To reduce maintenance workload, esp. when upgrading plugin versions / parent version it's very helpful that integration tests don't use fixed versions for plugin, but in best derive them from Maven parent or, when a version is not defined in parent, define own properties for them.

Also useful

versions.junit5
version.plexus-utils

This page should give an overview which projects already use version properties and which need to be updated, cause they don't.

Repositories / project status 

(Repository list was copied from Jira to GH issues migration due lazyness to create a new one. So there are some repositories to be updated/removed)

GitHub repo	IT use version properties	Notes / PR to introduce usage of properties
core https://github.com/apache/maven-sources/blob/master/default.xml#L30
maven-build-cache-extension		ITs don't use IT, so regular way can't be use. I tried something else, but the IT do not work with the projects own replacement way https://github.com/apache/maven-build-cache-extension/pull/487
maven	Not needed (2026-05-17)	Uses special Stub-version of plugins
maven-mvnd
maven-integration-testing	Not needed (2026-05-17)	Uses special Stub-version of plugins
maven-resolver	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-resolver-ant-tasks	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-wrapper
plugins/core https://github.com/apache/maven-sources/blob/master/default.xml#L39
maven-clean-plugin	Not needed (2026-05-15)
maven-compiler-plugin
maven-deploy-plugin
maven-install-plugin
maven-resources-plugin	(3.x) (4.x)	https://github.com/apache/maven-resources-plugin/pull/477 (3.x)  https://github.com/apache/maven-resources-plugin/pull/476 (4.x)
maven-site-plugin
surefire		Not possible as surefire does not use invoker plugin.
maven-verifier-plugin	Not needed (2026-05-16)
plugins/packaging https://github.com/apache/maven-sources/blob/master/default.xml#L48
maven-ear-plugin
maven-ejb-plugin
maven-jar-plugin	(3.x)   (4.x)	https://github.com/apache/maven-jar-plugin/pull/535 (3.x) N/A cause project does not build on RC5 (4.x)
maven-rar-plugin	Not needed (2026-05-16)
maven-war-plugin		https://github.com/apache/maven-war-plugin/pull/613
maven-acr-plugin	Not needed (2026-05-14)
maven-shade-plugin
maven-source-plugin		master (4.x) does not build
maven-jlink-plugin		https://github.com/apache/maven-jlink-plugin/pull/676
maven-jmod-plugin	(3.x)   (4.x)	Part of https://github.com/apache/maven-jmod-plugin/pull/96/changes (but build goes some strange JDK errors on Zulu - while Temurin is not possible at all due JSR))
plugins/reporting https://github.com/apache/maven-sources/blob/master/default.xml#L48
maven-changelog-plugin
maven-changes-plugin
maven-checkstyle-plugin
maven-doap-plugin	Not needed (2026-05-16)
maven-javadoc-plugin
maven-jdeps-plugin
maven-jxr
maven-pmd-plugin
maven-project-info-reports-plugin		Half-backed, like "1.somepluginversion" or "2.somepluginversion"
plugins/tools https://github.com/apache/maven-sources/blob/master/default.xml#L70
maven-antrun-plugin
maven-archetype	Not needed (2026-05-14)
maven-artifact-plugin		https://github.com/apache/maven-artifact-plugin/pull/214
maven-assembly-plugin
maven-dependency-plugin		https://github.com/apache/maven-dependency-plugin/pull/1639
maven-enforcer	Not needed (2026-05-14)
maven-gpg-plugin
maven-help-plugin
maven-invoker-plugin
maven-jarsigner-plugin
maven-jdeprscan-plugin	Not needed (2026-05-16)
maven-plugin-tools
maven-release
maven-remote-resources-plugin
maven-scm	Not needed (2026-05-16)
maven-scm-publish-plugin
maven-scripting-plugin	Not needed (2026-05-16)
maven-stage-plugin	No IT (2026-05-16)
maven-toolchains-plugin
shared https://github.com/apache/maven-sources/blob/master/default.xml#L70
maven-archiver	Not needed (2026-05-15)
maven-common-artifact-filters	Not needed (2026-05-16)
maven-dependency-analyzer	Not needed (2026-05-12)
maven-dependency-tree
maven-file-management	Not needed (2026-05-16)
maven-filtering	Not needed (2026-05-16)
maven-invoker	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-jarsigner	Not needed (2026-05-16)
maven-mapping	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-reporting-api	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-reporting-exec
maven-reporting-impl
maven-script-interpreter	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-shared-incremental	No tests (2026-05-17)
maven-shared-io	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-shared-jar	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-shared-resources	No tests (2026-05-17)
maven-shared-utils	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-verifier	Not needed (2026-05-17)
doxia https://github.com/apache/maven-sources/blob/master/default.xml#L113
maven-doxia
maven-doxia-site	Not needed (2026-05-17
maven-doxia-sitetools
maven-doxia-book-maven-plugin	No tests (2026-05-17)
maven-doxia-converter	Not needed (2026-05-17)
misc https://github.com/apache/maven-sources/blob/master/default.xml#L121
maven-archetypes	Not needed (2026-05-15)
maven-parent	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-apache-parent	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-apache-resources		https://github.com/apache/maven-apache-resources/pull/116
maven-fluido-skin
maven-dist-tool	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-gh-actions-shared	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-indexer	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-plugin-testing	Not needed (2026-05-17)
maven-wagon	Not needed (2026-05-17)