diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-combined/pom.xml b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-combined/pom.xml
index f99c9bd5f..40a71c153 100644
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-combined/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-combined/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>4.0.0-M1</version>
+                    <version>3.12.0</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-custom-config/pom.xml b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-custom-config/pom.xml
index 0a7ab679c..266344a61 100644
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-custom-config/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-custom-config/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>4.0.0-M1</version>
+                    <version>3.12.0</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-multiple-timestamped/pom.xml b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-multiple-timestamped/pom.xml
index 4dc457da9..949901224 100644
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-multiple-timestamped/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-multiple-timestamped/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>4.0.0-M1</version>
+                    <version>3.12.0</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-non-timestamped/pom.xml b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-non-timestamped/pom.xml
index d24c2cb11..147fef5c2 100644
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-non-timestamped/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-non-timestamped/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>4.0.0-M1</version>
+                    <version>3.12.0</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-reportonly/pom.xml b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-reportonly/pom.xml
index 048777eb1..0cbc6b01c 100644
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-reportonly/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-reportonly/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>4.0.0-M1</version>
+                    <version>3.12.0</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-skip/pom.xml b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-skip/pom.xml
index 8114cdaff..44ee215a5 100644
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-skip/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-skip/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>4.0.0-M1</version>
+                    <version>3.12.0</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-timestamped/pom.xml b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-timestamped/pom.xml
index 3a8c3a8f3..f17fedbc4 100644
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-timestamped/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-site-timestamped/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>4.0.0-M1</version>
+                    <version>3.12.0</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/pitest-maven/pom.xml b/pitest-maven/pom.xml
index bd73b98dc..353a2050a 100644
--- a/pitest-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-maven/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
 			<artifactId>maven-reporting-api</artifactId>
-			<version>4.0.0-M1</version>
+			<version>3.1.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- commons-collections, commons-beanutils, and plexus-utils specified
 		 due to vulnerable versions used by maven-reporting-impl:2.0.4.3-->
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
 			<artifactId>maven-reporting-impl</artifactId>
-			<version>4.0.0-M1</version>
+			<version>3.1.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 	    <dependency>
 	        <groupId>backport-util-concurrent</groupId>