diff --git a/itf-documentation/src/main/asciidoc/release-notes/_release-notes-0.14.0.adoc b/itf-documentation/src/main/asciidoc/release-notes/_release-notes-0.14.0.adoc
index 5bd79df03b..4168365e61 100644
--- a/itf-documentation/src/main/asciidoc/release-notes/_release-notes-0.14.0.adoc
+++ b/itf-documentation/src/main/asciidoc/release-notes/_release-notes-0.14.0.adoc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 :issue-453: https://github.com/khmarbaise/maven-it-extension/issues/453[Fixed #453]
 :issue-455: https://github.com/khmarbaise/maven-it-extension/issues/455[Fixed #455]
 :issue-456: https://github.com/khmarbaise/maven-it-extension/issues/456[Fixed #456]
+:issue-440: https://github.com/khmarbaise/maven-it-extension/issues/440[Fixed #440]
 
 :release_0_14_0: https://github.com/khmarbaise/maven-it-extension/milestone/14
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@
  * {issue-420} - Upgrade assertj-bom to 3.25.0
  * {issue-451} - Upgrade assertj-bom to 3.25.1
  * {issue-453} - Upgrade memoryfilesystem to 2.8.0
- * {issue-???} - ?
+ * {issue-440} - Upgrade ITF Framework Maven Version minimum to 3.8.1
 
 *Build Improvements*
 
diff --git a/itf-failure-plugin/src/test/java/com/soebes/itf/maven/plugin/failure/FailureIT.java b/itf-failure-plugin/src/test/java/com/soebes/itf/maven/plugin/failure/FailureIT.java
index 0ec51b4f0d..a87bc4fca4 100644
--- a/itf-failure-plugin/src/test/java/com/soebes/itf/maven/plugin/failure/FailureIT.java
+++ b/itf-failure-plugin/src/test/java/com/soebes/itf/maven/plugin/failure/FailureIT.java
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@
 @MavenJupiterExtension
 class FailureIT {
 
-  private static final String SEPARATOR_LINE = "------------------------------------------------------------------------";
-
-  @MavenTest
+    @MavenTest
   @DisplayName("The basic configuration should result in a successful build.")
   void basic_configuration(MavenExecutionResult project) {
     assertThat(project).isSuccessful().out().warn().contains("Neither executionException nor failureException has been set.");
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ void basic_configuration(MavenExecutionResult project) {
   void fail_with_mojo_execution_exception(MavenExecutionResult result) {
     assertThat(result).isFailure();
 
-    assertThat(result).out().info().containsSequence(SEPARATOR_LINE, "BUILD FAILURE", SEPARATOR_LINE);
+    assertThat(result).out().info().containsSequence("BUILD FAILURE");
 
     //TODO: Is there a simpler way to do this? Can we somehow create better support for that?
     assertThat(result).out().error().filteredOn(s -> s.startsWith("Failed to execute goal ")).satisfies(s -> {
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ void fail_with_mojo_execution_exception(MavenExecutionResult result) {
   void fail_with_mojo_failure_exception(MavenExecutionResult result) {
     assertThat(result).isFailure();
 
-    assertThat(result).out().info().containsSequence(SEPARATOR_LINE, "BUILD FAILURE", SEPARATOR_LINE);
+    assertThat(result).out().info().containsSequence("BUILD FAILURE");
 
     //TODO: Is there a simpler way to do this? Can we somehow create better support for that?
     assertThat(result).out().error().filteredOn(s -> s.startsWith("Failed to execute goal ")).satisfies(s -> {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 234a390af4..6d1b972097 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.5</version>
+        <version>3.8.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>