diff --git a/plugin/pom.xml b/plugin/pom.xml
index 4b0d56d..2ab785e 100644
--- a/plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <!--
+    https://maven.apache.org/guides/plugin/guide-java-plugin-development.html
     https://central.sonatype.org/publish/#individual-projects-open-source-software-repository-hosting-ossrh
     https://central.sonatype.org/publish/publish-maven/#deployment
     https://central.sonatype.org/publish/requirements/#sufficient-metadata
     https://central.sonatype.org/publish/requirements/gpg/#listing-keys
     https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/OSSRH-96209?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Aall-tabpanel
+    https://www.baeldung.com/maven-plugin
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.github.antonio-petricca</groupId>
     <artifactId>filemerger-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.1</version>
+    <version>1.5.3</version>
 
     <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
 
@@ -56,17 +58,10 @@
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.15.0</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9.8</version>
+            <version>3.6.3</version> <!-- Pinned -->
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -74,28 +69,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-filtering</artifactId>
             <version>3.3.2</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9.8</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>3.12.0</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.1</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
+            <version>3.13.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/io/github/antoniopetricca/maven/plugins/filemerger/MavenFileMergerMojo.java b/plugin/src/main/java/io/github/antoniopetricca/maven/plugins/filemerger/MavenFileMergerMojo.java
index 6269570..c7ca262 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/io/github/antoniopetricca/maven/plugins/filemerger/MavenFileMergerMojo.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/io/github/antoniopetricca/maven/plugins/filemerger/MavenFileMergerMojo.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package io.github.antoniopetricca.maven.plugins.filemerger;
 
-// https://www.baeldung.com/maven-plugin
-
 import io.github.antoniopetricca.maven.plugins.filemerger.configuration.*;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -515,7 +513,10 @@ public void execute()
 
                 mergeTargetFile(targetFile, properties, sourceFiles, projectBaseDir);
             } catch(IOException | MavenFilteringException exception) {
-                throw new MojoExecutionException(exception);
+                throw new MojoExecutionException(
+                    exception.getMessage(),
+                    exception
+                );
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1fd9524..d0ad6d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.github.antonio-petricca</groupId>
     <artifactId>filemerger-maven-plugin-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.1</version>
+    <version>1.5.3</version>
 
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/tester/pom.xml b/tester/pom.xml
index fc332b9..cc9329b 100644
--- a/tester/pom.xml
+++ b/tester/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.github.antonio-petricca</groupId>
     <artifactId>filemerger-maven-plugin-tester</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.1</version>
+    <version>1.5.3</version>
 
     <packaging>jar</packaging>