diff --git a/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml b/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml
index 960ab78b93..d8d7fae825 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
       <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-surefire-report-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-surefire-report-plugin/pom.xml
index 9d4bc74fe6..8f7081e723 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-report-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-surefire-report-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-shared-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
@@ -194,6 +193,16 @@
       <version>3.5.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <!-- Issue: current code expect version 0.9.0-M3, but Maven 4 uses 0.9.0-M4 and this is the version
+           that we get in the class-path no matter which version we declare here. It causes a compilation
+           failure because of API change in `org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase.lookup(Class)`, where the
+           `Class` argument has been removed. The `lookup` method now requires a `String`, and I don't
+           know what should be the value of that string (I saw no documentation). -->
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5f0854c21..6cc2ecc350 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
-    <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
-    <mavenVersion>3.6.3</mavenVersion>
+    <javaVersion>17</javaVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>4.0.0-rc-4</mavenVersion>
     <resolverVersion>1.4.1</resolverVersion>
     <commonsLang3Version>3.19.0</commonsLang3Version>
     <commonsCompress>1.28.0</commonsCompress>
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@
     <maven.site.path>surefire-archives/surefire-LATEST</maven.site.path>
     <maven.compiler.testSource>${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.testSource>
     <maven.compiler.testTarget>${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.testTarget>
-    <jvm9ArgsTests />
-    <jvm.args.tests>${jvm9ArgsTests} -Xms32m -Xmx144m -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=50 -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djdk.net.URLClassPath.disableClassPathURLCheck=true</jvm.args.tests>
+    <!-- TODO: needs to check why this plugin wants to open core Java classes. -->
+    <jvm9ArgsTests>--add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.math=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.util.stream=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.text=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.util.regex=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.nio.channels.spi=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.fs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.cs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.nio.file=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED</jvm9ArgsTests>
+    <jvm.args.tests>${jvm9ArgsTests} -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=50 -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djdk.net.URLClassPath.disableClassPathURLCheck=true</jvm.args.tests>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-09-10T02:02:34Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <slf4jVersion>1.7.36</slf4jVersion>
   </properties>
@@ -485,14 +486,5 @@
         <surefire-shared-utils.version>3-SNAPSHOT</surefire-shared-utils.version>
       </properties>
     </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>jdk9+</id>
-      <activation>
-        <jdk>[9,)</jdk>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <jvm9ArgsTests>--add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.math=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.util.stream=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.text=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.util.regex=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.nio.channels.spi=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.fs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.cs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.nio.file=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED</jvm9ArgsTests>
-      </properties>
-    </profile>
   </profiles>
 </project>