diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3139UseCachedMetadataOfBlacklistedRepoTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3139UseCachedMetadataOfBlacklistedRepoTest.java
index 4f682c42e2..85993d0260 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3139UseCachedMetadataOfBlacklistedRepoTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3139UseCachedMetadataOfBlacklistedRepoTest.java
@@ -48,21 +48,32 @@ public class MavenITmng3139UseCachedMetadataOfBlacklistedRepoTest
     {
         File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-3139" );
 
+        // phase 1: get the metadata into the local repo
+
         Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
         verifier.setAutoclean( false );
         verifier.deleteArtifacts( "org.apache.maven.its.mng3139" );
 
-        verifier.filterFile( "pom-template.xml", "pom.xml", "UTF-8", verifier.newDefaultFilterProperties() );
+        verifier.filterFile( "settings-template.xml", "settings.xml", "UTF-8", verifier.newDefaultFilterProperties() );
         verifier.setLogFileName( "log1.txt" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "--settings" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "settings.xml" );
         verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
 
-        verifier.filterFile( "pom-template.xml", "pom.xml", "UTF-8", 
+        // phase 2: trigger blacklisting of repo (by invalid URL) and check previously downloaded metadata is stil used
+
+        verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+
+        verifier.filterFile( "settings-template.xml", "settings.xml", "UTF-8", 
             Collections.singletonMap( "@baseurl@", "http://localhost:63412" ) );
         verifier.setLogFileName( "log2.txt" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "--settings" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "settings.xml" );
         verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
-
         verifier.resetStreams();
     }
 
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3139/pom-template.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3139/pom.xml
similarity index 83%
rename from its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3139/pom-template.xml
rename to its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3139/pom.xml
index 992d9c8ef3..7d4126978c 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3139/pom-template.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3139/pom.xml
@@ -32,21 +32,6 @@ under the License.
     Test that locally cached metadata of blacklisted repositories is consulted to resolve metaversions.
   </description>
 
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>maven-core-it</id>
-      <url>@baseurl@/repo</url>
-      <releases>
-        <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
-        <!-- NOTE: Enforce update check to trigger trip to repo. -->
-        <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3139</groupId>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3139/settings-template.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3139/settings-template.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d327a854b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3139/settings-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?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>
+  <mirrors>
+    <mirror>
+      <!-- Make sure central isn't touched -->
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>@baseurl@/null</url>
+      <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
+    </mirror>
+  </mirrors>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>maven-core-it-repo</id>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>maven-core-it</id>
+          <url>@baseurl@/repo</url>
+          <releases>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+            <!-- NOTE: Enforce update check to trigger trip to repo. -->
+            <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <activeProfiles>
+    <activeProfile>maven-core-it-repo</activeProfile>
+  </activeProfiles>
+</settings>