diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
index b433833..0fcb82a 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -370,6 +370,10 @@
                 <sitePluginVersion>3.3</sitePluginVersion>
                 <antVersion>${antVersion}</antVersion>
               </filterProperties>
+              <properties>
+                <maven.compiler.source>${maven.compiler.source}</maven.compiler.source>
+                <maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.target}</maven.compiler.target>
+              </properties>
             </configuration>
             <executions>
               <execution>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/issues/plugin/MyMojo.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/issues/plugin/MyMojo.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ec3f1db..0000000
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/issues/plugin/MyMojo.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.plugins.issues.plugin;
-
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-/**
- * Goal which touches a timestamp file.
- *
- * @goal touch
- * 
- * @phase process-sources
- */
-public class MyMojo
-    extends AbstractMojo
-{
-    /**
-     * Location of the file.
-     * @parameter expression="${project.build.directory}"
-     * @required
-     */
-    private File outputDirectory;
-
-    public void execute()
-        throws MojoExecutionException
-    {
-        File f = outputDirectory;
-
-        if ( !f.exists() )
-        {
-            f.mkdirs();
-        }
-
-        File touch = new File( f, "touch.txt" );
-
-        FileWriter w = null;
-        try
-        {
-            w = new FileWriter( touch );
-
-            w.write( "touch.txt" );
-        }
-        catch ( IOException e )
-        {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error creating file " + touch, e );
-        }
-        finally
-        {
-            if ( w != null )
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    w.close();
-                }
-                catch ( IOException e )
-                {
-                    // ignore
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8fd440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<plugin>
+  <name>target bytecode defined by plugin configuration</name>
+  <description></description>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugin-info-jdk</groupId>
+  <artifactId>plugin</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <goalPrefix></goalPrefix>
+  <isolatedRealm>false</isolatedRealm>
+  <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
+  <mojos>
+    <mojo>
+      <goal>touch</goal>
+      <description>Goal which touches a timestamp file.</description>
+      <requiresDirectInvocation>false</requiresDirectInvocation>
+      <requiresProject>true</requiresProject>
+      <requiresReports>false</requiresReports>
+      <aggregator>false</aggregator>
+      <requiresOnline>false</requiresOnline>
+      <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
+      <phase>process-sources</phase>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.plugins.issues.plugin.MyMojo</implementation>
+      <language>java</language>
+      <instantiationStrategy>per-lookup</instantiationStrategy>
+      <executionStrategy>once-per-session</executionStrategy>
+      <threadSafe>false</threadSafe>
+      <parameters>
+        <parameter>
+          <name>outputDirectory</name>
+          <type>java.io.File</type>
+          <required>true</required>
+          <editable>true</editable>
+          <description>Location of the file.</description>
+        </parameter>
+      </parameters>
+      <configuration>
+        <outputDirectory implementation="java.io.File">${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
+      </configuration>
+    </mojo>
+  </mojos>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <version>2.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</plugin>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/pluginManagement/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/issues/plugin/MyMojo.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/pluginManagement/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/issues/plugin/MyMojo.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ec3f1db..0000000
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/pluginManagement/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/issues/plugin/MyMojo.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.plugins.issues.plugin;
-
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-/**
- * Goal which touches a timestamp file.
- *
- * @goal touch
- * 
- * @phase process-sources
- */
-public class MyMojo
-    extends AbstractMojo
-{
-    /**
-     * Location of the file.
-     * @parameter expression="${project.build.directory}"
-     * @required
-     */
-    private File outputDirectory;
-
-    public void execute()
-        throws MojoExecutionException
-    {
-        File f = outputDirectory;
-
-        if ( !f.exists() )
-        {
-            f.mkdirs();
-        }
-
-        File touch = new File( f, "touch.txt" );
-
-        FileWriter w = null;
-        try
-        {
-            w = new FileWriter( touch );
-
-            w.write( "touch.txt" );
-        }
-        catch ( IOException e )
-        {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error creating file " + touch, e );
-        }
-        finally
-        {
-            if ( w != null )
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    w.close();
-                }
-                catch ( IOException e )
-                {
-                    // ignore
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/pluginManagement/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/pluginManagement/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ca3b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/pluginManagement/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<plugin>
+  <name>target bytecode defined by pluginManagement configuration</name>
+  <description></description>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugin-info-jdk</groupId>
+  <artifactId>pluginManagement</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <goalPrefix>Management</goalPrefix>
+  <isolatedRealm>false</isolatedRealm>
+  <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
+  <mojos>
+    <mojo>
+      <goal>touch</goal>
+      <description>Goal which touches a timestamp file.</description>
+      <requiresDirectInvocation>false</requiresDirectInvocation>
+      <requiresProject>true</requiresProject>
+      <requiresReports>false</requiresReports>
+      <aggregator>false</aggregator>
+      <requiresOnline>false</requiresOnline>
+      <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
+      <phase>process-sources</phase>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.plugins.issues.plugin.MyMojo</implementation>
+      <language>java</language>
+      <instantiationStrategy>per-lookup</instantiationStrategy>
+      <executionStrategy>once-per-session</executionStrategy>
+      <threadSafe>false</threadSafe>
+      <parameters>
+        <parameter>
+          <name>outputDirectory</name>
+          <type>java.io.File</type>
+          <required>true</required>
+          <editable>true</editable>
+          <description>Location of the file.</description>
+        </parameter>
+      </parameters>
+      <configuration>
+        <outputDirectory implementation="java.io.File">${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
+      </configuration>
+    </mojo>
+  </mojos>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <version>2.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</plugin>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/pom.xml
index b603114..a184f45 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ under the License.
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>@project.version@</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <skipDescriptor>true</skipDescriptor>
+          </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/property/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/issues/plugin/MyMojo.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/property/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/issues/plugin/MyMojo.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ec3f1db..0000000
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/property/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/issues/plugin/MyMojo.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.plugins.issues.plugin;
-
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-/**
- * Goal which touches a timestamp file.
- *
- * @goal touch
- * 
- * @phase process-sources
- */
-public class MyMojo
-    extends AbstractMojo
-{
-    /**
-     * Location of the file.
-     * @parameter expression="${project.build.directory}"
-     * @required
-     */
-    private File outputDirectory;
-
-    public void execute()
-        throws MojoExecutionException
-    {
-        File f = outputDirectory;
-
-        if ( !f.exists() )
-        {
-            f.mkdirs();
-        }
-
-        File touch = new File( f, "touch.txt" );
-
-        FileWriter w = null;
-        try
-        {
-            w = new FileWriter( touch );
-
-            w.write( "touch.txt" );
-        }
-        catch ( IOException e )
-        {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error creating file " + touch, e );
-        }
-        finally
-        {
-            if ( w != null )
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    w.close();
-                }
-                catch ( IOException e )
-                {
-                    // ignore
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/property/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/property/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb4aaa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/property/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<plugin>
+  <name>target bytecode defined by maven.compiler.target property</name>
+  <description></description>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugin-info-jdk</groupId>
+  <artifactId>property</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <goalPrefix>property</goalPrefix>
+  <isolatedRealm>false</isolatedRealm>
+  <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
+  <mojos>
+    <mojo>
+      <goal>touch</goal>
+      <description>Goal which touches a timestamp file.</description>
+      <requiresDirectInvocation>false</requiresDirectInvocation>
+      <requiresProject>true</requiresProject>
+      <requiresReports>false</requiresReports>
+      <aggregator>false</aggregator>
+      <requiresOnline>false</requiresOnline>
+      <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
+      <phase>process-sources</phase>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.plugins.issues.plugin.MyMojo</implementation>
+      <language>java</language>
+      <instantiationStrategy>per-lookup</instantiationStrategy>
+      <executionStrategy>once-per-session</executionStrategy>
+      <threadSafe>false</threadSafe>
+      <parameters>
+        <parameter>
+          <name>outputDirectory</name>
+          <type>java.io.File</type>
+          <required>true</required>
+          <editable>true</editable>
+          <description>Location of the file.</description>
+        </parameter>
+      </parameters>
+      <configuration>
+        <outputDirectory implementation="java.io.File">${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
+      </configuration>
+    </mojo>
+  </mojos>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <version>2.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</plugin>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/requirement/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/issues/plugin/MyMojo.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/requirement/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/issues/plugin/MyMojo.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ec3f1db..0000000
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/requirement/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/issues/plugin/MyMojo.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.plugins.issues.plugin;
-
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-/**
- * Goal which touches a timestamp file.
- *
- * @goal touch
- * 
- * @phase process-sources
- */
-public class MyMojo
-    extends AbstractMojo
-{
-    /**
-     * Location of the file.
-     * @parameter expression="${project.build.directory}"
-     * @required
-     */
-    private File outputDirectory;
-
-    public void execute()
-        throws MojoExecutionException
-    {
-        File f = outputDirectory;
-
-        if ( !f.exists() )
-        {
-            f.mkdirs();
-        }
-
-        File touch = new File( f, "touch.txt" );
-
-        FileWriter w = null;
-        try
-        {
-            w = new FileWriter( touch );
-
-            w.write( "touch.txt" );
-        }
-        catch ( IOException e )
-        {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error creating file " + touch, e );
-        }
-        finally
-        {
-            if ( w != null )
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    w.close();
-                }
-                catch ( IOException e )
-                {
-                    // ignore
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/requirement/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/requirement/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91a517a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/requirement/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<plugin>
+  <name>target bytecode defined by report jdk requirement configuration</name>
+  <description></description>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugin-info-jdk</groupId>
+  <artifactId>requirement</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <goalPrefix>requirement</goalPrefix>
+  <isolatedRealm>false</isolatedRealm>
+  <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
+  <mojos>
+    <mojo>
+      <goal>touch</goal>
+      <description>Goal which touches a timestamp file.</description>
+      <requiresDirectInvocation>false</requiresDirectInvocation>
+      <requiresProject>true</requiresProject>
+      <requiresReports>false</requiresReports>
+      <aggregator>false</aggregator>
+      <requiresOnline>false</requiresOnline>
+      <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
+      <phase>process-sources</phase>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.plugins.issues.plugin.MyMojo</implementation>
+      <language>java</language>
+      <instantiationStrategy>per-lookup</instantiationStrategy>
+      <executionStrategy>once-per-session</executionStrategy>
+      <threadSafe>false</threadSafe>
+      <parameters>
+        <parameter>
+          <name>outputDirectory</name>
+          <type>java.io.File</type>
+          <required>true</required>
+          <editable>true</editable>
+          <description>Location of the file.</description>
+        </parameter>
+      </parameters>
+      <configuration>
+        <outputDirectory implementation="java.io.File">${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
+      </configuration>
+    </mojo>
+  </mojos>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <version>2.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</plugin>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/test.properties b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba4a6b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-info-jdk/test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+maven.compiler.source=1.3
+maven.compiler.target=1.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-report/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-report/pom.xml
index 9526d2d..cf7ac80 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-report/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/plugin-report/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ under the License.
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
+    <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.5.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <!-- old maven-parent, so fix it like this. -->
+          <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
+          <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>