diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
index 73b343d89..34c2db28f 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.easytesting</groupId>
-      <artifactId>fest-assert</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.9.1</version><!-- Java 7 -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/TestAnnotationsReader.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/TestAnnotationsReader.java
index b7702df63..1f43e567a 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/TestAnnotationsReader.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/TestAnnotationsReader.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.extractor.annotations.scanner.MojoAnnotationsScanner;
 import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.extractor.annotations.scanner.MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
-import org.fest.assertions.Assertions;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -37,6 +36,8 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
 /**
  * @author Olivier Lamy
  */
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public void testReadMojoClass()
 
         System.out.println( "mojoAnnotatedClasses:" + mojoAnnotatedClasses );
 
-        Assertions.assertThat( mojoAnnotatedClasses ).isNotNull().isNotEmpty().hasSize( 1 );
+        assertThat( mojoAnnotatedClasses ).isNotNull().isNotEmpty().hasSize( 1 );
 
         MojoAnnotatedClass mojoAnnotatedClass = mojoAnnotatedClasses.values().iterator().next();
 
@@ -78,10 +79,10 @@ public void testReadMojoClass()
         assertEquals( LifecyclePhase.PACKAGE, execute.phase() );
 
         Collection<ComponentAnnotationContent> components = mojoAnnotatedClass.getComponents().values();
-        Assertions.assertThat( components ).isNotNull().isNotEmpty().hasSize( 2 );
+        assertThat( components ).isNotNull().isNotEmpty().hasSize( 2 );
 
         Collection<ParameterAnnotationContent> parameters = mojoAnnotatedClass.getParameters().values();
-        Assertions.assertThat( parameters ).isNotNull().isNotEmpty().hasSize( 2 ).contains(
+        assertThat( parameters ).isNotNull().isNotEmpty().hasSize( 2 ).contains(
             new ParameterAnnotationContent( "bar", null, "thebar", "coolbar", true, false, String.class.getName() ),
             new ParameterAnnotationContent( "beer", null, "thebeer", "coolbeer", false, false,
                                             String.class.getName() ) );