diff --git a/serenity-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/serenity-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 3d823a5a8..95c0e5cbb 100644
--- a/serenity-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/serenity-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
             <version>${maven.core.version}</version>
-            <scope>:maven-core</scope>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
@@ -115,13 +115,13 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-reporting-api</artifactId>
             <version>${maven.reporting.version}</version>
-            <scope>:maven-core</scope>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
             <version>${maven.plugin.version}</version>
-            <scope>:maven-core</scope>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>