diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
index 2bc0ff1..ea5b27a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Verify
     uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v4
     with:
-      ff-maven: "4.0.0-rc-2"                     # Maven version for fail-fast-build
-      maven-matrix: '[ "4.0.0-rc-2" ]'
+      ff-maven: "4.0.0-rc-4"                     # Maven version for fail-fast-build
+      maven-matrix: '[ "4.0.0-rc-4" ]'
       jdk-matrix: '[ "17", "21" ]'
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a7cabf..b7728e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@
 
   <properties>
     <javaVersion>17</javaVersion>
-    <mavenVersion>4.0.0-rc-2</mavenVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>4.0.0-rc-4</mavenVersion>
 
     <guiceVersion>6.0.0</guiceVersion>
     <junitVersion>5.13.4</junitVersion>
     <mavenArchiverVersion>4.0.0-beta-4</mavenArchiverVersion>
     <mavenFileManagementVersion>3.2.0</mavenFileManagementVersion>
     <mavenPluginPluginVersion>4.0.0-beta-1</mavenPluginPluginVersion>
-    <mavenPluginTestingVersion>4.0.0-beta-3</mavenPluginTestingVersion>
+    <mavenPluginTestingVersion>4.0.0-beta-4</mavenPluginTestingVersion>
     <plexusArchiverVersion>4.10.1</plexusArchiverVersion>
 
     <version.maven-plugin-tools>${mavenPluginPluginVersion}</version.maven-plugin-tools>
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@
       <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-xml</artifactId>
+      <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
       <artifactId>file-management</artifactId>