diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d67ed0b64ca..fe7603d5c13 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -985,6 +985,17 @@
           <artifactId>h2spec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>1.0.7</version>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.8.1</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <processDependencies>true</processDependencies>
+            <processDependencyManagement>true</processDependencyManagement>
+            <processPluginDependencies>true</processPluginDependencies>
+            <processPluginDependenciesInPluginManagement>true</processPluginDependenciesInPluginManagement>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>
@@ -1109,6 +1120,11 @@
         <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
         <version>${maven.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
+        <version>${maven.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-api</artifactId>