diff --git a/apache-whisker-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/apache-whisker-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 2159bb2..bc27cbe 100644
--- a/apache-whisker-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-whisker-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <version>3.2.3</version>
+      <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9264cf6..9844289 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <target.jdk>1.6</target.jdk>
     <junit.version>3.8.2</junit.version>
+    <!-- This is the version of Maven required to use the Maven Plugin for this project -->
+    <mavenVersion>2.2.1</mavenVersion>
     <!--
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