diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3816c911..a5861f4f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@
               <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
               <projectsDirectory>src/it/projects</projectsDirectory>
               <settingsFile>src/it/mrm/settings.xml</settingsFile>
+              <scriptVariables>
+                <surefireversion>${version.maven-surefire}</surefireversion>
+              </scriptVariables>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
           <plugin>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/describe-cmd-with-goal-report/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/describe-cmd-with-goal-report/pom.xml
index d7e9af28..2bbd6a14 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/describe-cmd-with-goal-report/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/describe-cmd-with-goal-report/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ under the License.
       <plugins>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2.0</version>
+          <version>@version.maven-javadoc-plugin@</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/describe-plugin-in-plugin-management/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/describe-plugin-in-plugin-management/pom.xml
index 01d10866..d59d267b 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/describe-plugin-in-plugin-management/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/describe-plugin-in-plugin-management/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ under the License.
       <plugins>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4.3</version>
+          <version>@version.maven-surefire@</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/describe-plugin-in-plugin-management/verify.groovy b/src/it/projects/describe-plugin-in-plugin-management/verify.groovy
index 9f303562..4cf535fe 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/describe-plugin-in-plugin-management/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/projects/describe-plugin-in-plugin-management/verify.groovy
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def ls = System.getProperty( "line.separator" );
 assert result.contains(
   "Group Id: org.apache.maven.plugins" + ls + 
   "Artifact Id: maven-surefire-plugin" + ls + 
-  "Version: 2.4.3" + ls +
+  "Version: " + surefireversion + ls +
   "Goal Prefix: surefire"
 )