diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFSheet.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFSheet.java
index cce5bb2b90..592ff3a007 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFSheet.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFSheet.java
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ import org.openxmlformats.schemas.spreadsheetml.x2006.main.*;
  * contain text, numbers, dates, and formulas. Cells can also be formatted.
  * </p>
  */
-@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class XSSFSheet extends POIXMLDocumentPart implements Sheet  {
     private static final POILogger logger = POILogFactory.getLogger(XSSFSheet.class);
 
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ public class XSSFSheet extends POIXMLDocumentPart implements Sheet  {
     private Map<Integer, CTCellFormula> sharedFormulas;
     private SortedMap<String,XSSFTable> tables;
     private List<CellRangeAddress> arrayFormulas;
-    private XSSFDataValidationHelper dataValidationHelper;
+    private final XSSFDataValidationHelper dataValidationHelper;
 
     /**
      * Creates new XSSFSheet   - called by XSSFWorkbook to create a sheet from scratch.
@@ -3027,7 +3026,7 @@ public class XSSFSheet extends POIXMLDocumentPart implements Sheet  {
         FormulaShifter formulaShifter = FormulaShifter.createForColumnShift(this.getWorkbook().getSheetIndex(this), this.getSheetName(), startColumn, endColumn, n, SpreadsheetVersion.EXCEL2007);
         XSSFColumnShifter columnShifter = new XSSFColumnShifter(this);
         columnShifter.shiftColumns(startColumn, endColumn, n);
-        columnShifter.shiftMergedRegions(startColumn, startColumn, n);
+        columnShifter.shiftMergedRegions(startColumn, endColumn, n);
         columnShifter.updateFormulas(formulaShifter);
         columnShifter.updateConditionalFormatting(formulaShifter);
         columnShifter.updateHyperlinks(formulaShifter);
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns.java
index 86a71b8fb6..37f57baa3c 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellAddress;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellRangeAddress;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.openxmlformats.schemas.spreadsheetml.x2006.main.CTCell;
 
@@ -33,23 +32,28 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public class TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns {
-    final File resultDir=new File("build/custom-reports-test");
-    XSSFWorkbook workbook=null;
-    XSSFSheet sheet=null;
-    String fileName=null;
-    final int numRows=4;
-    final int numCols=4;
-    final int INSERT_ROW=1;
-    final int INSERT_COLUMN=1;
-    final int FIRST_MERGE_ROW=INSERT_ROW+1;
-    final int LAST_MERGE_ROW=numRows-1;
-    final int FIRST_MERGE_COL=INSERT_COLUMN+1;
-    final int LAST_MERGE_COL=numCols-1;
+    private static final File resultDir = new File("build/custom-reports-test");
+
+    private static final int numRows = 4;
+    private static final int numCols = 4;
+
+    private static final int INSERT_ROW = 1;
+    private static final int INSERT_COLUMN = 1;
+    private static final int FIRST_MERGE_ROW = INSERT_ROW+1;
+    private static final int LAST_MERGE_ROW = numRows-1;
+    private static final int FIRST_MERGE_COL = INSERT_COLUMN+1;
+    private static final int LAST_MERGE_COL = numCols-1;
+
+    private XSSFWorkbook workbook = null;
+    private XSSFSheet sheet = null;
+    private String fileName = null;
 
     public TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns() {
-        resultDir.mkdirs();
+        assertTrue("Failed to create directory " + resultDir,
+                resultDir.exists() || resultDir.mkdirs());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -57,8 +61,10 @@ public class TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns {
      * 0 to numCols-1.
      */
     @Before
-    public void setup() {
-        final String procName="TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns.setup";
+    public void setup() throws IOException {
+        final String procName = "TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns.setup";
+        fileName = procName+".xlsx";
+
         workbook = new XSSFWorkbook();
         sheet = workbook.createSheet();
 
@@ -73,10 +79,11 @@ public class TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns {
         /*
          * Add a merge area
          */
-        final CellRangeAddress range=new CellRangeAddress(FIRST_MERGE_ROW,LAST_MERGE_ROW,FIRST_MERGE_COL,LAST_MERGE_COL);
+        final CellRangeAddress range = new CellRangeAddress(FIRST_MERGE_ROW,LAST_MERGE_ROW,FIRST_MERGE_COL,LAST_MERGE_COL);
         sheet.addMergedRegion(range);
         System.out.println(String.format(Locale.US, "\n%s: mergeArea=%s", procName,range));
 
+        writeFile(procName);
     }
 
 
@@ -84,31 +91,28 @@ public class TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns {
      * This method writes the workbook to resultDir/fileName.
      */
     @After
-    public void cleanup() {
-        final String procName="TestXSSFSheetRemoveTable.cleanup";
+    public void cleanup() throws IOException {
+        final String procName = "TestXSSFSheetRemoveTable.cleanup";
         if (workbook == null) {
             System.out.println(String.format(Locale.ROOT,"%s: workbook==null",procName));
             return;
         }
 
-        if(fileName==null) {
+        if(fileName == null) {
             System.out.println(String.format(Locale.ROOT, "%s: fileName==null",procName));
             return;
         }
 
-        final File file=new File(resultDir,fileName);
+        writeFile(procName);
+
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+    private void writeFile(String procName) throws IOException {
+        final File file = new File(resultDir,fileName);
         try (OutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream(file)) {
             workbook.write(fileOut);
             System.out.println(String.format(Locale.ROOT, "%s: test file written to %s",procName,file.getAbsolutePath()));
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
-        } finally {
-            try {
-                workbook.close();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -117,8 +121,8 @@ public class TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns {
      */
     @Test
     public void testNoShift() {
-        final String procName="testNoShift";
-        fileName=procName+".xlsx";
+        final String procName = "testNoShift";
+        fileName = procName+".xlsx";
 
         testCellAddresses(procName,0,0);
         testMergeRegion(procName,0,0);
@@ -128,21 +132,20 @@ public class TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns {
 
     @Test
     public void testShiftOneRowAndTestAddresses() {
-        final String procName="testShiftOneRowAndTestAddresses";
-        fileName=procName+".xlsx";
-        final int nRowsToShift=1;
+        final String procName = "testShiftOneRowAndTestAddresses";
+        fileName = procName+".xlsx";
+        final int nRowsToShift = 1;
 
         sheet.shiftRows(INSERT_ROW, numRows-1, nRowsToShift);
         testCellAddresses(procName,nRowsToShift,0);
         System.out.println(String.format(Locale.US, "%s: finished without error", procName));
     }
 
-    @Ignore("currently fails")
     @Test
     public void testShiftOneRowAndTestMergeRegion() {
-        final String procName="testShiftOneRowAndTestMergeRegion";
-        fileName=procName+".xlsx";
-        final int nRowsToShift=1;
+        final String procName = "testShiftOneRowAndTestMergeRegion";
+        fileName = procName+".xlsx";
+        final int nRowsToShift = 1;
 
         sheet.shiftRows(INSERT_ROW, numRows-1, nRowsToShift);
         testMergeRegion(procName,nRowsToShift,0);
@@ -151,24 +154,23 @@ public class TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns {
 
     @Test
     public void testShiftOneColumnAndTestAddresses() {
-        final String procName="testShiftOneColumnAndTestAddresses";
-        fileName=procName+".xlsx";
-        final int nShift=1;
+        final String procName = "testShiftOneColumnAndTestAddresses";
+        fileName = procName+".xlsx";
+        final int nShift = 1;
 
         sheet.shiftColumns(INSERT_COLUMN, numCols-1, nShift);
         testCellAddresses(procName,0,nShift);
         System.out.println(String.format(Locale.US, "%s: finished without error", procName));
     }
 
-    @Ignore("currently fails")
     @Test
     public void testShiftOneColumnAndTestMergeRegion() {
-        final String procName="testShiftOneColumnAndTestMergeRegion";
-        fileName=procName+".xlsx";
-        final int nShift=1;
+        final String procName = "testShiftOneColumnAndTestMergeRegion";
+        fileName = procName+".xlsx";
+        final int nShift = 1;
 
         sheet.shiftColumns(INSERT_COLUMN, numCols-1, nShift);
-        testMergeRegion(procName,0,nShift);
+        testMergeRegion(procName,0, nShift);
         System.out.println(String.format(Locale.US, "%s: finished without error", procName));
     }
 
@@ -176,26 +178,26 @@ public class TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns {
      * Verify that the cell addresses are consistent
      */
     private void testCellAddresses(String procName,int nRowsToShift,int nColsToShift) {
-        final int nNumRows=nRowsToShift+this.numCols;
-        final int nNumCols=nColsToShift+this.numCols;
-        for(int nRow=0;nRow<nNumRows;++nRow) {
-            final XSSFRow row=sheet.getRow(nRow);
-            if(row==null) {
+        final int nNumRows = nRowsToShift+ numCols;
+        final int nNumCols = nColsToShift+ numCols;
+        for(int nRow = 0;nRow<nNumRows;++nRow) {
+            final XSSFRow row = sheet.getRow(nRow);
+            if(row == null) {
                 System.out.println(String.format(Locale.US, "%s: Row %d is empty", procName,nRow));
                 continue;
             }
-            for(int nCol=0;nCol<nNumCols;++nCol) {
-                final String address=new CellAddress(nRow,nCol).formatAsString();
-                final XSSFCell cell=row.getCell(nCol);
-                if(cell==null) {
+            for(int nCol = 0;nCol<nNumCols;++nCol) {
+                final String address = new CellAddress(nRow,nCol).formatAsString();
+                final XSSFCell cell = row.getCell(nCol);
+                if(cell == null) {
                     System.out.println(String.format(Locale.US, "%s: Cell %s is empty", procName,address));
                     continue;
                 }
-                final CTCell ctCell=cell.getCTCell();
-                final Object cellAddress=cell.getAddress().formatAsString();
-                final Object r=ctCell.getR();
+                final CTCell ctCell = cell.getCTCell();
+                final Object cellAddress = cell.getAddress().formatAsString();
+                final Object r = ctCell.getR();
 
-                if(nCol==0 || nRow==0) {
+                if(nCol == 0 || nRow == 0) {
                     System.out.println(String.format(Locale.US, "%s: Row %d col %d address=%s cell.address=%s cell.getR=%s", procName, nRow,
                             nCol, address, cellAddress, ctCell.getR()));
                 }
@@ -210,9 +212,10 @@ public class TestXSSFSheetShiftRowsAndColumns {
      * Verify that the merge area is consistent
      */
     private void testMergeRegion(String procName,int nRowsToShift,int nColsToShift) {
-        final CellRangeAddress range=sheet.getMergedRegion(0);
-        assertEquals(String.format(Locale.US, "%s: Testing merge area %s",procName,range),range,
-                new CellRangeAddress(FIRST_MERGE_ROW,LAST_MERGE_ROW+nRowsToShift,FIRST_MERGE_COL,LAST_MERGE_COL+nColsToShift));
+        final CellRangeAddress range = sheet.getMergedRegion(0);
+        assertEquals(String.format(Locale.US, "%s: Testing merge area %s", procName, range),
+                new CellRangeAddress(FIRST_MERGE_ROW + nRowsToShift, LAST_MERGE_ROW + nRowsToShift,
+                        FIRST_MERGE_COL + nColsToShift, LAST_MERGE_COL + nColsToShift),
+                range);
     }
-
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/BaseTestSheetShiftColumns.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/BaseTestSheetShiftColumns.java
index 5ee7566a5e..407cba71c8 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/BaseTestSheetShiftColumns.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/BaseTestSheetShiftColumns.java
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTestSheetShiftColumns {
         style.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.BOTTOM);
         return style;
     }
+
     @Test
     public void testShiftOneColumnRight() {
         sheet1.shiftColumns(1, 2, 1);