diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dbd5fdd0..937c3f9c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
-    <mavenVersion>3.1.1</mavenVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
     <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
     <sisu.version>0.3.5</sisu.version>
     <currentVersion>${project.version}</currentVersion>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/dep-reduced-pom/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/dep-reduced-pom/pom.xml
index 44b5ad9d..bbe2aa0f 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/dep-reduced-pom/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/dep-reduced-pom/pom.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,28 @@ under the License.
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce-basedir-is-not-changed</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+	    <phase>package</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <requireProperty>
+                  <property>basedir</property>
+                  <regex><![CDATA[.*(?<!/target)$]]></regex>
+                </requireProperty>
+              </rules>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/shade/mojo/ShadeMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/shade/mojo/ShadeMojo.java
index d717253f..ef1f4c60 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/shade/mojo/ShadeMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/shade/mojo/ShadeMojo.java
@@ -267,9 +267,7 @@ public class ShadeMojo
     private boolean createDependencyReducedPom;
 
     /**
-     * Where to put the dependency reduced pom. Note: setting a value for this parameter with a directory other than
-     * ${basedir} will change the value of ${basedir} for all executions that come after the shade execution. This is
-     * often not what you want. This is considered an open issue with this plugin.
+     * Where to put the dependency reduced pom.
      *
      * @since 1.7
      */
@@ -1220,7 +1218,7 @@ private void rewriteDependencyReducedPomIfWeHaveReduction( List<Dependency> depe
                 modified = updateExcludesInDeps( result.getProject(), dependencies, transitiveDeps );
             }
 
-            project.setFile( dependencyReducedPomLocation );
+            project.setPomFile( dependencyReducedPomLocation );
         }
     }