diff --git a/sonar/integration-test/pom.xml b/sonar/integration-test/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1609704478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sonar/integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
+                             http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
+        <artifactId>poi-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>4.1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>integration-test</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>Apache POI integration test</name>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <!-- copy sources, resources and tests in place as otherwise Sonar does not pick them up correctly! -->
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven.plugin.resources.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>copy-tests</id>
+                        <phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/test/java</outputDirectory>
+                            <resources>
+                                <resource>
+                                    <directory>../../src/integrationtest</directory>
+                                </resource>
+                            </resources>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <!-- clean copied sources afterwards -->
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven.plugin.clean.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <filesets>
+                        <fileset>
+                            <directory>src</directory>
+                            <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
+                        </fileset>
+                        <fileset>
+                            <directory>build</directory>
+                            <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
+                        </fileset>
+                    </filesets>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+
+            <!-- set jvm parameters for surefire plugin -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven.plugin.surefire.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <argLine>@{argLine} -Duser.language=en -Duser.country=US -Xmx1024m -Djava.io.tmpdir=${basedir}/target/tmp -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow</argLine>
+                    <workingDirectory>../..</workingDirectory>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>poi-examples</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
+            <version>0.9.11</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
+            <version>1.19</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+            <version>1.10.7</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+
+
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/sonar/pom.xml b/sonar/pom.xml
index 9858db4060..6c66e4dba7 100644
--- a/sonar/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/pom.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
         <module>scratchpad</module>
         <module>excelant</module>
         <module>examples</module>
+        <module>integration-test</module>
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
@@ -73,15 +74,15 @@
 
         <!-- define some of the third-party or plugin-versions globally to use the same in all modules -->
         <xmlbeans.version>3.1.0</xmlbeans.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <xmlunit.version>2.5.1</xmlunit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
+        <xmlunit.version>2.6.3</xmlunit.version>
         <mockito.version>2.13.0</mockito.version>
-        <maven.plugin.resources.version>3.0.1</maven.plugin.resources.version>
-        <maven.plugin.jar.version>3.0.1</maven.plugin.jar.version>
-        <maven.plugin.clean.version>3.0.0</maven.plugin.clean.version>
+        <maven.plugin.resources.version>3.1.0</maven.plugin.resources.version>
+        <maven.plugin.jar.version>3.2.0</maven.plugin.jar.version>
+        <maven.plugin.clean.version>3.1.0</maven.plugin.clean.version>
         <maven.plugin.download.version>1.1.0</maven.plugin.download.version>
         <maven.plugin.antrun.version>1.8</maven.plugin.antrun.version>
-        <maven.plugin.surefire.version>2.19.1</maven.plugin.surefire.version>
+        <maven.plugin.surefire.version>3.0.0-M4</maven.plugin.surefire.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.5.1</version>
+                    <version>3.8.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <source>1.8</source>
                         <target>1.8</target>