.2.3</version>
         <classifier>no_aop</classifier>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.1</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-sec-dispatcher</artifactId>
@@ -363,13 +342,6 @@
             </excludes>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
@@ -390,7 +362,7 @@
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <id>check-java-1.7-compat</id>
+            <id>check-java-8-compat</id>
             <goals>
               <goal>check</goal>
             </goals>