diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
index e86e064..41b374b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Verify
     uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v5
     with:
-      ff-maven: "4.0.0-rc-4"                     # Maven version for fail-fast-build
-      maven-matrix: '[ "4.0.0-rc-4" ]'
+      ff-maven: "4.0.0-rc-6"                     # Maven version for fail-fast-build
+      maven-matrix: '[ "4.0.0-rc-6" ]'
       jdk-matrix: '[ "17", "21" ]'
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6775252..32152c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ under the License.
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
-    <mavenVersion>4.0.0-rc-4</mavenVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>4.0.0-rc-6</mavenVersion>
     <javaVersion>17</javaVersion>
 
     <guiceVersion>7.0.0</guiceVersion>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/resources/TestResourcesMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/resources/TestResourcesMojo.java
index 1e1218d..e9c6fd9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/resources/TestResourcesMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/resources/TestResourcesMojo.java
@@ -62,7 +62,17 @@ public class TestResourcesMojo extends ResourcesMojo {
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     public void execute() throws MojoException {
-        if (skip) {
+        // isSkip() reads ResourcesMojo's own field. Both classes declare a private
+        // "skip", so the two collapse into a single descriptor parameter and the
+        // configurator writes the superclass one, leaving this class's field false
+        // however the build configured <skip>. Reading both is what makes
+        // <skip>true</skip> reach this goal at all.
+        //
+        // TODO temporary: drop the isSkip() half once apache/maven#12626 is in a
+        // release. That fixes the cause in the core configurator, where
+        // buildFieldCache() lets a parent field shadow the child's, and then this
+        // class's own field will be configured directly.
+        if (skip || isSkip()) {
             getLog().info("Not copying test resources");
             return;
         }