diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 88cc7a6b38..72f0987f17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <java.level>8</java.level>
     <gitHubRepo>jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}</gitHubRepo>
+    <aether.version>1.1.0</aether.version>
     <maven.version>3.8.5</maven.version>
     <maven-plugin-tools.version>3.6.4</maven-plugin-tools.version>
     <plexus-containers.version>2.1.1</plexus-containers.version>
@@ -92,6 +93,16 @@
         <artifactId>maven-shared-utils</artifactId>
         <version>3.3.4</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
+        <artifactId>aether-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${aether.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
+        <artifactId>aether-util</artifactId>
+        <version>${aether.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -113,6 +124,11 @@
       <version>70.1</version>
       <!-- stapler plugin pulls jaxen pulls ancient ver that blows up annotation processing -->
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+      <version>31.1-jre</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.codemodel</groupId>
       <artifactId>codemodel</artifactId>
@@ -128,6 +144,11 @@
       <artifactId>sezpoz</artifactId>
       <version>1.13</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+      <version>1.10.12</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-archiver</artifactId>
@@ -187,23 +208,6 @@
       <artifactId>version-number</artifactId>
       <version>1.9</version>
     </dependency>
-    <!-- for using annotation processor -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.kohsuke.stapler</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-stapler-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.17</version>
-      <!-- make sure to exclude servlet so that the one in Jetty (which has different groupId) will win -->
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-          <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.kohsuke.stapler</groupId>
-          <artifactId>stapler</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kohsuke.stapler</groupId>
       <artifactId>stapler-groovy</artifactId>
@@ -284,25 +288,13 @@
               <rules>
                 <requireUpperBoundDeps>
                   <excludes combine.children="append">
-                    <exclude>com.google.guava:guava</exclude>
-                    <exclude>com.google.inject:guice</exclude>
-                    <exclude>commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils</exclude>
-                    <exclude>commons-codec:commons-codec</exclude>
                     <exclude>commons-io:commons-io</exclude>
                     <exclude>commons-lang:commons-lang</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.apache.commons:commons-compress</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.apache.commons:commons-lang3</exclude>
-                    <exclude>org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient</exclude>
-                    <exclude>org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore</exclude>
-                    <exclude>org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-decoration-model</exclude>
-                    <exclude>org.apache.maven:maven-project</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.apache.maven.wagon:wagon-provider-api</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-container-default</exclude>
-                    <exclude>org.eclipse.aether:aether-util</exclude>
-                    <exclude>org.ow2.asm:asm</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-                    <exclude>xerces:xercesImpl</exclude>
-                    <exclude>xml-apis:xml-apis</exclude>
                   </excludes>
                 </requireUpperBoundDeps>
               </rules>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/AbstractJenkinsMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/AbstractJenkinsMojo.java
index 4365b513b6..e6efaf1b21 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/AbstractJenkinsMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/AbstractJenkinsMojo.java
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectBuilder;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectHelper;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuilder;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.transfer.artifact.resolve.ArtifactResolver;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJenkinsMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     protected ArtifactResolver artifactResolver;
 
     @Component
-    protected MavenProjectBuilder projectBuilder;
+    protected ProjectBuilder projectBuilder;
 
     @Component
     protected MavenProjectHelper projectHelper;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/MavenArtifact.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/MavenArtifact.java
index d7b252fcd4..b7ac5bad27 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/MavenArtifact.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/MavenArtifact.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.maven.project.DefaultProjectBuildingRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuilder;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.transfer.artifact.resolve.ArtifactResolver;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  */
 public class MavenArtifact implements Comparable<MavenArtifact> {
     public final ArtifactFactory artifactFactory;
-    public final MavenProjectBuilder builder;
+    public final ProjectBuilder builder;
     public final List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories;
     public final ArtifactRepository localRepository;
     public final Artifact artifact;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public MavenArtifact(
             Artifact artifact,
             ArtifactResolver resolver,
             ArtifactFactory artifactFactory,
-            MavenProjectBuilder builder,
+            ProjectBuilder builder,
             List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories,
             ArtifactRepository localRepository,
             MavenSession session) {
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ public MavenArtifact(
     }
 
     public MavenProject resolvePom() throws ProjectBuildingException {
-        return builder.buildFromRepository(artifact,remoteRepositories,localRepository);
+        ProjectBuildingRequest buildingRequest =
+                new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest(session.getProjectBuildingRequest());
+        buildingRequest.setRemoteRepositories(remoteRepositories);
+        buildingRequest.setLocalRepository(localRepository);
+        buildingRequest.setProcessPlugins(false); // improve performance
+        return builder.build(artifact, buildingRequest).getProject();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/RunMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/RunMojo.java
index fd0f455460..9c99bee122 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/RunMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/maven/plugins/hpi/RunMojo.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.project.DependencyResolutionRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.project.DependencyResolutionResult;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuilder;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectDependenciesResolver;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.transfer.artifact.resolve.ArtifactResolver;
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractJettyMojo {
     protected boolean consoleForceReload;
 
     @Component
-    protected MavenProjectBuilder projectBuilder;
+    protected ProjectBuilder projectBuilder;
 
     /**
      * Optional string that represents "groupId:artifactId" of Jenkins core jar.