diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-configuration/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-configuration/pom.xml
index 72b129f2c..044310f6c 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-configuration/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-configuration/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback.components</groupId>
+      <artifactId>expression-evaluator</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
@@ -106,6 +110,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback.components</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!--
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback.components</groupId>
       <artifactId>expression-evaluator</artifactId>
@@ -116,6 +121,7 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/pom.xml
index 2cfb88fb3..e7a3ea555 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-plexus-bridge</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!--
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-digest</artifactId>
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    -->
 
     <!-- test dependencies -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-converter/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-converter/pom.xml
index ffeee4d6c..0e92f1b11 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-converter/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-converter/pom.xml
@@ -75,10 +75,12 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven2-repository</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!--
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-i18n</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-http</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-maven2-indexer/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-maven2-indexer/pom.xml
index de6700c32..f72348434 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-maven2-indexer/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-maven2-indexer/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!--
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-digest</artifactId>
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-plexus-bridge/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-plexus-bridge/pom.xml
index 3e85ac5a5..580f4c64e 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-plexus-bridge/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-plexus-bridge/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
       <artifactId>indexer-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>shaded-lucene</classifier>
     </dependency>
+    <!--
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-digest</artifactId>
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    -->
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml
index b4b33a197..c58c0849b 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!--
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-digest</artifactId>
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback.components.registry</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-registry-commons</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-transaction/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-transaction/pom.xml
index daf444fdf..4c3ba0231 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-transaction/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-transaction/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!--
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-digest</artifactId>
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/pom.xml
index a5267f91e..51383b2aa 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/pom.xml
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@
                 <seleniumRemote>${seleniumRemote}</seleniumRemote>
                 <container.propertiesPortFilePath>${container.propertiesPortFilePath}</container.propertiesPortFilePath>
                 <container.http.port>${container.http.port}</container.http.port>
+                <org.sonatype.inject.debug>true</org.sonatype.inject.debug>
               </systemPropertyVariables>
             </configuration>
 
@@ -629,6 +630,10 @@
                       <name>log4j.configurationFile</name>
                       <value>${project.build.directory}/test-classes/log4j2-test.xml</value>
                     </systemProperty>
+                    <systemProperty>
+                      <name>org.sonatype.inject.debug</name>
+                      <value>true</value>
+                    </systemProperty>
                   </systemProperties>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
index 7152a5c93..e8d26bb55 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
+    <!--
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-slf4j-logging</artifactId>
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b7d998ad2..360ff45ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
 
-    <maven3x.version>3.0.5</maven3x.version>
+    <maven3x.version>3.5.4</maven3x.version>
     <maven.version>2.0.8</maven.version>
     <aether.version>1.13.1</aether.version>
 
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@
     <!-- restore when we will be able to use a derby in memory database -->
     <redbackTestJdbcUrl>jdbc:derby:memory:users-test;create=true</redbackTestJdbcUrl>
     <redbackTestJdbcDriver>org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver</redbackTestJdbcDriver>
-    <sisu-inject-plexus.version>0.0.0.M2a</sisu-inject-plexus.version>
+    <sisu-inject-plexus.version>0.3.3</sisu-inject-plexus.version>
     <plexus-digest.version>1.1</plexus-digest.version>
     <plexus-expression-evaluator.version>2.1</plexus-expression-evaluator.version>
-    <plexus-utils.version>3.0.15</plexus-utils.version>
+    <plexus-utils.version>3.1.0</plexus-utils.version>
     <htmlUnitVersion>2.27</htmlUnitVersion>
 
     <release.preparationGoals>clean install</release.preparationGoals>
@@ -884,11 +884,13 @@
         <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
         <version>${maven3x.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <!--
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-digest</artifactId>
         <version>${plexus-digest.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback.components</groupId>
         <artifactId>expression-evaluator</artifactId>
@@ -900,6 +902,7 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
+      <!--
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-i18n</artifactId>
@@ -926,6 +929,7 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
+      -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback.components</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-taskqueue</artifactId>