diff --git a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-issue-973-versionless/invoker.properties b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-issue-973-versionless/invoker.properties
index 4e78536d9..7494b5ad7 100644
--- a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-issue-973-versionless/invoker.properties
+++ b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-issue-973-versionless/invoker.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-invoker.goals = ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:display-dependency-updates
+invoker.goals = clean ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:display-dependency-updates
 invoker.mavenOpts = -Dversions.outputFile=./output.txt -DoutputEncoding=UTF-8
diff --git a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-issue-973-versionless/pom.xml b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-issue-973-versionless/pom.xml
index 11a4dc2dc..7f9677cad 100644
--- a/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-issue-973-versionless/pom.xml
+++ b/versions-maven-plugin/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-issue-973-versionless/pom.xml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
         <plugin>
-          <groupId>localhost</groupId>
-          <artifactId>dummy-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>localhost</groupId>