diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca9cc2b49..4c32f37c4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
       </roles>
     </developer>
   </developers>
+
   <contributors>
     <contributor>
       <name>Curtis Rueden</name>
@@ -106,8 +107,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <mavenVersion>3.5.4</mavenVersion>
-    <mojo.java.target>7</mojo.java.target>
-    <minimalJavaBuildVersion>1.7</minimalJavaBuildVersion>
+    <mojo.java.target>8</mojo.java.target>
 
     <processorVersion>1.3</processorVersion>
 
@@ -245,12 +245,6 @@
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>${plexusComponentVersion}</version>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
@@ -322,11 +316,6 @@
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.4.0</version>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-          <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
-          <version>${plexusComponentVersion}</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -341,8 +330,8 @@
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
-    <plugins>
 
+    <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -381,15 +370,8 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>generate-metadata</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
+        <artifactId>sisu-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/api/DefaultThirdPartyTool.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/api/DefaultThirdPartyTool.java
index 6fd7514ce..6031a9776 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/api/DefaultThirdPartyTool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/api/DefaultThirdPartyTool.java
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Provider;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -48,7 +53,6 @@
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.model.License;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectHelper;
 import org.codehaus.mojo.license.LicenseMojoUtils;
@@ -57,8 +61,7 @@
 import org.codehaus.mojo.license.utils.MojoHelper;
 import org.codehaus.mojo.license.utils.SortedProperties;
 import org.codehaus.mojo.license.utils.UrlRequester;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
 import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifactType;
@@ -76,7 +79,8 @@
  * @author <a href="mailto:tchemit@codelutin.com">Tony Chemit</a>
  * @version $Id$
  */
-@Component( role = ThirdPartyTool.class, hint = "default" )
+@Named
+@Singleton
 public class DefaultThirdPartyTool
         implements ThirdPartyTool
 {
@@ -112,22 +116,22 @@ public class DefaultThirdPartyTool
     /**
      * Maven Artifact Resolver repoSystem
      */
-    @Requirement
-    private org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem aetherRepoSystem;
+    @Inject
+    private RepositorySystem aetherRepoSystem;
 
-    @Requirement
-    private MavenSession mavenSession;
+    @Inject
+    private Provider<MavenSession> mavenSessionProvider;
 
     /**
      * Maven ProjectHelper.
      */
-    @Requirement
+    @Inject
     private MavenProjectHelper projectHelper;
 
     /**
      * freeMarker helper.
      */
-    private FreeMarkerHelper freeMarkerHelper = FreeMarkerHelper.newDefaultHelper();
+    private final FreeMarkerHelper freeMarkerHelper = FreeMarkerHelper.newDefaultHelper();
 
     /**
      * Maven project comparator.
@@ -247,16 +251,13 @@ public SortedProperties loadThirdPartyDescriptorsForUnsafeMapping( Set<Artifact>
             }
 
         }
+
         try
         {
             loadGlobalLicenses( topLevelDependencies, remoteRepositories, unsafeDependencies,
                                 licenseMap, unsafeProjects, result );
         }
-        catch ( ArtifactNotFoundException e )
-        {
-            throw new ThirdPartyToolException( "Failed to load global licenses", e );
-        }
-        catch ( ArtifactResolutionException e )
+        catch ( ArtifactNotFoundException | ArtifactResolutionException e )
         {
             throw new ThirdPartyToolException( "Failed to load global licenses", e );
         }
@@ -312,21 +313,11 @@ public File resolvThirdPartyDescriptor( MavenProject project, List<RemoteReposit
         {
             return resolveThirdPartyDescriptor( project, remoteRepositories );
         }
-        catch ( ArtifactNotFoundException e )
-        {
-            LOG.debug( "ArtifactNotFoundException: Unable to locate third party descriptor", e );
-            return null;
-        }
         catch ( ArtifactResolutionException e )
         {
             throw new ThirdPartyToolException(
                     "ArtifactResolutionException: Unable to locate third party descriptor: " + e.getMessage(), e );
         }
-        catch ( IOException e )
-        {
-            throw new ThirdPartyToolException(
-                    "IOException: Unable to locate third party descriptor: " + e.getMessage(), e );
-        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -454,8 +445,7 @@ public SortedProperties loadUnsafeMapping( LicenseMap licenseMap,
                                                SortedMap<String, MavenProject> artifactCache,
                                                String encoding,
                                                File missingFile,
-                                               String missingFileUrl ) throws IOException, MojoExecutionException
-    {
+                                               String missingFileUrl ) throws IOException {
         Map<String, MavenProject> snapshots = new HashMap<>();
 
         synchronized ( artifactCache )
@@ -712,7 +702,7 @@ private void loadOneGlobalSet( SortedSet<MavenProject> unsafeDependencies, Licen
                                    Map<String, MavenProject> unsafeProjects, Artifact dep,
                                    List<RemoteRepository> remoteRepositories,
                                    SortedProperties result )
-            throws IOException, ArtifactNotFoundException, ArtifactResolutionException
+            throws IOException, ArtifactResolutionException
     {
         File propFile = resolveArtifact( dep.getGroupId(), dep.getArtifactId(), dep.getVersion(), dep.getType(),
                 dep.getClassifier(), remoteRepositories );
@@ -745,15 +735,12 @@ private void loadOneGlobalSet( SortedSet<MavenProject> unsafeDependencies, Licen
 
     /**
      * @param project         not null
-     * @param localRepository not null
-     * @param repositories    not null
-     * @return the resolved site descriptor
-     * @throws IOException                 if any
+     * @param remoteRepositories    not null
+     * @return the resolved third party descriptor
      * @throws ArtifactResolutionException if any
-     * @throws ArtifactNotFoundException   if any
      */
     private File resolveThirdPartyDescriptor( MavenProject project, List<RemoteRepository> remoteRepositories )
-            throws IOException, ArtifactResolutionException, ArtifactNotFoundException
+            throws ArtifactResolutionException
     {
         File result;
         try
@@ -792,7 +779,7 @@ private File resolveThirdPartyDescriptor( MavenProject project, List<RemoteRepos
                  * repository, because the parent was already released
                  * (and snapshots are updated automatically if changed)
                  */
-                RepositorySystemSession aetherSession = mavenSession.getRepositorySession();
+                RepositorySystemSession aetherSession = mavenSessionProvider.get().getRepositorySession();
                 result = new File( aetherSession.getLocalRepository().getBasedir(),
                         aetherSession.getLocalRepositoryManager().getPathForLocalArtifact( artifact ) );
             }
@@ -823,7 +810,7 @@ private File resolveArtifact( String groupId, String artifactId, String version,
         ArtifactRequest artifactRequest = new ArtifactRequest()
                 .setArtifact( artifact2 )
                 .setRepositories( remoteRepositories );
-        ArtifactResult result = aetherRepoSystem.resolveArtifact( mavenSession.getRepositorySession(),
+        ArtifactResult result = aetherRepoSystem.resolveArtifact( mavenSessionProvider.get().getRepositorySession(),
                 artifactRequest );
 
         return result.getArtifact().getFile();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/api/DependenciesTool.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/api/DependenciesTool.java
index be93a3a4f..014997931 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/api/DependenciesTool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/api/DependenciesTool.java
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Provider;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException;
 import org.codehaus.mojo.license.utils.MojoHelper;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -50,7 +53,8 @@
  * @author tchemit dev@tchemit.fr
  * @since 1.0
  */
-@Component( role = DependenciesTool.class, hint = "default" )
+@Named
+@Singleton
 public class DependenciesTool
 {
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger( DependenciesTool.class );
@@ -64,11 +68,11 @@ public class DependenciesTool
     /**
      * Project builder.
      */
-    @Requirement
+    @Inject
     private ProjectBuilder mavenProjectBuilder;
 
-    @Requirement
-    private MavenSession mavenSession;
+    @Inject
+    private Provider<MavenSession> mavenSessionProvider;
 
     // CHECKSTYLE_OFF: MethodLength
     /**
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ public SortedMap<String, MavenProject> loadProjectDependencies( ResolvedProjectD
             }
         }
         ProjectBuildingRequest projectBuildingRequest
-                = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest( mavenSession.getProjectBuildingRequest() )
+                = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest( mavenSessionProvider.get().getProjectBuildingRequest() )
                         .setValidationLevel( ModelBuildingRequest.VALIDATION_LEVEL_MINIMAL )
                         //We already have the relevant part of the dependency tree
                         //Re-resolving risks including e.g. excluded artifacts
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/download/LicensedArtifactResolver.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/download/LicensedArtifactResolver.java
index f5896f9aa..dd86f9fbf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/download/LicensedArtifactResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/download/LicensedArtifactResolver.java
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Provider;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -41,8 +46,6 @@
 import org.codehaus.mojo.license.api.MavenProjectDependenciesConfigurator;
 import org.codehaus.mojo.license.api.ResolvedProjectDependencies;
 import org.codehaus.mojo.license.download.LicensedArtifact.Builder;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -52,7 +55,8 @@
  * @author tchemit dev@tchemit.fr
  * @since 1.0
  */
-@Component( role = LicensedArtifactResolver.class, hint = "default" )
+@Named
+@Singleton
 public class LicensedArtifactResolver
 {
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger( LicensedArtifactResolver.class );
@@ -66,23 +70,19 @@ public class LicensedArtifactResolver
     /**
      * Project builder.
      */
-    @Requirement
+    @Inject
     private ProjectBuilder mavenProjectBuilder;
 
-    @Requirement
-    private MavenSession mavenSession;
+    @Inject
+    private Provider<MavenSession> mavenSessionProvider;
 
     // CHECKSTYLE_OFF: MethodLength
     /**
      * For a given {@code project}, obtain the universe of its dependencies after applying transitivity and filtering
      * rules given in the {@code configuration} object. Result is given in a map where keys are unique artifact id
      *
-     * @param dependencies the project dependencies
      * @param configuration the configuration
-     * @param localRepository local repository used to resolv dependencies
      * @param remoteRepositories remote repositories used to resolv dependencies
-     * @param cache a optional cache where to keep resolved dependencies
-     * @return the map of resolved dependencies indexed by their unique id.
      * @see MavenProjectDependenciesConfigurator
      */
     public void loadProjectDependencies( ResolvedProjectDependencies artifacts,
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public void loadProjectDependencies( ResolvedProjectDependencies artifacts,
         final Map<String, Artifact> includeArtifacts = new HashMap<>();
 
         ProjectBuildingRequest projectBuildingRequest
-                = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest( mavenSession.getProjectBuildingRequest() )
+                = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest( mavenSessionProvider.get().getProjectBuildingRequest() )
                         .setRemoteRepositories( remoteRepositories )
                         .setValidationLevel( ModelBuildingRequest.VALIDATION_LEVEL_MINIMAL )
                         .setResolveDependencies( false )
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/AptFileHeaderTransformer.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/AptFileHeaderTransformer.java
index 439141f05..c7655e51b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/AptFileHeaderTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/AptFileHeaderTransformer.java
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link FileHeaderTransformer} for apt format.
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
  * @author tchemit dev@tchemit.fr
  * @since 1.0
  */
-@Component( role = FileHeaderTransformer.class, hint = "apt" )
+@Named("apt")
+@Singleton
 public class AptFileHeaderTransformer
     extends AbstractFileHeaderTransformer
 {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/FreeMarkerFileHeaderTransformer.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/FreeMarkerFileHeaderTransformer.java
index 2a9ae7626..5476d9bdb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/FreeMarkerFileHeaderTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/FreeMarkerFileHeaderTransformer.java
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link FileHeaderTransformer} for freemarker format.
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
  * @author tchemit dev@tchemit.fr
  * @since 1.0
  */
-@Component( role = FileHeaderTransformer.class, hint = "ftl" )
+@Named("ftl")
+@Singleton
 public class FreeMarkerFileHeaderTransformer
     extends AbstractFileHeaderTransformer
 {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/HtmlFileHeaderTransformer.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/HtmlFileHeaderTransformer.java
index efd2430ca..9b1908ee2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/HtmlFileHeaderTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/HtmlFileHeaderTransformer.java
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link FileHeaderTransformer} for html format.
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
  * @author tchemit dev@tchemit.fr
  * @since 1.9
  */
-@Component( role = FileHeaderTransformer.class, hint = "html" )
+@Named("html")
+@Singleton
 public class HtmlFileHeaderTransformer
     extends AbstractFileHeaderTransformer
 {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/JavaFileHeaderTransformer.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/JavaFileHeaderTransformer.java
index 199d5a72f..dd13e6f09 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/JavaFileHeaderTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/JavaFileHeaderTransformer.java
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link FileHeaderTransformer} for java format.
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
  * @author tchemit dev@tchemit.fr
  * @since 1.0
  */
-@Component( role = FileHeaderTransformer.class, hint = "java" )
+@Named("java")
+@Singleton
 public class JavaFileHeaderTransformer
     extends AbstractFileHeaderTransformer
 {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/JspFileHeaderTransformer.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/JspFileHeaderTransformer.java
index 143762033..4ff9e58d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/JspFileHeaderTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/JspFileHeaderTransformer.java
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link FileHeaderTransformer} for jsp format.
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
  * @author tchemit dev@tchemit.fr
  * @since 1.0
  */
-@Component( role = FileHeaderTransformer.class, hint = "jsp" )
+@Named("jsp")
+@Singleton
 public class JspFileHeaderTransformer
     extends AbstractFileHeaderTransformer
 {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/MySqlFileHeaderTransformer.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/MySqlFileHeaderTransformer.java
index b2a4e7d3b..751d0fe35 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/MySqlFileHeaderTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/MySqlFileHeaderTransformer.java
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link FileHeaderTransformer} for mysql format.
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@
  * @author tchemit dev@tchemit.fr
  * @since 1.4
  */
-@Component( role = FileHeaderTransformer.class, hint = "mysql" )
+@Named("mysql")
+@Singleton
 public class MySqlFileHeaderTransformer
     extends AbstractFileHeaderTransformer
 {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/PhpFileHeaderTransformer.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/PhpFileHeaderTransformer.java
index 6f2177f80..7e5dec650 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/PhpFileHeaderTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/PhpFileHeaderTransformer.java
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link FileHeaderTransformer} for PHP format.
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@
  * @author kmorin kmorin@codelutin.com
  * @since 1.0
  */
-@Component( role = FileHeaderTransformer.class, hint = "php" )
+@Named("php")
+@Singleton
 public class PhpFileHeaderTransformer
     extends AbstractFileHeaderTransformer
 {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/PropertiesFileHeaderTransformer.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/PropertiesFileHeaderTransformer.java
index 044d09a84..54380c906 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/PropertiesFileHeaderTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/PropertiesFileHeaderTransformer.java
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link FileHeaderTransformer} for properties format.
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
  * @author tchemit dev@tchemit.fr
  * @since 1.0
  */
-@Component( role = FileHeaderTransformer.class, hint = "properties" )
+@Named("properties")
+@Singleton
 public class PropertiesFileHeaderTransformer
     extends AbstractFileHeaderTransformer
 {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/RstFileHeaderTransformer.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/RstFileHeaderTransformer.java
index 2e575900d..4457cf984 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/RstFileHeaderTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/RstFileHeaderTransformer.java
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link FileHeaderTransformer} for apt format.
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
  * @author tchemit dev@tchemit.fr
  * @since 1.0
  */
-@Component( role = FileHeaderTransformer.class, hint = "rst" )
+@Named("rst")
+@Singleton
 public class RstFileHeaderTransformer
     extends AbstractFileHeaderTransformer
 {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/SqlFileHeaderTransformer.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/SqlFileHeaderTransformer.java
index 431afa6a8..b56e9f949 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/SqlFileHeaderTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/SqlFileHeaderTransformer.java
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link FileHeaderTransformer} for sql format.
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
  * @author tchemit dev@tchemit.fr
  * @since 1.0
  */
-@Component( role = FileHeaderTransformer.class, hint = "sql" )
+@Named("sql")
+@Singleton
 public class SqlFileHeaderTransformer
     extends AbstractFileHeaderTransformer
 {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/XmlFileHeaderTransformer.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/XmlFileHeaderTransformer.java
index 0c9c26fb3..0bee8abd8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/XmlFileHeaderTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/header/transformer/XmlFileHeaderTransformer.java
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link FileHeaderTransformer} for xml format.
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
  * @author tchemit dev@tchemit.fr
  * @since 1.0
  */
-@Component( role = FileHeaderTransformer.class, hint = "xml" )
+@Named("xml")
+@Singleton
 public class XmlFileHeaderTransformer
     extends AbstractFileHeaderTransformer
 {