diff --git a/maven-core/pom.xml b/maven-core/pom.xml
index 1805515068..6a08adbdea 100644
--- a/maven-core/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core/pom.xml
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ under the License.
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Test dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/pom.xml b/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
index 4ff0becbc5..23c8c353d0 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ under the License.
       <artifactId>failureaccess</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
@@ -101,11 +106,6 @@ under the License.
       <artifactId>xmlunit-matchers</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-assertj</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dd21b95578..722d4e142c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -147,25 +147,6 @@ under the License.
 
   <properties>
     <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
-    <classWorldsVersion>2.6.0</classWorldsVersion>
-    <commonsCliVersion>1.5.0</commonsCliVersion>
-    <commonsIoVersion>2.11.0</commonsIoVersion>
-    <junitVersion>5.10.1</junitVersion>
-    <mockitoVersion>5.7.0</mockitoVersion>
-    <plexusInterpolationVersion>1.26</plexusInterpolationVersion>
-    <plexusXmlVersion>4.0.1</plexusXmlVersion>
-    <guiceVersion>5.1.0</guiceVersion>
-    <guavaVersion>32.0.1-jre</guavaVersion>
-    <guavafailureaccessVersion>1.0.1</guavafailureaccessVersion>
-    <wagonVersion>3.5.3</wagonVersion>
-    <securityDispatcherVersion>2.0</securityDispatcherVersion>
-    <cipherVersion>2.0</cipherVersion>
-    <jxpathVersion>1.3</jxpathVersion>
-    <resolverVersion>2.0.0-alpha-1</resolverVersion>
-    <sisuVersion>0.9.0.M2</sisuVersion>
-    <asmVersion>9.6</asmVersion>
-    <slf4jVersion>1.7.36</slf4jVersion>
-    <xmlunitVersion>2.6.4</xmlunitVersion>
     <maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>
     <maven.baseline>3.8.7</maven.baseline>
     <!-- Control the name of the distribution and information output by mvn -->
@@ -174,6 +155,34 @@ under the License.
     <distributionName>Apache Maven</distributionName>
     <maven.site.path>ref/4-LATEST</maven.site.path>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-10-20T19:20:23Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <!-- various versions -->
+    <asmVersion>9.6</asmVersion>
+    <byteBuddyVersion>1.14.9</byteBuddyVersion>
+    <cipherVersion>2.0</cipherVersion>
+    <classWorldsVersion>2.6.0</classWorldsVersion>
+    <commonsCliVersion>1.5.0</commonsCliVersion>
+    <commonsIoVersion>2.11.0</commonsIoVersion>
+    <guiceVersion>5.1.0</guiceVersion>
+    <guavaVersion>32.0.1-jre</guavaVersion>
+    <guavafailureaccessVersion>1.0.1</guavafailureaccessVersion>
+    <hamcrestVersion>2.2</hamcrestVersion>
+    <jansiVersion>2.4.1</jansiVersion>
+    <javaxAnnotationApiVersion>1.3.2</javaxAnnotationApiVersion>
+    <junitVersion>5.10.1</junitVersion>
+    <jxpathVersion>1.3</jxpathVersion>
+    <logbackClassicVersion>1.2.11</logbackClassicVersion>
+    <mockitoVersion>5.7.0</mockitoVersion>
+    <plexusInterpolationVersion>1.26</plexusInterpolationVersion>
+    <plexusTestingVersion>1.0.0</plexusTestingVersion>
+    <plexusXmlVersion>4.0.1</plexusXmlVersion>
+    <resolverVersion>2.0.0-alpha-1</resolverVersion>
+    <securityDispatcherVersion>2.0</securityDispatcherVersion>
+    <sisuVersion>0.9.0.M2</sisuVersion>
+    <slf4jVersion>1.7.36</slf4jVersion>
+    <stax2ApiVersion>4.2.1</stax2ApiVersion>
+    <wagonVersion>3.5.3</wagonVersion>
+    <woodstoxVersion>6.5.1</woodstoxVersion>
+    <xmlunitVersion>2.6.4</xmlunitVersion>
   </properties>
 
   <!--bootstrap-start-comment-->
@@ -291,7 +300,7 @@ under the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
         <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.2</version>
+        <version>${javaxAnnotationApiVersion}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
@@ -306,7 +315,7 @@ under the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.fusesource.jansi</groupId>
         <artifactId>jansi</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.1</version>
+        <version>${jansiVersion}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -322,7 +331,7 @@ under the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
         <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.11</version>
+        <version>${logbackClassicVersion}</version>
         <optional>true</optional>
       </dependency>
       <!--  Wagon -->
@@ -416,12 +425,12 @@ under the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
         <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-        <version>6.5.1</version>
+        <version>${woodstoxVersion}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
         <artifactId>stax2-api</artifactId>
-        <version>4.2.1</version>
+        <version>${stax2ApiVersion}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
@@ -444,19 +453,19 @@ under the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
         <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2</version>
+        <version>${hamcrestVersion}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
         <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2</version>
+        <version>${hamcrestVersion}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-testing</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0</version>
+        <version>${plexusTestingVersion}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -476,7 +485,7 @@ under the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
         <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-        <version>1.14.9</version>
+        <version>${byteBuddyVersion}</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <!--bootstrap-start-comment-->