diff --git a/maven-archetype/maven-archetype-core/pom.xml b/maven-archetype/maven-archetype-core/pom.xml
index 13e92f43c6..ecfa11faf3 100644
--- a/maven-archetype/maven-archetype-core/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-archetype/maven-archetype-core/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml b/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml
index 43e07381b3..ed38175263 100755
--- a/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-artifact-manager/pom.xml b/maven-artifact-manager/pom.xml
index cb4b5a7910..ed579a2439 100644
--- a/maven-artifact-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifact-manager/pom.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-artifact-test/pom.xml b/maven-artifact-test/pom.xml
index ff0cec0e1e..f1f4919eea 100755
--- a/maven-artifact-test/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifact-test/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-artifact/pom.xml b/maven-artifact/pom.xml
index 3fb091d6dc..5808afe36b 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifact/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-core/pom.xml b/maven-core/pom.xml
index 43af768dae..2e3bb1b190 100644
--- a/maven-core/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core/pom.xml
@@ -91,12 +91,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-mboot2/pom.xml b/maven-mboot2/pom.xml
index 6e002fd975..bbc1dd7d1d 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-mboot2/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/maven-model/pom.xml b/maven-model/pom.xml
index 911fb9832c..4b6df2df70 100644
--- a/maven-model/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-model/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml
index b0266d139b..976af6a652 100755
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-mapping/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-mapping/pom.xml
index 6aa70fd0c2..e6a4ca05e6 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-mapping/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-mapping/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-registry/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-registry/pom.xml
index f4306d0787..f1086e4aac 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-registry/pom.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
index cae5c93bfd..d35374445d 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-ear-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-ear-plugin/pom.xml
index 5cc9be45b0..377dc8ef8a 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-ear-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-ear-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-archiver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-alpha-3</version>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </model>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/pom.xml
index 537828c9a0..c74c33b934 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -28,12 +28,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/pom.xml
index 9a07fede7e..3396d5647e 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <developers>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-source-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-source-plugin/pom.xml
index 66fa355046..c5349fa808 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-source-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-source-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-verifier-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-verifier-plugin/pom.xml
index 931e415e25..2163a9264a 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-verifier-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-verifier-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/pom.xml
index 6fe74b4fce..65d1092e9e 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,20 @@
       </releases>
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
   <modules>
     <module>maven-ant-plugin</module>
     <module>maven-assembly-plugin</module>
diff --git a/maven-profile/pom.xml b/maven-profile/pom.xml
index 05733d3a79..221d6a3121 100644
--- a/maven-profile/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-profile/pom.xml
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-project/pom.xml b/maven-project/pom.xml
index 16d1890d1f..e2bb092d97 100755
--- a/maven-project/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-project/pom.xml
@@ -27,12 +27,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-settings/pom.xml b/maven-settings/pom.xml
index 0446fb3699..939eed56da 100644
--- a/maven-settings/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-settings/pom.xml
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 748cdedf87..e90e1adc4a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -147,6 +147,20 @@
       </releases>
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
   <modules>
     <!-- module>maven-archetype</module -->
     <module>maven-archiver</module>
diff --git a/sandbox/maven-repository-checker/pom.xml b/sandbox/maven-repository-checker/pom.xml
index c4159f8a73..be1dd486c8 100644
--- a/sandbox/maven-repository-checker/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox/maven-repository-checker/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>