diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3288SystemScopeDirTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3288SystemScopeDirTest.java
index f90a29106c..db86f9d855 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3288SystemScopeDirTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3288SystemScopeDirTest.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class MavenITmng3288SystemScopeDirTest
 {
     public MavenITmng3288SystemScopeDirTest()
     {
-        super( ALL_MAVEN_VERSIONS );
+        super( "[2.0.9,)" );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class MavenITmng3288SystemScopeDirTest
         verifier.setAutoclean( false );
         try
         {
-            verifier.executeGoal( "org.apache.maven.its.plugins:maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution::compile" );
+            verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
             fail( "Usage of directory instead of file for system-scoped dependency did not fail dependency resolution" );
         }
         catch ( VerificationException e )
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3288/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3288/pom.xml
index 6ccc54f250..42d5e57b25 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3288/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3288/pom.xml
@@ -41,4 +41,23 @@ under the License.
       <systemPath>${basedir}/lib</systemPath>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>