diff --git a/its/pom.xml b/its/pom.xml
index d4c305d0d3..c5288fc5a5 100644
--- a/its/pom.xml
+++ b/its/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
   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>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>8</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom/maven/pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.its</groupId>
   <artifactId>core-integration-testing-parent</artifactId>