diff --git a/maven-release-api/pom.xml b/maven-release-api/pom.xml
index cae47978..e73728fa 100644
--- a/maven-release-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-api/pom.xml
@@ -73,10 +73,5 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-release-manager/pom.xml b/maven-release-manager/pom.xml
index c68edcd6..75fd02dd 100644
--- a/maven-release-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-manager/pom.xml
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
@@ -186,12 +192,11 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
       <artifactId>aether-util</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
index 6921bc3d..a219f7d6 100644
--- a/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -96,8 +96,9 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>