diff --git a/maven-failsafe-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-failsafe-plugin/pom.xml
index 0bb3acc923..b6ef746bc3 100644
--- a/maven-failsafe-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-failsafe-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml b/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml
index 811d0b680d..634e2567e2 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-java</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.fusesource.jansi</groupId>
       <artifactId>jansi</artifactId>
@@ -116,6 +112,11 @@
       <classifier>runtime</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1bfd97fdad..3729463557 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
   <dependencies>