diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
index 381ab7dd4..2b9eaf353 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-generators</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- runtime extractors used by default by plugin-tools -->
     <dependency>
@@ -83,7 +87,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -104,13 +107,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-resolver-util</artifactId>
-      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
@@ -144,17 +144,14 @@
     <!-- tests -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-
-    <!-- needed for it tests -->
-
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/DescriptorGeneratorMojoTest.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/DescriptorGeneratorMojoTest.java
index 4956340ea..77f2933c4 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/DescriptorGeneratorMojoTest.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/DescriptorGeneratorMojoTest.java
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
-import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments.arguments;
 
 // at least one test class must be public for test-javadoc report
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ public static Stream<Arguments> goalPrefixes() {
     @ParameterizedTest
     @MethodSource("goalPrefixes")
     void defaultGoalPrefix(String groupId, String artifactId, String expectedGoal) {
-        assertThat(DescriptorGeneratorMojo.getDefaultGoalPrefix(newProject(groupId, artifactId)), is(expectedGoal));
+        assertEquals(expectedGoal, DescriptorGeneratorMojo.getDefaultGoalPrefix(newProject(groupId, artifactId)));
     }
 
     private MavenProject newProject(final String groupId, final String artifactId) {
diff --git a/maven-plugin-report-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-report-plugin/pom.xml
index 0ec82d5a3..9ec4fa597 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-report-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-report-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -47,12 +47,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
@@ -61,28 +59,18 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-model-builder</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- plugin tools -->
@@ -94,10 +82,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-generators</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
 
     <!-- doxia -->
     <dependency>
@@ -132,6 +116,11 @@
       <artifactId>plexus-i18n</artifactId>
       <version>1.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- tests -->
     <dependency>
@@ -139,11 +128,6 @@
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <!-- Depenency is listed here because it's used in ITs -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-report-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/plugin/descriptor/EnhancedPluginDescriptorBuilder.java b/maven-plugin-report-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/plugin/descriptor/EnhancedPluginDescriptorBuilder.java
index 7c15b1b69..fbbe2a192 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-report-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/plugin/descriptor/EnhancedPluginDescriptorBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-report-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/plugin/descriptor/EnhancedPluginDescriptorBuilder.java
@@ -34,13 +34,12 @@
 import org.apache.maven.rtinfo.RuntimeInformation;
 import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.EnhancedParameterWrapper;
 import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.ExtendedPluginDescriptor;
-import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.generator.PluginDescriptorFilesGenerator;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfigurationException;
 
 /**
  * Reads enhanced plugin.xml files as generated by
- * {@link PluginDescriptorFilesGenerator} and used by {@link PluginReport}.
+ * {@code PluginDescriptorFilesGenerator} and used by {@link PluginReport}.
  * Populates the slightly extended {@link Parameter} object {@link EnhancedParameterWrapper}.
  * In addition, populates all (optional) elements added after Maven Plugin API 3.2.5.
  */
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
index feb6a0223..e159c4d40 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
@@ -59,7 +63,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -69,11 +72,6 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
-      <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
@@ -102,24 +100,11 @@
       <groupId>com.thoughtworks.qdox</groupId>
       <artifactId>qdox</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- test -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-testing</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -138,6 +123,12 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <!-- used in test runtime -->
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/DefaultMojoAnnotationsScannerTest.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/DefaultMojoAnnotationsScannerTest.java
index a21c0736a..4bfcfadce 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/DefaultMojoAnnotationsScannerTest.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/DefaultMojoAnnotationsScannerTest.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.codehaus.plexus.testing.PlexusExtension.getBasedir;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ void scanParametersWithGenerics() throws ExtractionException, IOException {
     @Test
     void scanFooMojoClass() throws Exception {
         MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest request = new MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest();
-        request.setClassesDirectories(Collections.singletonList(new File(getBasedir(), "target/test-classes")));
+        request.setClassesDirectories(Collections.singletonList(new File("target/test-classes")));
         request.setIncludePatterns(Arrays.asList("**/FooMojo.class"));
         request.setProject(new MavenProject());
 
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
index 699867ad0..48d67504e 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
@@ -70,26 +70,18 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
       <version>2.9.0</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
-      <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- plexus -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <!-- for retrieving package-list or element-list of existing javadoc sites -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
@@ -116,7 +108,7 @@
     <!-- test -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/javadoc/JavadocSiteTest.java b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/javadoc/JavadocSiteTest.java
index 05303b84f..4355fb82f 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/javadoc/JavadocSiteTest.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/javadoc/JavadocSiteTest.java
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
-import org.opentest4j.AssertionFailedError;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 /**
  * Tests against the locally available javadoc sites. Doesn't require internet connectivity.
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ static void assertUrlValid(final URI url) {
             if (url.getFragment() != null) {
                 Pattern pattern = JavadocSite.getAnchorPattern(url.getFragment());
                 if (!reader.lines().anyMatch(pattern.asPredicate())) {
-                    throw new AssertionFailedError("Although URL " + url + " exists, no line matching the pattern "
-                            + pattern + " found in response");
+                    fail("Although URL " + url + " exists, no line matching the pattern " + pattern
+                            + " found in response");
                 }
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new AssertionFailedError("Could not find URL " + url, e);
+            fail("Could not find URL " + url, e);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/stubs/MavenReportStub.java b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/stubs/MavenReportStub.java
index 0358de025..ae7e78174 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/stubs/MavenReportStub.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/stubs/MavenReportStub.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-import org.apache.maven.doxia.siterenderer.Renderer;
-import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.reporting.AbstractMavenReport;
 import org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReportException;
 
@@ -33,24 +31,6 @@ public class MavenReportStub extends AbstractMavenReport {
     @Override
     protected void executeReport(Locale locale) throws MavenReportException {}
 
-    /** {@inheritDoc} */
-    @Override
-    protected String getOutputDirectory() {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    /** {@inheritDoc} */
-    @Override
-    protected MavenProject getProject() {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    /** {@inheritDoc} */
-    @Override
-    protected Renderer getSiteRenderer() {
-        return null;
-    }
-
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override
     public String getDescription(Locale locale) {
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
index e60d81f9a..f5c14b011 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- other -->
@@ -88,16 +89,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
-      <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
-      <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- for HTML to plain text conversion -->
@@ -116,17 +107,7 @@
     <!-- test -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-resolver-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-testing</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorFilesGeneratorTest.java b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorFilesGeneratorTest.java
index 98fd2e41e..8ad37cd1b 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorFilesGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorFilesGeneratorTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.javadoc.JavadocLinkGenerator;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.ComponentDependency;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.testing.PlexusTest;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:jason@maven.org">Jason van Zyl </a>
  */
-@PlexusTest
 public class PluginDescriptorFilesGeneratorTest extends AbstractGeneratorTestCase {
     @Override
     protected void extendPluginDescriptor(PluginDescriptor pluginDescriptor) throws DuplicateParameterException {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 864f45d9a..07b849b0c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-generators</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-model</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-annotations</artifactId>
@@ -147,32 +142,50 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-model-builder</artifactId>
         <version>${maven3Version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
         <version>${maven3Version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
         <version>${maven3Version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
         <version>${maven3Version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
         <version>${maven3Version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
         <version>${maven3Version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resolver-util</artifactId>
+        <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <!-- shared -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
@@ -189,6 +202,7 @@
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -240,11 +254,6 @@
         <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
         <version>${asmVersion}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
-        <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>${asmVersion}</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
         <artifactId>asm-util</artifactId>
@@ -263,24 +272,6 @@
         <version>3.27.6</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-        <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.12.4</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-testing</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.1</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>