diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff0688ed..2d8e478c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,11 +77,12 @@
   <properties>
     <mavenArchiverVersion>3.6.6</mavenArchiverVersion>
     <mavenFilteringVersion>3.5.0</mavenFilteringVersion>
-    <mavenVersion>3.9.11</mavenVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.9.16</mavenVersion>
     <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
 
-    <!-- TODO remove with next parent version bump -->
-    <version.maven-invoker-plugin>3.9.1</version.maven-invoker-plugin>
+    <version.groovy-maven-plugin>2.1.1</version.groovy-maven-plugin>
+    <version.groovy-all>2.4.21</version.groovy-all>
+
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-11-24T07:29:33Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/src/it/MWAR-129/pom.xml b/src/it/MWAR-129/pom.xml
index 279a8489..d839cb1a 100644
--- a/src/it/MWAR-129/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MWAR-129/pom.xml
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ under the License.
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-        <!--version>2.0.2</version-->
-        <!--version>2.1-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version-->
         <version>@pom.version@</version>
         <configuration>
           <warSourceDirectory>src/main/webapp</warSourceDirectory>
diff --git a/src/it/MWAR-427_update-without-clean/pom.xml b/src/it/MWAR-427_update-without-clean/pom.xml
index 55663939..49faa634 100644
--- a/src/it/MWAR-427_update-without-clean/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MWAR-427_update-without-clean/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>
         <artifactId>groovy-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.1</version>
+        <version>@version.groovy-maven-plugin@</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>
             def fileToModify = new File(project.basedir, 'pom.xml')
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ under the License.
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
             <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.21</version>
+            <version>@version.groovy-all@</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/src/it/MWAR-441/pom.xml b/src/it/MWAR-441/pom.xml
index 127c5db1..0a30854f 100644
--- a/src/it/MWAR-441/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MWAR-441/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>
         <artifactId>groovy-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.1</version>
+        <version>@version.groovy-maven-plugin@</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>
             def fileToModify = new File(project.basedir, 'pom.xml')
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ under the License.
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
             <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.21</version>
+            <version>@version.groovy-all@</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/src/it/MWAR-62/pom.xml b/src/it/MWAR-62/pom.xml
index 9c97e29b..dee133f5 100644
--- a/src/it/MWAR-62/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MWAR-62/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ under the License.
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-        <!--version>2.0.2</version-->
         <version>@pom.version@</version>
         <configuration>
           <webappDirectory>${project.build.directory}/webAppDirectory</webappDirectory>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/war/WarOverlaysTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/war/WarOverlaysTest.java
index 7cb6163b..a5f4783c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/war/WarOverlaysTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/war/WarOverlaysTest.java
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public void testDefaultOverlays(WarExplodedMojo mojo) throws Exception {
         assertedFiles.addAll(assertWebXml(webAppDirectory));
         assertedFiles.addAll(assertCustomContent(
                 webAppDirectory, new String[] {"index.jsp", "login.jsp", "admin.jsp"}, "overlay file not found"));
-
+        
         // index and login come from overlay1
         assertOverlayedFile(webAppDirectory, "overlay-one", "index.jsp");
         assertOverlayedFile(webAppDirectory, "overlay-one", "login.jsp");
@@ -533,9 +533,17 @@ private MavenProjectArtifactsStub createProjectWithOverlays(ArtifactStub... arti
     private void assertOverlayedFile(File webAppDirectory, String overlayId, String filePath) throws IOException {
         final File webAppFile = new File(webAppDirectory, filePath);
         final File overlayFile = getOverlayFile(overlayId, filePath);
+
+        // The predefined files contain only "new line" file endings.
+        // This tests fail on Windows as the new created files also contain "carriage return".
+        final String webAppFileWithReplacedLineEndings =
+                FileUtils.fileRead(webAppFile).replaceAll("\\r\\n", "\n");
+        final String overlayFileWithReplacedLineEndings =
+                FileUtils.fileRead(overlayFile).replaceAll("\\r\\n", "\n");
+
         assertEquals(
-                FileUtils.fileRead(overlayFile),
-                FileUtils.fileRead(webAppFile),
+                overlayFileWithReplacedLineEndings,
+                webAppFileWithReplacedLineEndings,
                 "Wrong content for overlayed file " + filePath);
     }