diff --git a/src/site/site.xml b/src/site/site.xml
index f631ee6..9e0e193 100644
--- a/src/site/site.xml
+++ b/src/site/site.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ under the License.
 
 <site xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SITE/2.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SITE/2.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/site-2.0.0.xsd">
+  <!--
+    Workaround for Maven 4.0.0-beta-3, the version this plugin currently builds against:
+    on beta-3 the parent site descriptor is not resolved, so the skin declared in the
+    Maven parent is not inherited and maven-site-plugin fails with "skin cannot be null".
+    Parent resolution works again on Maven 4.0.0-rc-5+, where this <skin> is redundant
+    (the parent's skin is inherited). Re-check and drop this once the build moves off
+    beta-3. See apache/maven-site-plugin#1286 for the cryptic-error part.
+  -->
+  <skin>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.skins</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-fluido-skin</artifactId>
+    <version>2.1.0</version>
+  </skin>
   <body>
     <menu name="Overview">
       <item name="Introduction" href="index.html"/>
