diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
index 51f3c3a..3acefcf 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@v5
+    with:
+      maven4-enabled: true
diff --git a/source-release/src/test/java/org/apache/its/ITZipAndTarCreation.java b/source-release/src/test/java/org/apache/its/ITZipAndTarCreation.java
index ae7150a..b3bb079 100644
--- a/source-release/src/test/java/org/apache/its/ITZipAndTarCreation.java
+++ b/source-release/src/test/java/org/apache/its/ITZipAndTarCreation.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.apache.its;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -45,9 +44,9 @@ void execute() throws Exception {
         File testDir = getTestDir(BASENAME);
 
         Verifier verifier = createVerifier(testDir);
-        // to avoid saving logs in current project dir
-        Files.createDirectories(testDir.toPath().resolve("target"));
-        verifier.setLogFileName("target/log.txt");
+        // keep the log out of the project, so it is neither packaged nor deleted by the clean that
+        // precedes the build (Maven 4 on Windows holds its log file open and the delete fails)
+        verifier.setLogFileName("../" + BASENAME + "-log.txt");
 
         verifier.addCliArgument("package");
         verifier.execute();
diff --git a/source-release/src/test/resources/maven-projects/shared-resources/pom.xml b/source-release/src/test/resources/maven-projects/shared-resources/pom.xml
index 3b3caa2..858c808 100644
--- a/source-release/src/test/resources/maven-projects/shared-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/source-release/src/test/resources/maven-projects/shared-resources/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ under the License.
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0</version>
+        <version>3.3.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>