diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetMojoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetMojoTest.java
index fb674768a8..aac28240d5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetMojoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetMojoTest.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public void testNextSnapshotIndexWithoutNextSnapshot() throws MojoFailureExcepti
     @Test
     public void testVersionlessDependency() throws Exception
     {
-        SetMojo myMojo = createMojo( "set", "src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set/versionless-01/pom.xml" );
+        SetMojo myMojo = createMojo( "set", "org/codehaus/mojo/set/versionless-01/pom.xml" );
         myMojo.execute();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetPropertyMojoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetPropertyMojoTest.java
index b3aecf2e2b..ada201ae0e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetPropertyMojoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetPropertyMojoTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public void testNullNewVersion()
             throws Exception
     {
         SetPropertyMojo mojo = createMojo( "set-property",
-                "src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set-property/null-new-version-pom.xml" );
+                "org/codehaus/mojo/set-property/null-new-version-pom.xml" );
         assertThat( mojo.getProject().getProperties(), is( mojo.getProject().getModel().getProperties() ) );
         try
         {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public void testNullProperty()
             throws Exception
     {
         SetPropertyMojo mojo = createMojo( "set-property",
-                "src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set-property/null-property-pom.xml" );
+                "org/codehaus/mojo/set-property/null-property-pom.xml" );
         try
         {
             mojo.execute();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/UseDepVersionMojoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/UseDepVersionMojoTest.java
index be965fd487..353d8be3d6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/UseDepVersionMojoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/UseDepVersionMojoTest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class UseDepVersionMojoTest extends BaseMojoTestCase
     public void testIssue673() throws Exception
     {
         UseDepVersionMojo mojo = createMojo( "use-dep-version",
-                "src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/use-dep-version/issue-637-pom.xml" );
+                "org/codehaus/mojo/use-dep-version/issue-637-pom.xml" );
         setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "processDependencies", true );
         setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "processDependencyManagement", true );
         setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "excludeReactor", true );
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/utils/BaseMojoTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/utils/BaseMojoTestCase.java
index 4d499afd14..c417c773a0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/utils/BaseMojoTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/utils/BaseMojoTestCase.java
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 package org.codehaus.mojo.versions.utils;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
-import org.apache.maven.model.Build;
-import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
-import org.apache.maven.model.DependencyManagement;
-import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
-import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
+import org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven;
+import org.apache.maven.Maven;
+import org.apache.maven.execution.DefaultMavenExecutionRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.execution.DefaultMavenExecutionResult;
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenExecutionRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.stubs.MavenProjectStub;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.stubs.StubArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuilder;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.DefaultRepositorySystemSession;
 
 /*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
@@ -53,6 +54,25 @@
  */
 public abstract class BaseMojoTestCase extends AbstractMojoTestCase
 {
+    private final DefaultMaven maven;
+    private final ProjectBuilder projectBuilder;
+
+    static
+    {
+    }
+
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            maven = (DefaultMaven) getContainer().lookup( Maven.class );
+            projectBuilder = lookup( ProjectBuilder.class );
+        }
+        catch ( ComponentLookupException e )
+        {
+            throw new RuntimeException( e );
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Lookup the mojo leveraging the actual subprojects pom
      * and injects the project using the given pom file path.
@@ -65,72 +85,25 @@ public abstract class BaseMojoTestCase extends AbstractMojoTestCase
     @SuppressWarnings( "unchecked" )
     protected <T extends Mojo> T createMojo( String goal, String pomFilePath ) throws Exception
     {
-        File pomFile = new File( pomFilePath );
-        T mojo = (T) lookupMojo( goal, pomFile );
-        setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "project", new TestProjectStub( pomFile ) );
-        return mojo;
-    }
-
-    private static class TestProjectStub extends MavenProjectStub
-    {
-        private final File pomFile;
+        URL pomResource = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource( pomFilePath );
+        assert pomResource != null;
+        File pomFile = new File( pomResource.getFile() );
 
-        /**
-         * Default constructor
-         */
-        private TestProjectStub( File pomFile ) throws IOException, XmlPullParserException
-        {
-            this.pomFile = pomFile;
-            MavenXpp3Reader pomReader = new MavenXpp3Reader();
-            Model model = pomReader.read( ReaderFactory.newXmlReader( pomFile ) );
-            model.setPomFile( pomFile );
-
-            setModel( model );
-            setOriginalModel( model.clone() );
-            setGroupId( model.getGroupId() );
-            setArtifactId( model.getArtifactId() );
-            setVersion( model.getVersion() );
-            setName( model.getName() );
-            setUrl( model.getUrl() );
-            setPackaging( model.getPackaging() );
-            setFile( model.getPomFile() );
-
-            setBuild( new Build()
-            {{
-                setFinalName( model.getArtifactId() );
-                setDirectory( getBasedir() + "/target" );
-                setSourceDirectory( getBasedir() + "/src/main/java" );
-                setOutputDirectory( getBasedir() + "/target/classes" );
-                setTestSourceDirectory( getBasedir() + "/src/test/java" );
-                setTestOutputDirectory( getBasedir() + "/target/test-classes" );
-            }} );
-
-            setCompileSourceRoots( Collections.singletonList( getBasedir() + "/src/main/java" ) );
-            setTestCompileSourceRoots( Collections.singletonList( getBasedir() + "/src/test/java" ) );
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public File getBasedir()
-        {
-            return pomFile.getParentFile();
-        }
+        MavenExecutionRequest mavenExecutionRequest = new DefaultMavenExecutionRequest();
+        mavenExecutionRequest.setPom( pomFile );
+        mavenExecutionRequest.setLocalRepository( new StubArtifactRepository( getBasedir() ) );
+        mavenExecutionRequest.setGoals( Collections.singletonList( goal ) );
+        mavenExecutionRequest.setInteractiveMode( false );
 
-        @Override
-        public Properties getProperties()
-        {
-            return getModel().getProperties();
-        }
+        DefaultRepositorySystemSession repositorySystemSession =
+                (DefaultRepositorySystemSession) maven.newRepositorySession( mavenExecutionRequest );
 
-        @Override
-        public List<Dependency> getDependencies()
-        {
-            return getModel().getDependencies();
-        }
+        MavenProject mavenProject = projectBuilder.build( pomFile,
+                mavenExecutionRequest.getProjectBuildingRequest().setRepositorySession( repositorySystemSession )
+                        .setResolveDependencies( true ) ).getProject();
 
-        @Override
-        public DependencyManagement getDependencyManagement()
-        {
-            return getModel().getDependencyManagement();
-        }
+        return (T) lookupConfiguredMojo(
+                new MavenSession( getContainer(), mavenExecutionRequest, new DefaultMavenExecutionResult(),
+                        mavenProject ), newMojoExecution( goal ) );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set-property/null-new-version-pom.xml b/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set-property/null-new-version-pom.xml
index 94e1f8d097..0d61aeb68b 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set-property/null-new-version-pom.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set-property/null-new-version-pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
                     <property>dummy-api-version</property>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set-property/null-property-pom.xml b/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set-property/null-property-pom.xml
index b429aa3b7b..f29325c65b 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set-property/null-property-pom.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set-property/null-property-pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
                     <newVersion>2.0.0</newVersion>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set/versionless-01/pom.xml b/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set/versionless-01/pom.xml
index 22956c5178..ff646d28bd 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set/versionless-01/pom.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/set/versionless-01/pom.xml
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <goals>
+                    <goal>set</goal>
+                </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                    <updateBuildOutputTimestampPolicy>onchange</updateBuildOutputTimestampPolicy>
                     <artifactId>dummy-api</artifactId>
                     <newVersion>2.0</newVersion>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/use-dep-version/issue-637-pom.xml b/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/use-dep-version/issue-637-pom.xml
index 5f2edfe99f..86a1af95e4 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/use-dep-version/issue-637-pom.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/codehaus/mojo/use-dep-version/issue-637-pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
                     <depVersion>DEVELOP-SNAPSHOT</depVersion>