diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoAnnotationVisitor.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoAnnotationVisitor.java
index 2199de517..3977ed278 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoAnnotationVisitor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoAnnotationVisitor.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class MojoAnnotationVisitor
 
     MojoAnnotationVisitor( Logger logger, String annotationClassName )
     {
-        super( Opcodes.ASM7 );
+        super( Opcodes.ASM9 );
         this.logger = logger;
         this.annotationClassName = annotationClassName;
     }
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoClassVisitor.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoClassVisitor.java
index 2191a4707..2f3cf3004 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoClassVisitor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoClassVisitor.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class MojoClassVisitor
 
     public MojoClassVisitor( Logger logger )
     {
-        super( Opcodes.ASM7 );
+        super( Opcodes.ASM9 );
         this.logger = logger;
     }
 
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoFieldVisitor.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoFieldVisitor.java
index 80afcb608..225478b4b 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoFieldVisitor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoFieldVisitor.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class MojoFieldVisitor
 
     MojoFieldVisitor( Logger logger, String fieldName, String className )
     {
-        super( Opcodes.ASM7 );
+        super( Opcodes.ASM9 );
         this.logger = logger;
         this.fieldName = fieldName;
         this.className = className;