diff --git a/aspectj/project.xml b/aspectj/project.xml
index 9ec3ac4a..1892b495 100644
--- a/aspectj/project.xml
+++ b/aspectj/project.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0</version>
+      <version>3.8.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-jelly</groupId>
diff --git a/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml b/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml
index 4071a94a..000ff64f 100644
--- a/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="4.1-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
-      <action dev="aheritier" type="update">Upgrade to JUnit 4.0.</action>
     </release>
     <release version="4.0" date="2006-04-26">
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPASPECTJ-15" due-to="Alexey Dashkevich">New property
diff --git a/changelog/project.xml b/changelog/project.xml
index b23e02eb..2acdd9b3 100644
--- a/changelog/project.xml
+++ b/changelog/project.xml
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0</version>
+      <version>3.8.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.netbeans.lib</groupId>
diff --git a/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml b/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
index 5bc85c56..bcda24e3 100644
--- a/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.10-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
-      <action dev="aheritier" type="update">Upgrade to JUnit 4.0.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add">New property <code>maven.changelog.useDeveloperConnection</code>.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPCHANGELOG-86" due-to="Christoph Jerolimov">Support time period in MKS changelog parser.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MAVEN-1753">Upgrade to Xerces 2.8.0. Replace the deprecated xmlParserAPIs by xml-apis 1.3.03. Add the xml-resolver dependency for xerces.</action>
diff --git a/test/project.xml b/test/project.xml
index b5481827..d487ab25 100644
--- a/test/project.xml
+++ b/test/project.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0</version>
+      <version>3.8.2</version>
       <properties>
         <classloader>root</classloader>
       </properties>
diff --git a/test/xdocs/changes.xml b/test/xdocs/changes.xml
index 9cfded04..069a907e 100644
--- a/test/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/test/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.9-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
-      <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MPTEST-65">Upgrade to JUnit 4.0.</action>
     </release>
     <release version="1.8" date="2006-05-07">
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MAVEN-1753">Upgrade to Xerces 2.8.0. Replace the deprecated xmlParserAPIs by xml-apis 1.3.03. Add the xml-resolver dependency for xerces.</action>
