diff --git a/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-site/pom.xml b/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-site/pom.xml
index 7ffc7eef34..35243e75c7 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-site/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-site/pom.xml
@@ -51,29 +51,12 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-reporting-api</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1.0</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>doxia</groupId>
-          <artifactId>doxia-sink-api</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
-      <artifactId>doxia-sink-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0</version>
+      <version>4.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-reporting-exec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.0</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
+      <version>2.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-site/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/GenerateMojo.java b/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-site/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/GenerateMojo.java
index 9e237e211f..009a0f29c4 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-site/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/GenerateMojo.java
+++ b/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-site/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/GenerateMojo.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReport;
+import org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReportException;
 
 /**
  * Generates the available/configured reports.
@@ -88,19 +89,23 @@ public class GenerateMojo extends AbstractMojo {
         for (Object report1 : reports) {
             MavenReport report = (MavenReport) report1;
 
-            if (report.canGenerateReport()) {
-                getLog().info("[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG] Generating report " + report);
-                try {
-                    report.setReportOutputDirectory(outputDirectory);
-                    report.generate(sink, locale);
-                } catch (Throwable e) {
-                    getLog().warn("[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG]   " + e, e);
-                    if (!ignoreErrors) {
-                        throw new MojoExecutionException("Failed to generate report " + report, e);
+            try {
+                if (report.canGenerateReport()) {
+                    getLog().info("[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG] Generating report " + report);
+                    try {
+                        report.setReportOutputDirectory(outputDirectory);
+                        report.generate(sink, locale);
+                    } catch (Throwable e) {
+                        getLog().warn("[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG]   " + e, e);
+                        if (!ignoreErrors) {
+                            throw new MojoExecutionException("Failed to generate report " + report, e);
+                        }
                     }
+                } else {
+                    getLog().info("[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG] Skipping report " + report);
                 }
-            } else {
-                getLog().info("[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG] Skipping report " + report);
+            } catch (MavenReportException e) {
+                getLog().info("[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG] Failing report " + report);
             }
         }
     }