diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a68b19393..f6ecd3164 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
         <version.org.apache.maven.plugins.jar>3.0.2</version.org.apache.maven.plugins.jar>
         <version.org.apache.maven.plugins.pmd>3.25.0</version.org.apache.maven.plugins.pmd>
         <version.org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency>3.8.0</version.org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency>
-        <version.org.apache.maven.resolver>1.9.21</version.org.apache.maven.resolver>
-        <version.org.apache.maven>3.6.3</version.org.apache.maven>
+        <version.org.apache.maven.resolver>1.9.22</version.org.apache.maven.resolver>
+        <version.org.apache.maven>3.9.3</version.org.apache.maven>
         <version.org.codehaus.gmaven.groovy-maven-plugin>2.1.1</version.org.codehaus.gmaven.groovy-maven-plugin>
         <version.org.codehaus.plexus-interpolation>1.27</version.org.codehaus.plexus-interpolation>
         <version.org.codehaus.plexus-utils>3.5.0</version.org.codehaus.plexus-utils>
diff --git a/prospero-common/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/wfchannel/MavenSessionManager.java b/prospero-common/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/wfchannel/MavenSessionManager.java
index 8fc901a17..3979c8c6e 100644
--- a/prospero-common/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/wfchannel/MavenSessionManager.java
+++ b/prospero-common/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/wfchannel/MavenSessionManager.java
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ public MavenSessionManager(MavenOptions mavenOptions) throws ProvisioningExcepti
         } else {
             this.provisioningRepo = mavenOptions.getLocalCache().toAbsolutePath();
         }
-
-        // allow to resolve file-system repositories in offline mode
-        if (System.getProperty(AETHER_OFFLINE_PROTOCOLS_PROPERTY) == null) {
-            System.setProperty(AETHER_OFFLINE_PROTOCOLS_PROPERTY, AETHER_OFFLINE_PROTOCOLS_VALUE);
-            Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(()-> System.clearProperty(AETHER_OFFLINE_PROTOCOLS_PROPERTY)));
-        }
     }
 
     public MavenSessionManager(MavenSessionManager base) {
@@ -102,6 +96,7 @@ public DefaultRepositorySystemSession newRepositorySystemSession(RepositorySyste
         final LocalRepository localRepo = new LocalRepository(provisioningRepo.toAbsolutePath().toFile());
         session.setRepositoryListener(repositoryListener);
         session.setLocalRepositoryManager(system.newLocalRepositoryManager(session, localRepo));
+        session.setConfigProperty(AETHER_OFFLINE_PROTOCOLS_PROPERTY, AETHER_OFFLINE_PROTOCOLS_VALUE);
         session.setOffline(offline);
         return session;
     }