diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8e5ca16cab..9c3f66c179 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@
     <maven-scm.version>1.9.5</maven-scm.version>
     <!-- To skip the wizard by default in hpi:run. It should not impact other goals. -->
     <hudson.Main.development>true</hudson.Main.development>
+    <access-modifier.version>1.14</access-modifier.version>
+    <!-- May be used to select timestamped snapshots: -->
+    <access-modifier-annotation.version>${access-modifier.version}</access-modifier-annotation.version>
+    <access-modifier-checker.version>${access-modifier.version}</access-modifier-checker.version>
+    <!-- To opt in to @Restricted(Beta.class) APIs, set to true: -->
+    <useBeta>false</useBeta>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -276,6 +282,12 @@
       <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
+      <artifactId>access-modifier-annotation</artifactId>
+      <version>${access-modifier-annotation.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <!--
@@ -430,7 +442,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
           <artifactId>access-modifier-checker</artifactId>
-          <version>1.13</version>
+          <version>${access-modifier-checker.version}</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>com.cloudbees</groupId>
@@ -539,7 +551,6 @@
                     <exclude>com.google.guava:guava</exclude> <!-- TODO needed for Jenkins 2.71 and earlier -->
                     <exclude>commons-logging:commons-logging</exclude> <!-- ditto -->
                     <exclude>com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305</exclude> <!-- ditto -->
-                    <exclude>org.kohsuke:access-modifier-annotation</exclude> <!-- needed between Jenkins 2.36—2.60 -->
                     <exclude>net.java.dev.jna:jna</exclude> <!-- needed for Jenkins 1.585 and earlier -->
                   </excludes>
                 </requireUpperBoundDeps>
@@ -677,6 +688,14 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
         <artifactId>access-modifier-checker</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <properties>
+            <property>
+              <name>useBeta</name>
+              <value>${useBeta}</value>
+            </property>
+          </properties>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>
diff --git a/src/it/beta-fail/downstream/pom.xml b/src/it/beta-fail/downstream/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..173b62623a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-fail/downstream/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its</groupId>
+        <artifactId>beta-fail</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its.beta-fail</groupId>
+    <artifactId>downstream</artifactId>
+    <packaging>hpi</packaging>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its.beta-fail</groupId>
+            <artifactId>upstream</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/beta-fail/downstream/src/main/java/downstream/Caller.java b/src/it/beta-fail/downstream/src/main/java/downstream/Caller.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8278aae38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-fail/downstream/src/main/java/downstream/Caller.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package downstream;
+import upstream.Api;
+public class Caller {
+    static {
+        Api.experimental();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/it/beta-fail/invoker.properties b/src/it/beta-fail/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7458cf72a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-fail/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+invoker.goals=clean install
+invoker.buildResult=failure
diff --git a/src/it/beta-fail/pom.xml b/src/it/beta-fail/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8e8fb8064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-fail/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <relativePath/>
+    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>beta-fail</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <properties>
+        <jenkins.version>2.60.3</jenkins.version>
+        <java.level>8</java.level>
+        <maven-hpi-plugin.disabledTestInjection>true</maven-hpi-plugin.disabledTestInjection>
+    </properties>
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>repo.jenkins-ci.org</id>
+            <url>https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/public/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+    <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>repo.jenkins-ci.org</id>
+            <url>https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/public/</url>
+        </pluginRepository>
+    </pluginRepositories>
+    <modules>
+        <module>upstream</module>
+        <module>downstream</module>
+    </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/beta-fail/postbuild.groovy b/src/it/beta-fail/postbuild.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1854c1268d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-fail/postbuild.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+assert new File(basedir, 'build.log').text.contains('[ERROR] downstream/Caller:5 upstream/Api.experimental()V is still in beta')
+
+return true
diff --git a/src/it/beta-fail/upstream/pom.xml b/src/it/beta-fail/upstream/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29ab7add96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-fail/upstream/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its</groupId>
+        <artifactId>beta-fail</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its.beta-fail</groupId>
+    <artifactId>upstream</artifactId>
+    <packaging>hpi</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/beta-fail/upstream/src/main/java/upstream/Api.java b/src/it/beta-fail/upstream/src/main/java/upstream/Api.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9df5a346c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-fail/upstream/src/main/java/upstream/Api.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package upstream;
+import org.kohsuke.accmod.Restricted;
+import org.kohsuke.accmod.restrictions.Beta;
+public class Api {
+    @Restricted(Beta.class)
+    public static void experimental() {}
+}
diff --git a/src/it/beta-just-testing/downstream/pom.xml b/src/it/beta-just-testing/downstream/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cc1b923ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-just-testing/downstream/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its</groupId>
+        <artifactId>beta-just-testing</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its.beta-just-testing</groupId>
+    <artifactId>downstream</artifactId>
+    <packaging>hpi</packaging>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its.beta-just-testing</groupId>
+            <artifactId>upstream</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/beta-just-testing/downstream/src/main/java/downstream/NotCaller.java b/src/it/beta-just-testing/downstream/src/main/java/downstream/NotCaller.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2df18fd6bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-just-testing/downstream/src/main/java/downstream/NotCaller.java
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package downstream;
+public class NotCaller {
+}
diff --git a/src/it/beta-just-testing/downstream/src/test/java/downstream/ApiTest.java b/src/it/beta-just-testing/downstream/src/test/java/downstream/ApiTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9b3842e68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-just-testing/downstream/src/test/java/downstream/ApiTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package downstream;
+import upstream.Api;
+public class ApiTest {
+    static {
+        Api.experimental();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/it/beta-just-testing/invoker.properties b/src/it/beta-just-testing/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b89532743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-just-testing/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+invoker.goals=clean install
diff --git a/src/it/beta-just-testing/pom.xml b/src/it/beta-just-testing/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64d3d093d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-just-testing/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <relativePath/>
+    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>beta-just-testing</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <properties>
+        <jenkins.version>2.7.3</jenkins.version>
+        <java.level>7</java.level>
+        <maven-hpi-plugin.disabledTestInjection>true</maven-hpi-plugin.disabledTestInjection>
+    </properties>
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>repo.jenkins-ci.org</id>
+            <url>https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/public/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+    <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>repo.jenkins-ci.org</id>
+            <url>https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/public/</url>
+        </pluginRepository>
+    </pluginRepositories>
+    <modules>
+        <module>upstream</module>
+        <module>downstream</module>
+    </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/beta-just-testing/upstream/pom.xml b/src/it/beta-just-testing/upstream/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29359fd440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-just-testing/upstream/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its</groupId>
+        <artifactId>beta-just-testing</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its.beta-just-testing</groupId>
+    <artifactId>upstream</artifactId>
+    <packaging>hpi</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/beta-just-testing/upstream/src/main/java/upstream/Api.java b/src/it/beta-just-testing/upstream/src/main/java/upstream/Api.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9df5a346c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-just-testing/upstream/src/main/java/upstream/Api.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package upstream;
+import org.kohsuke.accmod.Restricted;
+import org.kohsuke.accmod.restrictions.Beta;
+public class Api {
+    @Restricted(Beta.class)
+    public static void experimental() {}
+}
diff --git a/src/it/beta-pass/downstream/pom.xml b/src/it/beta-pass/downstream/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b07d2bd81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-pass/downstream/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its</groupId>
+        <artifactId>beta-pass</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its.beta-pass</groupId>
+    <artifactId>downstream</artifactId>
+    <packaging>hpi</packaging>
+    <properties>
+        <useBeta>true</useBeta>
+    </properties>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its.beta-pass</groupId>
+            <artifactId>upstream</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/beta-pass/downstream/src/main/java/downstream/Caller.java b/src/it/beta-pass/downstream/src/main/java/downstream/Caller.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8278aae38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-pass/downstream/src/main/java/downstream/Caller.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package downstream;
+import upstream.Api;
+public class Caller {
+    static {
+        Api.experimental();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/it/beta-pass/invoker.properties b/src/it/beta-pass/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b89532743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-pass/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+invoker.goals=clean install
diff --git a/src/it/beta-pass/pom.xml b/src/it/beta-pass/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53453574bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-pass/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <relativePath/>
+    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>beta-pass</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <properties>
+        <jenkins.version>2.107.1</jenkins.version>
+        <java.level>8</java.level>
+        <maven-hpi-plugin.disabledTestInjection>true</maven-hpi-plugin.disabledTestInjection>
+    </properties>
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>repo.jenkins-ci.org</id>
+            <url>https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/public/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+    <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>repo.jenkins-ci.org</id>
+            <url>https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/public/</url>
+        </pluginRepository>
+    </pluginRepositories>
+    <modules>
+        <module>upstream</module>
+        <module>downstream</module>
+    </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/beta-pass/upstream/pom.xml b/src/it/beta-pass/upstream/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ad4e944b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-pass/upstream/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its</groupId>
+        <artifactId>beta-pass</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.its.beta-pass</groupId>
+    <artifactId>upstream</artifactId>
+    <packaging>hpi</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/beta-pass/upstream/src/main/java/upstream/Api.java b/src/it/beta-pass/upstream/src/main/java/upstream/Api.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9df5a346c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/beta-pass/upstream/src/main/java/upstream/Api.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package upstream;
+import org.kohsuke.accmod.Restricted;
+import org.kohsuke.accmod.restrictions.Beta;
+public class Api {
+    @Restricted(Beta.class)
+    public static void experimental() {}
+}