diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
index b25a9aa..bc14f1d 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- misc -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
index 2250764..e150a5d 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <!-- plexus -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- misc -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>qdox</groupId>