diff --git a/.mvn/maven.config b/.mvn/maven.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0f4fa3c8a6eae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/maven.config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${session.rootDirectory}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/independent-projects/parent/pom.xml b/independent-projects/parent/pom.xml
index 5d2c28da28836..bffc08d84c341 100644
--- a/independent-projects/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/parent/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.argument.testSource>${maven.compiler.testSource}</maven.compiler.argument.testSource>
 
         <!-- maven-enforcer-plugin -->
-        <maven.min.version>3.8.6</maven.min.version>
+        <maven.min.version>3.9.6</maven.min.version>
         <jdk.min.version>${maven.compiler.argument.source}</jdk.min.version>
         <insecure.repositories>ERROR</insecure.repositories>
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/update-dependencies.sh b/integration-tests/gradle/update-dependencies.sh
index 11bea4fa36049..15b710020cccd 100755
--- a/integration-tests/gradle/update-dependencies.sh
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/update-dependencies.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ echo ''
 echo 'Sanity check...'
 echo ''
 # sanity check; make sure nothing stupid was added like non-existing deps
-mvn -Dscan=false dependency:resolve validate -Dsilent -q -f "${PRG_PATH}" $*
+${PRG_PATH}/../../mvnw -Dscan=false dependency:resolve validate -Dsilent -q -f "${PRG_PATH}" $*
 
 # CI only: verify that no pom.xml was touched (if changes are found, committer forgot to run script or to add changes)
 if [ "${CI:-}" == true ] && [ $(git status -s -u no '*pom.xml' | wc -l) -ne 0 ]
diff --git a/tcks/resteasy-reactive/update-dependencies.sh b/tcks/resteasy-reactive/update-dependencies.sh
index cdd12aab128b5..21435d21b92ba 100755
--- a/tcks/resteasy-reactive/update-dependencies.sh
+++ b/tcks/resteasy-reactive/update-dependencies.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ echo ''
 echo 'Sanity check...'
 echo ''
 # sanity check; make sure nothing stupid was added like non-existing deps
-mvn -Dscan=false dependency:resolve validate -Dsilent -q -f "${PRG_PATH}" $*
+${PRG_PATH}/../../mvnw -Dscan=false dependency:resolve validate -Dsilent -q -f "${PRG_PATH}" $*
 
 # CI only: verify that no pom.xml was touched (if changes are found, committer forgot to run script or to add changes)
 if [ "${CI:-}" == true ] && [ $(git status -s -u no '*pom.xml' | wc -l) -ne 0 ]
diff --git a/update-extension-dependencies.sh b/update-extension-dependencies.sh
index b82c138e67fc4..e98c85fbe3e67 100755
--- a/update-extension-dependencies.sh
+++ b/update-extension-dependencies.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ then
   echo ''
   echo 'Building bom-descriptor-json...'
   echo ''
-  mvn -q -e -Dscan=false clean package -f "${PRG_PATH}/devtools/bom-descriptor-json" -Denforcer.skip $*
+  ./mvnw -q -e -Dscan=false clean package -f "${PRG_PATH}/devtools/bom-descriptor-json" -Denforcer.skip $*
 else
   read -n1 -p 'Build the entire project with relocations? [y/n] ' ANSWER
   echo ''
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ else
     echo ''
     echo 'Building entire project with relocations...'
     echo ''
-    mvn -q -e -Dscan=false -Dquickly -Dno-test-modules -Prelocations -T0.8C -f "${PRG_PATH}" $*
+    ./mvnw -q -e -Dscan=false -Dquickly -Dno-test-modules -Prelocations -T0.8C -f "${PRG_PATH}" $*
   else
     echo ''
     echo 'Aborted!'
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ echo ''
 echo 'Sanity check...'
 echo ''
 # sanity check; make sure nothing stupid was added like non-existing deps
-mvn -Dscan=false dependency:resolve validate -Dsilent -q -f "${PRG_PATH}" -pl devtools/bom-descriptor-json,docs $*
+./mvnw -Dscan=false dependency:resolve validate -Dsilent -q -f "${PRG_PATH}" -pl devtools/bom-descriptor-json,docs $*
 
 # CI only: verify that no pom.xml was touched (if changes are found, committer forgot to run script or to add changes)
 if [ "${CI:-}" == true ] && [ $(git status -s -u no '*pom.xml' | wc -l) -ne 0 ]