diff --git a/pct.sh b/pct.sh
index 83c33f91b..967736f2c 100755
--- a/pct.sh
+++ b/pct.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ if ! [[ $PLUGINS =~ blueocean || $PLUGINS =~ pipeline-maven ]]; then
 	PCT_D_ARGS+='-DforkCount=.75C '
 fi
 
+# TODO https://ci.jenkins.io/job/Core/job/jenkins-test-harness/job/PR-631/
 exec java \
 	-jar target/pct.jar \
 	test-plugins \
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ exec java \
 	$PCT_D_ARGS \
 	${PCT_OPTS-} \
 	-Djth.jenkins-war.path="$(pwd)/target/megawar-$LINE.war" \
+	-Djenkins-test-harness.version=2202.vcd55371c9468 \
 	-Dsurefire.excludesFile="$(pwd)/excludes.txt"
 
 # produces: **/target/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f6147fb19..9b643157c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
     <changelist>999999-SNAPSHOT</changelist>
     <gitHubRepo>jenkinsci/bom</gitHubRepo>
     <spotless.check.skip>false</spotless.check.skip>
+    <!-- TODO until in parent POM -->
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
   <repositories>
     <repository>
diff --git a/sample-plugin/pom.xml b/sample-plugin/pom.xml
index 350585973..46c31b8fb 100644
--- a/sample-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@
   <properties>
     <changelist>999999-SNAPSHOT</changelist>
     <bom>weekly</bom>
-    <jenkins.version>2.457</jenkins.version>
+    <!-- TODO https://ci.jenkins.io/job/Core/job/jenkins/job/jakarta/ -->
+    <jenkins.version>2.458-rc34916.b_619859b_8a_a_0</jenkins.version>
     <spotless.check.skip>false</spotless.check.skip>
+    <!-- TODO https://ci.jenkins.io/job/Core/job/jenkins-test-harness/job/PR-631/ -->
+    <jenkins-test-harness.version>2202.vcd55371c9468</jenkins-test-harness.version>
+    <!-- TODO while bootstrapping -->
+    <maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>