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Hence, a "minimal" Maven Plugin POM can look should have elements like this:

  <prerequisites>
    <maven>${mavenVersion}</maven>
  </prerequisites>
  
  <properties>
    <mavenVersion>3.8.6</mavenVersion>
    <mavenPluginToolsVersion>3.7.0</mavenPluginToolsVersion>
  </properties>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
      <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
      <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
      <version>${mavenPluginToolsVersion}</version>
      <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>${mavenPluginToolsVersion}</version>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

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