diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
index f1ae250..3427d20 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -333,15 +333,12 @@
               <debug>${it.debug}</debug>
               <projectsDirectory>src/it</projectsDirectory>
               <cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/it</cloneProjectsTo>
-              <pomIncludes>
-                <pomInclude>*/pom.xml</pomInclude>
-              </pomIncludes>
               <preBuildHookScript>setup</preBuildHookScript>
               <postBuildHookScript>verify</postBuildHookScript>
               <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
               <settingsFile>src/it/settings.xml</settingsFile>
               <filterProperties>
-                <sitePluginVersion>3.0</sitePluginVersion>
+                <sitePluginVersion>3.3</sitePluginVersion>
                 <antVersion>${antVersion}</antVersion>
               </filterProperties>
             </configuration>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/pom.xml
index fd32539..eec11c3 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0</version>
+        <version>@sitePluginVersion@</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>