diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
index 932827c..a8cd280 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Verify
     uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v4
+    with:
+      maven4-enabled: true
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diff --git a/src/it/projects/active-profiles_multimodule/invoker.properties b/src/it/projects/active-profiles_multimodule/invoker.properties
index 00b168d..5cf9d9a 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/active-profiles_multimodule/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/projects/active-profiles_multimodule/invoker.properties
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@
 # under the License.
 
 invoker.goals = ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:active-profiles
+# not on Maven 4 until fixed https://github.com/apache/maven/issues/12405
+invoker.maven.version = 4-
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diff --git a/src/it/projects/describe-cmd/verify.groovy b/src/it/projects/describe-cmd/verify.groovy
index de3cdb4..90f540f 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/describe-cmd/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/projects/describe-cmd/verify.groovy
@@ -21,13 +21,8 @@ def result = new File(basedir, 'result-deploy.txt').text;
 
 def ls = System.getProperty( "line.separator" );
 
-// used deprecated methods - FIXME in DescribeMojo
-if (mavenVersion.startsWith('4.')) {
-    assert result.contains("'deploy' is a phase within the 'default' lifecycle, which has the following phases:")
-} else {
-    assert result.contains("'deploy' is a phase corresponding to this plugin:" + ls +
-            "org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin")
-}
+assert result.contains("'deploy' is a phase corresponding to this plugin:" + ls +
+        "org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin")
 
 result = new File(basedir, 'result-site.txt').text;
 
diff --git a/src/it/projects/evaluate-forceStdout/invoker.properties b/src/it/projects/evaluate-forceStdout/invoker.properties
index de210ae..3ae0180 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/evaluate-forceStdout/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/projects/evaluate-forceStdout/invoker.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-invoker.goals = ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:evaluate -q
+invoker.goals = ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:evaluate -q --raw-streams
 invoker.debug = false
-# for Maven 4 we need --raw-streams
-invoker.maven.version = 4-
+# we need --raw-streams (supported since 3.9.10+)
+invoker.maven.version = 3.9.10+