diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkins/tools/test/PluginCompatTester.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkins/tools/test/PluginCompatTester.java
index 7abc972b6..086208b4a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkins/tools/test/PluginCompatTester.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkins/tools/test/PluginCompatTester.java
@@ -688,9 +688,9 @@ public static String getMavenModule(String plugin, File pluginPath, MavenRunner
         }
         File log = new File(parentFile.getAbsolutePath() + File.separatorChar + "modules.log");
         runner.run(
-                Map.of("expression", "project.modules", "forceStdout", "true"),
+                Map.of("expression", "project.modules", "output", log.getAbsolutePath()),
                 parentFile,
-                log,
+                null,
                 "-q",
                 "help:evaluate");
         List<String> lines;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkins/tools/test/hook/MultiParentCompileHook.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkins/tools/test/hook/MultiParentCompileHook.java
index 46c89c7e5..ff1f259ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkins/tools/test/hook/MultiParentCompileHook.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkins/tools/test/hook/MultiParentCompileHook.java
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ private boolean isSnapshotMultiParentPlugin(
 
         File log = new File(parentFile.getAbsolutePath() + File.separatorChar + "version.log");
         runner.run(
-                Map.of("expression", "project.version", "forceStdout", "true"),
+                Map.of("expression", "project.version", "output", log.getAbsolutePath()),
                 parentFile,
-                log,
+                null,
                 "-q",
                 "help:evaluate");
         List<String> output;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkins/tools/test/maven/ExternalMavenRunner.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkins/tools/test/maven/ExternalMavenRunner.java
index 28dab166b..6c12b8601 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkins/tools/test/maven/ExternalMavenRunner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkins/tools/test/maven/ExternalMavenRunner.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.CheckForNull;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.Nullable;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -107,9 +108,9 @@ private static class MavenGobbler extends Thread {
 
         @NonNull private final Process p;
 
-        @NonNull private final File buildLogFile;
+        @CheckForNull private final File buildLogFile;
 
-        public MavenGobbler(@NonNull Process p, @NonNull File buildLogFile) {
+        public MavenGobbler(@NonNull Process p, @Nullable File buildLogFile) {
             this.p = p;
             this.buildLogFile = buildLogFile;
         }
@@ -119,7 +120,10 @@ public void run() {
             try (InputStream is = p.getInputStream();
                     Reader isr = new InputStreamReader(is, Charset.defaultCharset());
                     BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(isr);
-                    OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(buildLogFile, true);
+                    OutputStream os =
+                            buildLogFile == null
+                                    ? OutputStream.nullOutputStream()
+                                    : new FileOutputStream(buildLogFile, true);
                     Writer osw = new OutputStreamWriter(os, Charset.defaultCharset());
                     PrintWriter w = new PrintWriter(osw)) {
                 String line;