diff --git a/mrm-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/mrm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index f7b22e7d..9c108bb7 100644
--- a/mrm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/mrm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@
       <artifactId>archetype-common</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
-      <artifactId>aether-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 441a9e79..db5ad5d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@
 
   <properties>
     <scmpublish.content>${project.build.directory}/staging/mrm</scmpublish.content>
-    <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.5.4</mavenVersion>
     <mojo.java.target>1.8</mojo.java.target>
     <jetty.version>9.4.51.v20230217</jetty.version>
+    <maven-invoker-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-invoker-plugin.version>
     <checkstyle.violation.ignore>MagicNumber</checkstyle.violation.ignore>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2022-12-24T13:09:21Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
@@ -142,11 +143,6 @@
         <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
         <version>4.6.3</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
-        <artifactId>aether-api</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1.0</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.archetype</groupId>
         <artifactId>archetype-common</artifactId>