In case you need to adjust the version of the embedded tomcat to run you can do so by changing the runtime-dependencies:
<project>
[...]
<properties>
<tomcat.version>6.0.29</tomcat.version>
[...]
</properties>
[...]
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat6-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>catalina</artifactId>
<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>catalina-ha</artifactId>
<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>tribes</artifactId>
<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>el-api</artifactId>
<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>jasper</artifactId>
<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>jasper-el</artifactId>
<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>jasper-jdt</artifactId>
<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>coyote</artifactId>
<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>dbcp</artifactId>
<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
[...]
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
[...]
</build>
[...]
</project>