diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-http2/jetty-http2-tests/pom.xml b/jetty-core/jetty-http2/jetty-http2-tests/pom.xml
index d1a8b1ee55ae..3dea9657aadb 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-http2/jetty-http2-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-http2/jetty-http2-tests/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
           <skip>${h2spec.skip}</skip>
           <junitPackage>org.eclipse.jetty.h2spec</junitPackage>
           <skipNoDockerAvailable>true</skipNoDockerAvailable>
-          <reportsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/h2spec-reports</reportsDirectory>
           <excludeSpecs>
             <excludeSpec>3.5 - Sends invalid connection preface</excludeSpec>
           </excludeSpecs>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2f617f98914f..75d2827b19a0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     <gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>
     <guava.version>33.2.1-jre</guava.version>
     <guice.version>7.0.0</guice.version>
-    <h2spec.maven.plugin.version>1.0.12</h2spec.maven.plugin.version>
+    <h2spec.maven.plugin.version>1.0.13</h2spec.maven.plugin.version>
     <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
     <hazelcast.version>5.4.0</hazelcast.version>
     <hibernate.search.version>7.1.1.Final</hibernate.search.version>