diff --git a/maven-core-it/it2002/project/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it2002/project/pom.xml
index 701e57c59f..ac5d58fdf3 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it2002/project/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it2002/project/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,23 @@
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
 
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-artifact-manager</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>env-test</id>
@@ -82,14 +99,6 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
-          <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-          <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-artifact-manager</artifactId>
-          <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-          <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it2002/project/subproject/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it2002/project/subproject/pom.xml
index ba3299371e..db2f9176eb 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it2002/project/subproject/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it2002/project/subproject/pom.xml
@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@
 
   <artifactId>project-sub1</artifactId>
 
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-artifact-manager</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it2002/project/subproject2/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it2002/project/subproject2/pom.xml
index 3bc3150278..85348a6588 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it2002/project/subproject2/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it2002/project/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
       <artifactId>project-sub1</artifactId>
       <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-artifact-manager</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
index 27894e7b2e..1e845c8654 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
@@ -337,9 +337,12 @@ public class DefaultMaven
         {
             File file = (File) iterator.next();
 
+            boolean usingReleasePom = false;
+            
             if ( RELEASE_POMv4.equals( file.getName() ) )
             {
                 getLogger().info( "NOTE: Using release-pom: " + file + " in reactor build." );
+                usingReleasePom = true;
             }
 
             MavenProject project = getProject( file, localRepository, settings, globalProfileManager );
@@ -366,7 +369,19 @@ public class DefaultMaven
                 for ( Iterator i = project.getModules().iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
                 {
                     String name = (String) i.next();
-                    moduleFiles.add( new File( basedir, name + "/pom.xml" ) );
+                    
+                    File moduleFile;
+                    
+                    if ( usingReleasePom )
+                    {
+                        moduleFile = new File( basedir, name + "/" + Maven.RELEASE_POMv4 );
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        moduleFile = new File( basedir, name + "/" + Maven.POMv4 );
+                    }
+                    
+                    moduleFiles.add( moduleFile );
                 }
 
                 List collectedProjects = collectProjects( moduleFiles, localRepository, recursive, settings,