diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3023ReactorDependencyResolutionTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3023ReactorDependencyResolutionTest.java
index 1d17aa11bf..e09773aaae 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3023ReactorDependencyResolutionTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3023ReactorDependencyResolutionTest.java
@@ -54,13 +54,14 @@ public class MavenITmng3023ReactorDependencyResolutionTest
 
         // First pass. Make sure the dependency cannot be resolved.
         Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
         verifier.setLogFileName( "log-a.txt" );
         
         verifier.deleteArtifacts( "org.apache.maven.its.mng3023" );
         
         try
         {
-            verifier.executeGoal( "initialize" );
+            verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
             fail( "Expected failure to resolve dependency artifact without at least calling 'compile' phase." );
         }
         catch ( VerificationException e )
@@ -87,11 +88,12 @@ public class MavenITmng3023ReactorDependencyResolutionTest
         File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-3023" );
 
         Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
         verifier.setLogFileName( "log-b.txt" );
-        
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "consumer/target" );
         verifier.deleteArtifacts( "org.apache.maven.its.mng3023" );
         
-        verifier.executeGoal( "compile" );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "initialize" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
         verifier.resetStreams();
 
@@ -118,11 +120,13 @@ public class MavenITmng3023ReactorDependencyResolutionTest
         File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-3023" );
 
         Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
         
         verifier.deleteArtifacts( "org.apache.maven.its.mng3023" );
         
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "consumer/target" );
         verifier.setLogFileName( "log-c-1.txt" );
-        verifier.executeGoal( "install" );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "generate-sources" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
         verifier.resetStreams();
 
@@ -130,8 +134,9 @@ public class MavenITmng3023ReactorDependencyResolutionTest
         assertTrue( compileClassPath.toString(), compileClassPath.contains( "dependency-1.jar" ) );
         assertFalse( compileClassPath.toString(), compileClassPath.contains( "dependency-classes" ) );
         
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "consumer/target" );
         verifier.setLogFileName( "log-c-2.txt" );
-        verifier.executeGoal( "initialize" );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
         verifier.resetStreams();
         
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/consumer/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/consumer/pom.xml
index 32f1870dd9..0de79bca9a 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/consumer/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,38 @@
+<?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>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
   <parent>
-  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3023</groupId>
-  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1</version>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3023</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
   </parent>
-  
+
   <artifactId>consumer</artifactId>
-  
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3023 :: Consumer</name> 
+  <description>Test that reactor projects are included in dependency resolution.</description>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3023</groupId>
@@ -15,7 +40,7 @@
       <version>1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
@@ -25,7 +50,7 @@
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>compile-classpath</id>
-            <phase>initialize</phase>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>compile</goal>
             </goals>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/dependency/dependency-classes/dependency-1.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/dependency/dependency-classes/dependency-1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1fb4ec7c0
Binary files /dev/null and b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/dependency/dependency-classes/dependency-1.jar differ
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/dependency/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/dependency/pom.xml
index 08139a615f..39c99223e9 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/dependency/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/dependency/pom.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,70 @@
+<?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>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
   <parent>
-  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3023</groupId>
-  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1</version>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3023</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>dependency</artifactId>
 
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3023 :: Dependency</name> 
+  <description>Test that reactor projects are included in dependency resolution.</description>
+
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>dependency-classes</outputDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-artifact</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>compile</id>
+            <phase>initialize</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>set</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <mainFile>dependency-classes</mainFile>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>install</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>set</goal>
+              <goal>attach-pom</goal>
+              <goal>install</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <mainFile>dependency-classes/dependency-1.jar</mainFile>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/dependency/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/debug/mng2720/App.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/dependency/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/debug/mng2720/App.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f8f544fd8..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/dependency/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/debug/mng2720/App.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.debug.mng2720;
-
-/**
- * Hello world!
- *
- */
-public class App 
-{
-    public static void main( String[] args )
-    {
-        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/pom.xml
index f21e734f49..584db7dcde 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3023/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,34 @@
+<?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>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <description>Test that reactor projects are included in dependency resolution.</description>
+
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3023</groupId>
   <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
   <version>1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3023</name> 
+  <description>Test that reactor projects are included in dependency resolution.</description>
   
   <modules>
     <module>dependency</module>