diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b901e38d4..f72428a26 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ under the License.
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
+      <version>0.9.0.M3</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- doxia -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/analyze/AnalyzeDepMgt.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/analyze/AnalyzeDepMgt.java
index a96b4f041..9cb79ece6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/analyze/AnalyzeDepMgt.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/analyze/AnalyzeDepMgt.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.analyze;
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
@@ -34,7 +36,6 @@
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
@@ -52,10 +53,6 @@
 public class AnalyzeDepMgt extends AbstractMojo {
     // fields -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    /**
-     *
-     */
-    @Component
     private MavenProject project;
 
     /**
@@ -78,6 +75,11 @@ public class AnalyzeDepMgt extends AbstractMojo {
     @Parameter(property = "mdep.analyze.skip", defaultValue = "false")
     private boolean skip;
 
+    @Inject
+    public AnalyzeDepMgt(MavenProject project) {
+        this.project = project;
+    }
+
     // Mojo methods -----------------------------------------------------------
 
     /*
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
     /**
      * Does the work of checking the DependencyManagement Section.
      *
-     * @return true if errors are found.
+     * @return true if errors are found
      * @throws MojoExecutionException
      */
     private boolean checkDependencyManagement() throws MojoExecutionException {
@@ -169,8 +171,8 @@ private boolean checkDependencyManagement() throws MojoExecutionException {
     /**
      * Returns a map of the exclusions using the Dependency ManagementKey as the keyset.
      *
-     * @param exclusionList to be added to the map.
-     * @return a map of the exclusions using the Dependency ManagementKey as the keyset.
+     * @param exclusionList to be added to the map
+     * @return a map of the exclusions using the Dependency ManagementKey as the keyset
      */
     public Map<String, Exclusion> addExclusions(List<Exclusion> exclusionList) {
         if (exclusionList != null) {
@@ -183,9 +185,9 @@ public Map<String, Exclusion> addExclusions(List<Exclusion> exclusionList) {
      * Returns a List of the artifacts that should have been excluded, but were found in the dependency tree.
      *
      * @param exclusions a map of the DependencyManagement exclusions, with the ManagementKey as the key and Dependency
-     *            as the value.
-     * @param allDependencyArtifacts resolved artifacts to be compared.
-     * @return list of artifacts that should have been excluded.
+     *            as the value
+     * @param allDependencyArtifacts resolved artifacts to be compared
+     * @return list of artifacts that should have been excluded
      */
     public List<Artifact> getExclusionErrors(Map<String, Exclusion> exclusions, Set<Artifact> allDependencyArtifacts) {
         return allDependencyArtifacts.stream()
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ public List<Artifact> getExclusionErrors(Map<String, Exclusion> exclusions, Set<
 
     /**
      * @param artifact {@link Artifact}
-     * @return The resulting GA.
+     * @return the resulting GA
      */
     public String getExclusionKey(Artifact artifact) {
         return artifact.getGroupId() + ":" + artifact.getArtifactId();
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ public String getExclusionKey(Artifact artifact) {
 
     /**
      * @param ex The exclusion key.
-     * @return The resulting combination of groupId+artifactId.
+     * @return the resulting combination of groupId+artifactId
      */
     public String getExclusionKey(Exclusion ex) {
         return ex.getGroupId() + ":" + ex.getArtifactId();
@@ -236,9 +238,9 @@ public Map<Artifact, Dependency> getMismatch(
      * This function displays the log to the screen showing the versions and information about the artifacts that don't
      * match.
      *
-     * @param dependencyArtifact the artifact that was resolved.
-     * @param dependencyFromDepMgt the dependency listed in the DependencyManagement section.
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException in case of errors.
+     * @param dependencyArtifact the artifact that was resolved
+     * @param dependencyFromDepMgt the dependency listed in the DependencyManagement section
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException in case of errors
      */
     public void logMismatch(Artifact dependencyArtifact, Dependency dependencyFromDepMgt)
             throws MojoExecutionException {
@@ -284,13 +286,6 @@ protected final MavenProject getProject() {
         return this.project;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param theProject the project to set
-     */
-    public void setProject(MavenProject theProject) {
-        this.project = theProject;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return the ignoreDirect
      */
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/analyze/TestAnalyzeDepMgt.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/analyze/TestAnalyzeDepMgt.java
index 44e32cbbe..32c0919c6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/analyze/TestAnalyzeDepMgt.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/analyze/TestAnalyzeDepMgt.java
@@ -49,23 +49,20 @@ public class TestAnalyzeDepMgt extends TestCase {
 
     Exclusion ex;
 
-    Artifact exclusionArtifact;
-
     DependencyManagement depMgt;
 
-    DependencyManagement depMgtNoExclusions;
-
+    @Override
     protected void setUp() throws Exception {
 
-        mojo = new AnalyzeDepMgt();
         MavenProject project = new DependencyProjectStub();
+        mojo = new AnalyzeDepMgt(project);
 
         stubFactory = new DependencyArtifactStubFactory(new File(""), false);
 
         Set<Artifact> allArtifacts = stubFactory.getMixedArtifacts();
         Set<Artifact> directArtifacts = stubFactory.getClassifiedArtifacts();
 
-        exclusionArtifact = stubFactory.getReleaseArtifact();
+        Artifact exclusionArtifact = stubFactory.getReleaseArtifact();
         directArtifacts.add(exclusionArtifact);
         ex = new Exclusion();
         ex.setArtifactId(exclusionArtifact.getArtifactId());
@@ -87,8 +84,6 @@ protected void setUp() throws Exception {
 
         project.setArtifacts(allArtifacts);
         project.setDependencyArtifacts(directArtifacts);
-
-        mojo.setProject(project);
     }
 
     public void testGetManagementKey() throws IOException {