diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0553/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0553/pom.xml
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index 0000000000..44a2b8a052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0553/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng0553</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>test</name>
+  <description>
+    Test that the auth infos given in the settings.xml are pushed into the wagon manager and are available
+    to other components/plugins.
+  </description>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-uses-wagon</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <propertiesFile>target/auth.properties</propertiesFile>
+          <serverIds>
+            <serverId>test</serverId>
+          </serverIds>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>dump-auth</goal>
+           </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0553/sec.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0553/sec.xml
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index 0000000000..4f7e5fc87a
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+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0553/sec.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<sec>
+  <master>{jSMOWnoPFgsHVpMvz5VrIt5kRbzGpI8u+9EF1iFQyJQ=}</master>
+</sec>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0553/settings.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0553/settings.xml
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index 0000000000..572e5b856d
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+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0553/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?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>
+  <servers>
+    <server>
+      <id>test</id>
+      <username>testuser</username>
+      <password>{8+qG0C/CnRsH+45rqY50rWb1cMILU4zu9K/sZ8omYzs=}</password>
+    </server>
+  </servers>
+</settings>