diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/pom.xml
index ca7e53411d..313eae32e7 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ under the License.
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.its</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-integration-test-helper</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>maven-it-helper</artifactId>
       <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 <!-- TODO: not transitive in tests artifact, so must be left in main scope
       <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-project-interpolation/pom.xml b/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-project-interpolation/pom.xml
index 0eff4abdeb..783b64ce3a 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-project-interpolation/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-project-interpolation/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ under the License.
     <!-- Test the resolution of the version -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.its</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-integration-test-helper</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>maven-it-helper</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/maven-integration-test-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/its/core-it-support/maven-integration-test-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 040c6fc6a8..e16f421c5e 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/maven-integration-test-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-support/maven-integration-test-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ under the License.
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.its</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-integration-test-helper</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <artifactId>maven-it-helper</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <version>3.8.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/maven-integration-test-helper/pom.xml b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-helper/pom.xml
similarity index 97%
rename from its/core-it-support/maven-integration-test-helper/pom.xml
rename to its/core-it-support/maven-it-helper/pom.xml
index 2f754724bd..ce865b79c9 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/maven-integration-test-helper/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-helper/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ under the License.
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.its</groupId>
-  <artifactId>maven-integration-test-helper</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>maven-it-helper</artifactId>
 
   <name>Maven Integration Test Helper Library</name>
 
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/maven-integration-test-helper/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase.java b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-helper/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase.java
similarity index 100%
rename from its/core-it-support/maven-integration-test-helper/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase.java
rename to its/core-it-support/maven-it-helper/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase.java
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/pom.xml b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/pom.xml
index beeac6434d..ab1addb4e2 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ under the License.
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.its</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-integration-test-helper</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>maven-it-helper</artifactId>
       <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/pom.xml b/its/core-it-support/pom.xml
index b166c7c3c6..99f7cf875e 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-support/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ under the License.
     <module>core-it-plugins</module>
     <module>core-integration-testing-wagon</module>
     <module>core-integration-testing-support</module>
-    <module>maven-integration-test-helper</module>
+    <module>maven-it-helper</module>
   </modules>
 
   <scm>