diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
index 5f8b7d77d..47f849fce 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -270,21 +270,12 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.0</version>
-        <!-- will use previous maven-plugin-plugin release to build current maven-plugin-plugin as configured in parent -->
         <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-descriptor</id>
-            <phase>process-classes</phase>
-          </execution>
           <execution>
             <id>generated-helpmojo</id>
             <goals>
               <goal>helpmojo</goal>
             </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>
-            </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
@@ -296,7 +287,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.0</version><!-- cannot use ${mavenPluginToolsVersion} property because release plugin would try to update -->
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet>
             <reports>
@@ -316,19 +306,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${mavenInvokerPluginVersion}</version>
-          </plugin>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-            <artifactId>l10n-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
-            <configuration>
-              <locales>
-                <locale>de</locale>
-                <locale>fr</locale>
-                <locale>sv</locale>
-              </locales>
-            </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </reporting>
@@ -340,7 +317,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${mavenInvokerPluginVersion}</version>
             <configuration>
               <projectsDirectory>src/it</projectsDirectory>
               <cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/it</cloneProjectsTo>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/stubs/MojoStub.java b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/stubs/MojoStub.java
index d652afa02..f271b0092 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/stubs/MojoStub.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/stubs/MojoStub.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 /**
  * Dummy Mojo.
- *
- * @goal dummy
  */
 public class MojoStub
     extends AbstractMojo
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
index bf7038132..bab7ca7f2 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
@@ -111,24 +111,4 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>reporting</id>
-      <reporting>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-            <artifactId>l10n-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
-            <configuration>
-              <locales>
-                <locale>de</locale>
-                <locale>fr</locale>
-              </locales>
-            </configuration>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </reporting>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/stubs/MavenReportStub.java b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/stubs/MavenReportStub.java
index 936c230e9..3b664c59c 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/stubs/MavenReportStub.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/stubs/MavenReportStub.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 /**
  * Dummy report.
- *
- * @goal dummyReport
  */
 public class MavenReportStub
     extends AbstractMavenReport
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d337a0218..1d3c9e17c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-    <version>34</version>
-    <relativePath>../pom/maven/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <version>36</version>
+    <relativePath/>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
   </issueManagement>
   <ciManagement>
     <system>Jenkins</system>
-    <url>https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Maven/job/maven-box/job/maven-plugin-tools/</url>
+    <url>https://ci-maven.apache.org/job/Maven/job/maven-box/job/maven-plugin-tools/</url>
   </ciManagement>
   <distributionManagement>
     <site>
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@
     <pluginTestingHarnessVersion>3.3.0</pluginTestingHarnessVersion>
     <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
     <antVersion>1.9.16</antVersion>
-    <sisuVersion>0.3.5</sisuVersion>
-    <mavenInvokerPluginVersion>3.2.2</mavenInvokerPluginVersion>
     <maven.site.path>plugin-tools-archives/plugin-tools-LATEST</maven.site.path>
     <asmVersion>9.2</asmVersion>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2022-01-10T23:05:38Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
@@ -172,11 +170,6 @@
       </dependency>
       
       <!-- plexus -->
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
-        <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
-        <version>${sisuVersion}</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
@@ -256,19 +249,6 @@
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <!-- modello generate java sources with errors so do not fail -->
-            <failOnError>false</failOnError>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.11.0</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -290,21 +270,17 @@
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+            <excludes combine.children="append">
+              <exclude>.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-            <artifactId>extra-enforcer-rules</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 
   <profiles>
@@ -366,7 +342,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.1</version>
             <reportSets>
               <reportSet>
                 <id>non-aggregate</id>