diff --git a/maven-release-manager/src/main/components-fragment.xml b/maven-release-manager/src/main/components-fragment.xml
index e69de29b..d5333cb3 100644
--- a/maven-release-manager/src/main/components-fragment.xml
+++ b/maven-release-manager/src/main/components-fragment.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~
+~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~
+~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~ under the License.
+-->
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/pom.xml b/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/pom.xml
index 4b586ff2..346c23d8 100644
--- a/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
     <version>3.0.0-M6-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-release-ccsemver-policy</artifactId>
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
       <version>${scmVersion}</version>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
@@ -64,6 +69,13 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -82,7 +94,6 @@
         <configuration>
           <version>3.0.0</version>
           <packageWithVersion>false</packageWithVersion>
-          <useJava5>true</useJava5>
           <models>
             <model>src/main/mdo/ccsemver-config.mdo</model>
           </models>
diff --git a/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/ccsemver/CCSemVerVersionPolicy.java b/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/ccsemver/CCSemVerVersionPolicy.java
index 0abba202..93478e73 100644
--- a/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/ccsemver/CCSemVerVersionPolicy.java
+++ b/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/ccsemver/CCSemVerVersionPolicy.java
@@ -25,16 +25,13 @@
 import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicyResult;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions.VersionParseException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LogEnabled;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLogger;
 import org.semver.Version;
 import org.semver.Version.Element;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import static org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger.LEVEL_DEBUG;
-
 /**
  * Uses SemVer combined with the tags and commit messages to increase the version.
  */
@@ -44,17 +41,9 @@
            description = "A VersionPolicy following the SemVer rules and looks at " 
                    + "the commit messages following the Conventional Commits convention."
        )
-public class CCSemVerVersionPolicy implements VersionPolicy, LogEnabled
+public class CCSemVerVersionPolicy implements VersionPolicy
 {
-    // Default logger in case none was set.
-    // In normal runs this is overruled, in testing it is not.
-    protected Logger logger = new ConsoleLogger( LEVEL_DEBUG, "debug" );
-
-    @Override
-    public void enableLogging( Logger logger )
-    {
-        this.logger = logger;
-    }
+    protected Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger( CCSemVerVersionPolicy.class );
 
     public VersionPolicyResult getReleaseVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request )
             throws VersionParseException
@@ -78,8 +67,6 @@ public VersionPolicyResult getReleaseVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request,
                                                   CommitHistory commitHistory )
         throws VersionParseException
     {
-        versionRules.enableLogging( logger );
-
         boolean usingTag = false;
 
         String versionString = request.getVersion(); // The current version in the pom
@@ -87,8 +74,8 @@ public VersionPolicyResult getReleaseVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request,
 
         logger.debug( "--------------------------------------------------------" );
         logger.debug( "Determining next ReleaseVersion" );
-        logger.debug( "VersionRules: \n" + versionRules );
-        logger.debug( "Pom version             : " + versionString );
+        logger.debug( "VersionRules: \n{}", versionRules );
+        logger.debug( "Pom version             : {}", versionString );
 
         logger.debug( "Commit History          : \n" + commitHistory );
 
@@ -100,7 +87,7 @@ public VersionPolicyResult getReleaseVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request,
             // Use the latest tag we have
             versionString = commitHistoryTags.get( 0 );
             usingTag = true;
-            logger.debug( "Version from tags       : " + versionString );
+            logger.debug( "Version from tags       : {}", versionString );
         }
         else
         {
@@ -113,7 +100,7 @@ public VersionPolicyResult getReleaseVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request,
         }
         else
         {
-            logger.debug( "Step from commits       : " + maxElementSinceLastVersionTag.name() );
+            logger.debug( "Step from commits       : {}", maxElementSinceLastVersionTag.name() );
         }
 
         try
@@ -125,7 +112,7 @@ public VersionPolicyResult getReleaseVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request,
             throw new VersionParseException( e.getMessage() );
         }
 
-        logger.debug( "Current version         : " + version );
+        logger.debug( "Current version         : {}", version );
 
 
         // If we have a version from the tag we use that + the calculated update.
@@ -136,28 +123,28 @@ public VersionPolicyResult getReleaseVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request,
         }
 
         Version releaseVersion = version.toReleaseVersion();
-        logger.debug( "Next version            : " + releaseVersion );
+        logger.debug( "Next version            : {}", releaseVersion );
         logger.debug( "--------------------------------------------------------" );
 
         if ( usingTag )
         {
-            logger.info( "From SCM tag with version " + versionString
-                    + " doing a " + maxElementSinceLastVersionTag
-                    + " version increase based on commit messages to version " + releaseVersion );
+            logger.info( "From SCM tag with version {} "
+                       + "doing a {} version increase based on commit messages to version {}",
+                         versionString, maxElementSinceLastVersionTag, releaseVersion );
         }
         else
         {
             if ( maxElementSinceLastVersionTag == null )
             {
-                logger.info( "From project.version " + versionString
-                        + " (because we did not find any valid SCM tags) going to version " + releaseVersion
-                        + " (because we did not find any minor/major commit messages)." );
+                logger.info( "From project.version {} (because we did not find any valid SCM tags) "
+                           + "going to version {} (because we did not find any minor/major commit messages).",
+                            versionString, releaseVersion );
             }
             else
             {
-                logger.info( "From project.version " + versionString
-                        + " (because we did not find any valid SCM tags) doing a " + maxElementSinceLastVersionTag
-                        + " version increase based on commit messages to version " + releaseVersion );
+                logger.info( "From project.version {} (because we did not find any valid SCM tags) "
+                           + "doing a {} version increase based on commit messages to version {}",
+                            versionString, maxElementSinceLastVersionTag, releaseVersion );
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/ccsemver/VersionRules.java b/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/ccsemver/VersionRules.java
index f4d083fa..e990e225 100644
--- a/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/ccsemver/VersionRules.java
+++ b/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/ccsemver/VersionRules.java
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@
 
 import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.ccsemver.config.CCSemverConfig;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.ccsemver.config.io.xpp3.CCSemverConfigXpp3Reader;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LogEnabled;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLogger;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException;
 import org.semver.Version;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -35,22 +34,13 @@
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
-import static org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger.LEVEL_DEBUG;
 
 /**
  * The set of rules that determine from the commit history what the next version should be.
  */
-public class VersionRules implements LogEnabled
+public class VersionRules
 {
-    // Default logger in case none was set.
-    // In normal runs this is overruled, in testing it is not.
-    protected Logger logger = new ConsoleLogger( LEVEL_DEBUG, "debug" );
-
-    @Override
-    public void enableLogging( Logger logger )
-    {
-        this.logger = logger;
-    }
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( VersionRules.class );
 
     private final Pattern tagPattern;
 
@@ -112,13 +102,13 @@ public Version.Element getMaxElementSinceLastVersionTag( CommitHistory commitHis
         {
             if ( isMajorUpdate( change ) )
             {
-                logger.debug( "MAJOR: \"" + change + "\"" );
+                LOGGER.debug( "MAJOR: \"{}\"", change );
                 return Version.Element.MAJOR;
             }
             else
             if ( isMinorUpdate( change ) )
             {
-                logger.debug( "MINOR: \"" + change + "\"" );
+                LOGGER.debug( "MINOR: \"{}\"", change );
                 needMinorUpdate = true;
             }
         }
@@ -129,7 +119,7 @@ public Version.Element getMaxElementSinceLastVersionTag( CommitHistory commitHis
         }
         if ( commitHistory.getLastVersionTag() != null )
         {
-            logger.debug( "PATCH: Tag " + commitHistory.getLastVersionTag() );
+            LOGGER.debug( "PATCH: Tag " + commitHistory.getLastVersionTag() );
             return Version.Element.PATCH;
         }
         return null;
diff --git a/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/ccsemver/CCSemVerVersionPolicyTest.java b/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/ccsemver/CCSemVerVersionPolicyTest.java
index bf88de0a..ed88dc82 100644
--- a/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/ccsemver/CCSemVerVersionPolicyTest.java
+++ b/maven-release-policies/maven-release-ccsemver-policy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/ccsemver/CCSemVerVersionPolicyTest.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ private void verifyNextVersion(
     ) throws VersionParseException
     {
         VersionPolicyRequest request = new VersionPolicyRequest();
-        request.setMetaData( null );
         request.setScmProvider( FakeSCM.getSCMProvider( comment, tags ) );
         request.setScmRepository( FakeSCM.getScmRepository() );
         request.setWorkingDirectory( "/tmp" );