diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 274ca1e32..4d179239e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.6</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
   
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.archiva</groupId>