diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/security/AuthenticationUser.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/security/AuthenticationUser.java
index aebc923443..bbffb045b4 100644
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/security/AuthenticationUser.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/security/AuthenticationUser.java
@@ -29,22 +29,22 @@ public class AuthenticationUser {
 
 	String username;
 	String password;
-	String group;
+	String groups;
 	
 	
 	
-	public AuthenticationUser(String username, String password, String group) {
+	public AuthenticationUser(String username, String password, String groups) {
 		this.username = username;
 		this.password = password;
-		this.group = group;
+		this.groups = groups;
 	}
 	
 	
-	public String getGroup() {
-		return group;
+	public String getGroups() {
+		return groups;
 	}
-	public void setGroup(String group) {
-		this.group = group;
+	public void setGroups(String groups) {
+		this.groups = groups;
 	}
 	public String getPassword() {
 		return password;
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/security/SimpleAuthenticationPlugin.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/security/SimpleAuthenticationPlugin.java
index 5001ea746b..34c813f3e8 100644
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/security/SimpleAuthenticationPlugin.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/security/SimpleAuthenticationPlugin.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class SimpleAuthenticationPlugin implements BrokerPlugin {
     	    AuthenticationUser user = (AuthenticationUser)it.next();
     	    userPasswords.put(user.getUsername(), user.getPassword());
             Set groups = new HashSet();
-            StringTokenizer iter = new StringTokenizer(user.getGroup(), ",");
+            StringTokenizer iter = new StringTokenizer(user.getGroups(), ",");
             while (iter.hasMoreTokens()) {
                 String name = iter.nextToken().trim();
                 groups.add(new GroupPrincipal(name));
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/security/SimpleAuthenticationPluginTest.java b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/security/SimpleAuthenticationPluginTest.java
index d883f0e17e..baab4962ec 100644
--- a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/security/SimpleAuthenticationPluginTest.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/security/SimpleAuthenticationPluginTest.java
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 public class SimpleAuthenticationPluginTest extends SecurityTestSupport {
 
-    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(XBeanSecurityTest.class);
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(SimpleAuthenticationPluginTest.class);
     
     public static Test suite() {
-        return suite(XBeanSecurityTest.class);
+        return suite(SimpleAuthenticationPluginTest.class);
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/test/resources/org/apache/activemq/security/simple-auth-broker.xml b/activemq-core/src/test/resources/org/apache/activemq/security/simple-auth-broker.xml
index 10c33338ac..057ec296f9 100644
--- a/activemq-core/src/test/resources/org/apache/activemq/security/simple-auth-broker.xml
+++ b/activemq-core/src/test/resources/org/apache/activemq/security/simple-auth-broker.xml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 		<simpleAuthenticationPlugin>
 			<users>
 				<authenticationUser username="system" password="manager"
-					group="users,admins"/>
+					groups="users,admins"/>
 				<authenticationUser username="user" password="password"
-					group="users"/>
-				<authenticationUser username="guest" password="password" group="guests"/>
+					groups="users"/>
+				<authenticationUser username="guest" password="password" groups="guests"/>
 			</users>
 		</simpleAuthenticationPlugin>