<project> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>org.apache.maven.it</groupId> <artifactId>maven-core-it0071</artifactId> <packaging>jar</packaging> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>3.8.1</version> <type>jar</type> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-core-it-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> <configuration> <pluginItem>${m2.foo}</pluginItem> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> <properties> <m2.foo>foo2</m2.foo> </properties> </project>