diff --git a/maven-plugin-testing-harness/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-testing-harness/pom.xml
index cb222af..7df5ae7 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-testing-harness/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-testing-harness/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
-      <version>4.3.0</version>
+      <version>4.6.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-testing-harness/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/testing/ArtifactStubFactory.java b/maven-plugin-testing-harness/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/testing/ArtifactStubFactory.java
index c490845..d510314 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-testing-harness/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/testing/ArtifactStubFactory.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-testing-harness/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/testing/ArtifactStubFactory.java
@@ -273,17 +273,9 @@ public void createUnpackableFile(Artifact artifact, File destFile)
         archiver.setDestFile(destFile);
         archiver.addFile(srcFile, getUnpackableFileName(artifact));
 
-        try {
-            setVariableValueToObject(archiver, "logger", new SilentLog());
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-            System.out.println("Unable to override logger with silent log.");
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
         if (archiver instanceof WarArchiver) {
             WarArchiver war = (WarArchiver) archiver;
-            // the use of this is counter-intuitive:
-            // http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/PLX-286
-            war.setIgnoreWebxml(false);
+            war.setExpectWebXml(false);
         }
         archiver.createArchive();
     }