diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 52d30585..5bd715b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -490,6 +490,10 @@
           <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+          <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -525,6 +529,12 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
       <artifactId>doxia-integration-tools</artifactId>
       <version>${doxiaSiteToolsVersion}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+          <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Commons -->
@@ -582,17 +592,6 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- plexus -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>${plexusContainerVersion}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-              <groupId>junit</groupId>
-              <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-resources</artifactId>