diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index c00327cc024b4a800d732a95e02d0561a9e6c19c..1046d29e2dc2849b20eb6970ca3dfe850eba71ed 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
            because it uses a modified Guice called Sisu -->
       <groupId>org.sonatype.sisu</groupId>
       <artifactId>sisu-guice</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 06c8dc7b0de9c5619d8a388f0059f9e59c62ced6..2a731f81c6a92f410458e15ebaeef8d1556ad1cf 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.sonatype.sisu</groupId>
       <artifactId>sisu-guice</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6d46ddd2ddb79343a57f30c565205c690786758f..bb0fd2830f4027afb8de0f51464be05fb465d344 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
         <version>10.0.1</version>
       </dependency>
+      
+      <dependency>
+        <!-- we'd like to use stock Guice, but that breaks Maven embedder
+               because it uses a modified Guice called Sisu -->
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.sisu</groupId>
+        <artifactId>sisu-guice</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1.0</version>
+      </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>