diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng2861RelocationsAndRangesTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng2861RelocationsAndRangesTest.java
index ac23eb7860..9b1d067b61 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng2861RelocationsAndRangesTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng2861RelocationsAndRangesTest.java
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ public class MavenITmng2861RelocationsAndRangesTest
     {
         File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-2861" );
 
-        Verifier verifier = new Verifier( new File( testDir, "MNG-2861" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+        Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
         verifier.setAutoclean( false );
         verifier.deleteDirectory( "A/target" );
         verifier.deleteArtifacts( "org.apache.maven.its.mng2861" );
+        verifier.filterFile( "settings-template.xml", "settings.xml", "UTF-8", verifier.newDefaultFilterProperties() );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "--settings" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "settings.xml" );
         verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
 
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/MNG-2861/A/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/A/pom.xml
similarity index 82%
rename from its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/MNG-2861/A/pom.xml
rename to its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/A/pom.xml
index 34102b2028..2cd56112af 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/MNG-2861/A/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/A/pom.xml
@@ -27,19 +27,6 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>id</id>
-      <url>file:///${basedir}/../../repo</url>
-      <releases>
-        <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/MNG-2861/B/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/B/pom.xml
similarity index 80%
rename from its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/MNG-2861/B/pom.xml
rename to its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/B/pom.xml
index 71d1a3eb03..8b0c52a186 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/MNG-2861/B/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/B/pom.xml
@@ -22,19 +22,6 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>id</id>
-      <url>file://localhost/${basedir}/../../repo</url>
-      <releases>
-        <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/MNG-2861/C/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/C/pom.xml
similarity index 80%
rename from its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/MNG-2861/C/pom.xml
rename to its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/C/pom.xml
index 9d01d0b887..f133a1c095 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/MNG-2861/C/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/C/pom.xml
@@ -22,19 +22,6 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>id</id>
-      <url>file:///${basedir}/../../repo</url>
-      <releases>
-        <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/MNG-2861/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/MNG-2861/pom.xml
rename to its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/pom.xml
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/settings-template.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/settings-template.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c985d1a689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2861/settings-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<settings>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>maven-core-it-repo</id>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>maven-core-it</id>
+          <url>@baseurl@/repo</url>
+          <releases>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <activeProfiles>
+    <activeProfile>maven-core-it-repo</activeProfile>
+  </activeProfiles>
+</settings>