diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/java/com/buschmais/jqassistant/core/shared/configuration/ConfigurationMappingLoader.java b/core/shared/src/main/java/com/buschmais/jqassistant/core/shared/configuration/ConfigurationMappingLoader.java
index 56f847bae..8fbc93c55 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/java/com/buschmais/jqassistant/core/shared/configuration/ConfigurationMappingLoader.java
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/java/com/buschmais/jqassistant/core/shared/configuration/ConfigurationMappingLoader.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import io.smallrye.config.*;
 import io.smallrye.config.source.yaml.YamlConfigSource;
@@ -61,8 +62,7 @@ public class ConfigurationMappingLoader {
     /**
      * The default names of configuration files
      */
-    private static final List<Path> DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATIONS = List.of(".jqassistant.yml", ".jqassistant.yaml", ".jqassistant")
-        .stream()
+    private static final List<Path> DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATIONS = Stream.of(".jqassistant.yml", ".jqassistant.yaml", ".jqassistant")
         .map(Paths::get)
         .collect(toUnmodifiableList());
 
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ public Builder<C> withIgnoreProperties(Collection<String> ignoreProperties) {
          * @return The configuration.
          */
         public C load(ConfigSource... additionalConfigSources) {
+            log.debug("Loading configuration using profiles {}. ", profiles);
             // Create intermediate configuration with applied profiles and interpolated properties (without validation)
             SmallRyeConfig config = new SmallRyeConfigBuilder().withSources(this.configSources)
                 .withSources(additionalConfigSources)
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ private void logConfigProblems(SmallRyeConfig interpolatedConfig) {
             Map<String, String> filteredProperties = stream(interpolatedConfig.getPropertyNames()
                 .spliterator(), false).filter(property -> property.startsWith(PREFIX))
                 .filter(property -> !ignoreProperties.contains(property))
-                .collect(toMap(property -> property, interpolatedConfig::getRawValue, (s1, s2) -> null, () -> new TreeMap<>()));
+                .collect(toMap(property -> property, interpolatedConfig::getRawValue, (s1, s2) -> null, TreeMap::new));
             log.debug("jQAssistant config properties:");
             for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : filteredProperties.entrySet()) {
                 log.debug("\t{}={}", entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ private List<ConfigSource> getExternalYamlConfigSources(Path configLocationPath,
         private List<Path> findYamlConfigurationFiles(Path configurationDirectory) {
             List<Path> configurationFiles = new ArrayList<>();
             try {
-                walkFileTree(configurationDirectory, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
+                walkFileTree(configurationDirectory, new SimpleFileVisitor<>() {
 
                     @Override
                     public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) {
diff --git a/core/test/src/main/java/com/buschmais/jqassistant/core/test/plugin/AbstractPluginIT.java b/core/test/src/main/java/com/buschmais/jqassistant/core/test/plugin/AbstractPluginIT.java
index 2d0d854dc..e9ee2fcdf 100644
--- a/core/test/src/main/java/com/buschmais/jqassistant/core/test/plugin/AbstractPluginIT.java
+++ b/core/test/src/main/java/com/buschmais/jqassistant/core/test/plugin/AbstractPluginIT.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import com.buschmais.jqassistant.core.report.impl.InMemoryReportPlugin;
 import com.buschmais.jqassistant.core.report.impl.ReportContextImpl;
 import com.buschmais.jqassistant.core.resolver.api.ArtifactProviderFactory;
+import com.buschmais.jqassistant.core.resolver.api.MavenSettingsConfigSourceBuilder;
 import com.buschmais.jqassistant.core.rule.api.model.*;
 import com.buschmais.jqassistant.core.rule.api.reader.RuleParserPlugin;
 import com.buschmais.jqassistant.core.rule.api.source.FileRuleSource;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.ToString;
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.spi.ConfigSource;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
+import static java.util.Optional.ofNullable;
 import static lombok.AccessLevel.PRIVATE;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
@@ -65,6 +68,9 @@
  */
 public abstract class AbstractPluginIT {
 
+    private static final String PROPERTY_MAVEN_SETTINGS = "jqassistant.it.maven-settings";
+    private static final String PROPERTY_PROFILES = "jqassistant.it.profiles";
+
     private static final File USER_HOME = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"));
 
     private static final File WORKING_DIRECTORY = new File(".");
@@ -75,6 +81,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractPluginIT {
 
     protected static final String ARTIFACT_ID = "artifact";
 
+    private static ConfigSource mavenSettingsConfigSource;
+
     private static ArtifactProviderFactory artifactProviderFactory;
 
     private static PluginRepositoryImpl pluginRepository;
@@ -86,17 +94,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractPluginIT {
     protected RuleSet ruleSet;
 
     @BeforeAll
-    public static final void initPluginRepository() {
+    public static void initPluginRepository() {
         artifactProviderFactory = new ArtifactProviderFactory(USER_HOME);
-        OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.mkdirs();
+        Optional<File> mavenSettingsFile = ofNullable(System.getProperty(PROPERTY_MAVEN_SETTINGS)).map(File::new);
+        List<String> profiles = ofNullable(System.getProperty(PROPERTY_PROFILES)).map(p -> List.of(p.split(",")))
+            .orElse(emptyList());
+        mavenSettingsConfigSource = MavenSettingsConfigSourceBuilder.createMavenSettingsConfigSource(USER_HOME, mavenSettingsFile, profiles);
         PluginClassLoader pluginClassLoader = new PluginClassLoader(AbstractPluginIT.class.getClassLoader());
         PluginConfigurationReader pluginConfigurationReader = new PluginConfigurationReaderImpl(pluginClassLoader);
         pluginRepository = new PluginRepositoryImpl(pluginConfigurationReader);
         pluginRepository.initialize();
+        OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.mkdirs();
     }
 
     @AfterAll
-    public static final void destroyPluginRepository() {
+    public static void destroyPluginRepository() {
         if (pluginRepository != null) {
             pluginRepository.destroy();
         }
@@ -145,7 +157,7 @@ private ITConfiguration createConfiguration(ConfigurationBuilder configurationBu
             .withClasspath()
             .withProfiles(getConfigurationProfiles())
             .load(configurationBuilder.build(), new EnvConfigSource() {
-            }, new SysPropConfigSource());
+            }, new SysPropConfigSource(), mavenSettingsConfigSource);
     }
 
     private void initializeRuleSet(Configuration configuration) throws RuleException, IOException {
@@ -281,23 +293,22 @@ protected TestResult query(String query) {
      * @return The {@link AbstractPluginIT.TestResult}.
      */
     protected TestResult query(String query, Map<String, Object> parameters) {
-        Query.Result<CompositeRowObject> compositeRowObjects = store.executeQuery(query, parameters);
-        List<Map<String, Object>> rows = new ArrayList<>();
-        Map<String, List<Object>> columns = new HashMap<>();
-        for (CompositeRowObject rowObject : compositeRowObjects) {
-            Map<String, Object> row = new HashMap<>();
-            Iterable<String> columnNames = rowObject.getColumns();
-            for (String columnName : columnNames) {
-                List<Object> columnValues = columns.get(columnName);
-                if (columnValues == null) {
-                    columnValues = new ArrayList<>();
-                    columns.put(columnName, columnValues);
+        List<Map<String, Object>> rows;
+        Map<String, List<Object>> columns;
+        try (Query.Result<CompositeRowObject> compositeRowObjects = store.executeQuery(query, parameters)) {
+            rows = new ArrayList<>();
+            columns = new HashMap<>();
+            for (CompositeRowObject rowObject : compositeRowObjects) {
+                Map<String, Object> row = new HashMap<>();
+                Iterable<String> columnNames = rowObject.getColumns();
+                for (String columnName : columnNames) {
+                    List<Object> columnValues = columns.computeIfAbsent(columnName, k -> new ArrayList<>());
+                    Object value = rowObject.get(columnName, Object.class);
+                    row.put(columnName, value);
+                    columnValues.add(value);
                 }
-                Object value = rowObject.get(columnName, Object.class);
-                row.put(columnName, value);
-                columnValues.add(value);
+                rows.add(row);
             }
-            rows.add(row);
         }
         return new TestResult(rows, columns);
     }
@@ -344,7 +355,7 @@ protected Result<Concept> applyConcept(String id, Map<String, String> parameters
      * @return The result.
      */
     protected Result<Constraint> validateConstraint(String id) throws RuleException {
-        return validateConstraint(id, Collections.<String, String>emptyMap());
+        return validateConstraint(id, emptyMap());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -376,7 +387,7 @@ protected Result<Constraint> validateConstraint(String id, Map<String, String> p
      *     The id.
      */
     protected void executeGroup(String id) throws RuleException {
-        executeGroup(id, Collections.<String, String>emptyMap());
+        executeGroup(id, emptyMap());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -404,7 +415,7 @@ protected void executeGroup(String id, Map<String, String> parameters) throws Ru
     @Getter
     @AllArgsConstructor(access = PRIVATE)
     @ToString
-    protected class TestResult {
+    protected static class TestResult {
 
         private List<Map<String, Object>> rows;
         private Map<String, List<Object>> columns;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 734e653e3..379448f59 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         <neo4j.neo4j-java-driver.version>4.4.18</neo4j.neo4j-java-driver.version>
         <neo4j-browser.version>5.24.0</neo4j-browser.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
-        <smallrye-config.version>3.9.1</smallrye-config.version>
+        <smallrye-config.version>3.10.2</smallrye-config.version>
         <maven-resolver.version>1.9.22</maven-resolver.version>
         <snakeyaml.version>2.3</snakeyaml.version>
         <snakeyaml-engine.version>2.8</snakeyaml-engine.version>