diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
index 29db40d8d..dd38bf605 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Verify
     uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v4
     with:
-      maven-matrix: '[ "3.6.3", "3.9.8", "4.0.0-beta-3" ]'
+      maven-matrix: '[ "3.6.3", "3.9.8", "4.0.0-beta-4" ]'
       jdk-matrix: '[ "8", "17", "21" ]'
-      matrix-exclude: '[ { maven: "4.0.0-beta-3", jdk: "8" } ]'
+      matrix-exclude: '[ { maven: "4.0.0-beta-4", jdk: "8" } ]'
 
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/v4api-3x/verify.groovy b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/v4api-3x/verify.groovy
index c7e767ae9..28d19fa8f 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/v4api-3x/verify.groovy
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/v4api-3x/verify.groovy
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
  * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
  * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
  * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
+ *
  *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
  * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
  * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ assert descriptorFile.isFile()
 def pluginDescriptor = new XmlParser().parse( descriptorFile );
 
 assert pluginDescriptor.requiredJavaVersion.text() == '17'
-assert pluginDescriptor.requiredMavenVersion.text() == '4.0.0-beta-3'
+assert pluginDescriptor.requiredMavenVersion.text() == '4.0.0-beta-4'
 
 def mojo = pluginDescriptor.mojos.mojo.findAll{ it.goal.text() == "first" }[0]
 
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/v4api-4x/verify.groovy b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/v4api-4x/verify.groovy
index c7e767ae9..28d19fa8f 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/v4api-4x/verify.groovy
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/v4api-4x/verify.groovy
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
  * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
  * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
  * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
+ *
  *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
  * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
  * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ assert descriptorFile.isFile()
 def pluginDescriptor = new XmlParser().parse( descriptorFile );
 
 assert pluginDescriptor.requiredJavaVersion.text() == '17'
-assert pluginDescriptor.requiredMavenVersion.text() == '4.0.0-beta-3'
+assert pluginDescriptor.requiredMavenVersion.text() == '4.0.0-beta-4'
 
 def mojo = pluginDescriptor.mojos.mojo.findAll{ it.goal.text() == "first" }[0]
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e3a48cae2..82977f1a9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
   <properties>
     <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
     <pluginTestingHarnessVersion>3.3.0</pluginTestingHarnessVersion>
-    <maven4Version>4.0.0-beta-3</maven4Version>
+    <maven4Version>4.0.0-beta-4</maven4Version>
     <maven3Version>3.9.8</maven3Version>
     <resolverVersion>1.9.20</resolverVersion>
     <slf4jVersion>1.7.36</slf4jVersion>