diff --git a/modello-test/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/AbstractModelloJavaGeneratorTest.java b/modello-test/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/AbstractModelloJavaGeneratorTest.java
index 1dd1f7ab0..b1248b52e 100755
--- a/modello-test/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/AbstractModelloJavaGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/modello-test/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/AbstractModelloJavaGeneratorTest.java
@@ -175,8 +175,9 @@ private void compileGeneratedSources(String verifierId, String javaSource) throw
         addDependency("junit", "junit");
         addDependency("org.codehaus.plexus", "plexus-utils");
         addDependency("org.codehaus.plexus", "plexus-xml");
-        addDependency("org.apache.maven", "maven-api-xml");
-        addDependency("org.apache.maven", "maven-xml-impl");
+        // for plexus-xml 4
+        // addDependency("org.apache.maven", "maven-api-xml");
+        // addDependency("org.apache.maven", "maven-xml-impl");
         addDependency("org.codehaus.modello", "modello-test");
 
         String[] classPathElements = new String[dependencies.size() + 2];
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ae5ee26d9..7ecdff298 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.2</version>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>