diff --git a/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml b/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml
index cdf870289a..ed32a42e12 100644
--- a/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <blueprint.spring.extender.version>${blueprint.spring.extender.dev.version}</blueprint.spring.extender.version>
         <blueprint.spring.version>${blueprint.spring.dev.version}</blueprint.spring.version>
         <commons-jexl.version>2.1.1</commons-jexl.version>
-        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.4.0</depends-maven-plugin.version>
+        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</depends-maven-plugin.version>
         <exam.version>4.10.0</exam.version>
         <org.apache.aries.proxy.version>1.1.0</org.apache.aries.proxy.version>
         <org.apache.aries.quiesce.api.version>1.0.0</org.apache.aries.quiesce.api.version>
diff --git a/ejb/ejb-modeller-itest/pom.xml b/ejb/ejb-modeller-itest/pom.xml
index ec6bc5a4ec..8fd37be3da 100644
--- a/ejb/ejb-modeller-itest/pom.xml
+++ b/ejb/ejb-modeller-itest/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <commons-cli.version>1.2</commons-cli.version>
         <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.17.0</commons-lang3.version>
-        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.2</depends-maven-plugin.version>
+        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</depends-maven-plugin.version>
         <exam.version>3.4.0</exam.version>
         <geronimo-activation_1.1_spec.version>1.1</geronimo-activation_1.1_spec.version>
         <geronimo-annotation_1.1_spec.version>1.0.1</geronimo-annotation_1.1_spec.version>
diff --git a/ejb/openejb-extender-itest/pom.xml b/ejb/openejb-extender-itest/pom.xml
index 834aab5809..c4805bcfb1 100644
--- a/ejb/openejb-extender-itest/pom.xml
+++ b/ejb/openejb-extender-itest/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <commons-collections.version>3.2.2</commons-collections.version>
         <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
         <commons-pool.version>1.5.3</commons-pool.version>
-        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.2</depends-maven-plugin.version>
+        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</depends-maven-plugin.version>
         <derby.version>10.14.2.0</derby.version>
         <geronimo-activation_1.1_spec.version>1.1</geronimo-activation_1.1_spec.version>
         <geronimo-annotation_1.1_spec.version>1.0.1</geronimo-annotation_1.1_spec.version>
diff --git a/jmx/jmx-itests/pom.xml b/jmx/jmx-itests/pom.xml
index 3ae3953675..0338777724 100644
--- a/jmx/jmx-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/jmx/jmx-itests/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <properties>
         <asm-debug-all.version>5.0.3</asm-debug-all.version>
         <commons-jexl.version>2.1.1</commons-jexl.version>
-        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.2</depends-maven-plugin.version>
+        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</depends-maven-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.aries.blueprint.jexl.evaluator.version>1.0.0</org.apache.aries.blueprint.jexl.evaluator.version>
         <org.apache.aries.blueprint.sample.version>1.0.0</org.apache.aries.blueprint.sample.version>
         <org.apache.aries.blueprint.version>1.0.0</org.apache.aries.blueprint.version>
diff --git a/jndi/jndi-url-itest/pom.xml b/jndi/jndi-url-itest/pom.xml
index b1269a42da..543f3784d0 100644
--- a/jndi/jndi-url-itest/pom.xml
+++ b/jndi/jndi-url-itest/pom.xml
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.tooling</groupId>
                 <artifactId>depends-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2</version>
+                <version>1.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>generate-resources</phase>
diff --git a/proxy/proxy-itests/pom.xml b/proxy/proxy-itests/pom.xml
index 72a3cf6c44..dc7b057fb4 100644
--- a/proxy/proxy-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/proxy/proxy-itests/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <asm.version>9.6</asm.version>
-        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.2</depends-maven-plugin.version>
+        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</depends-maven-plugin.version>
         <exam.version>4.13.3</exam.version>
         <javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
         <logback.version>1.5.16</logback.version>
diff --git a/quiesce/quiesce-manager-itest/pom.xml b/quiesce/quiesce-manager-itest/pom.xml
index b4aa040098..f229480495 100644
--- a/quiesce/quiesce-manager-itest/pom.xml
+++ b/quiesce/quiesce-manager-itest/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <commons-collections.version>3.2.2</commons-collections.version>
         <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
         <commons-pool.version>1.5.3</commons-pool.version>
-        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.2</depends-maven-plugin.version>
+        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</depends-maven-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.aries.quiesce.api.version>1.0.0</org.apache.aries.quiesce.api.version>
         <org.apache.aries.quiesce.manager.version>1.0.0</org.apache.aries.quiesce.manager.version>
         <org.apache.aries.testsupport.unit.version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</org.apache.aries.testsupport.unit.version>
diff --git a/subsystem/subsystem-itests/pom.xml b/subsystem/subsystem-itests/pom.xml
index 4343254fd4..4fb082c754 100644
--- a/subsystem/subsystem-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/subsystem/subsystem-itests/pom.xml
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.tooling</groupId>
                 <artifactId>depends-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2</version>
+                <version>1.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>generate-depends-file</id>
diff --git a/transaction/transaction-itests/pom.xml b/transaction/transaction-itests/pom.xml
index f01e5a1ee9..0cc28b82a1 100644
--- a/transaction/transaction-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/transaction/transaction-itests/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <properties>
         <asm.version>5.0.3</asm.version>
         <cdi-api.version>1.2</cdi-api.version>
-        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.2</depends-maven-plugin.version>
+        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</depends-maven-plugin.version>
         <exam.version>3.4.0</exam.version>
         <geronimo-connector.version>3.1.1</geronimo-connector.version>
         <geronimo-j2ee-connector_1.6_spec.version>1.0</geronimo-j2ee-connector_1.6_spec.version>
diff --git a/web/web-itests/pom.xml b/web/web-itests/pom.xml
index 91d346e1a1..a80942bef5 100644
--- a/web/web-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/web/web-itests/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <asm.version>5.0.3</asm.version>
-        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.2</depends-maven-plugin.version>
+        <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</depends-maven-plugin.version>
         <exam.version>3.4.0</exam.version>
         <logback.version>1.5.16</logback.version>
         <org.apache.aries.blueprint.sample.version>1.0.0</org.apache.aries.blueprint.sample.version>