diff --git a/java-checks/pom.xml b/java-checks/pom.xml
index c3c94034cbc..f10a8c9e9f0 100644
--- a/java-checks/pom.xml
+++ b/java-checks/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <includes>
+            <include>org.sonar.java.checks.*</include>
+            <include>org.sonar.java.tag.*</include>
+          </includes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/java-squid/pom.xml b/java-squid/pom.xml
index e38ee4ea541..a64c9f6a7f4 100644
--- a/java-squid/pom.xml
+++ b/java-squid/pom.xml
@@ -71,27 +71,22 @@
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${jacoco.version}</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <excludes>
-              <!-- sources outside java-squid -->
-              <exclude>org.sonar.api.*</exclude>
-              <exclude>org.sonar.graph.*</exclude>
-              <exclude>org.sonar.squidbridge.*</exclude>
-              <exclude>org.sonar.sslr.*</exclude>
-              <!-- sources generated by java-maven-model -->
-              <exclude>org.sonar.maven.model.*</exclude>
-            </excludes>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-    </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <includes>
+            <include>org.sonar.java.*</include>
+            <include>org.sonar.maven.*</include>
+            <include>org.sonar.plugins.java.*</include>
+          </includes>
+          <excludes>
+            <!-- sources generated by java-maven-model -->
+            <exclude>org.sonar.maven.model.*</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>