diff --git a/build-parent/pom.xml b/build-parent/pom.xml
index 31ed73ec8df1d..1c8839fbd8004 100644
--- a/build-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/build-parent/pom.xml
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@
                         <systemPropertyVariables>
                             <java.util.logging.manager>org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager</java.util.logging.manager>
                             <maven.home>${maven.home}</maven.home>
-                            <maven.repo>${settings.localRepository}</maven.repo>
+                            <maven.repo.local>${settings.localRepository}</maven.repo.local>
+                            <maven.settings>${session.request.userSettingsFile.path}</maven.settings>
                             <project.version>${project.version}</project.version> <!-- some dev tools tests need this -->
                         </systemPropertyVariables>
                         <argLine>${jacoco.agent.argLine} -Xmx1500m</argLine> <!-- limit the amount of memory surefire can use, 1500m should be plenty-->
@@ -331,7 +332,8 @@
                         <systemPropertyVariables>
                             <java.util.logging.manager>org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager</java.util.logging.manager>
                             <maven.home>${maven.home}</maven.home>
-                            <maven.repo>${settings.localRepository}</maven.repo>
+                            <maven.repo.local>${settings.localRepository}</maven.repo.local>
+                            <maven.settings>${session.request.userSettingsFile.path}</maven.settings>
                             <project.version>${project.version}</project.version> <!-- some dev tools tests need this -->
                         </systemPropertyVariables>
                         <!-- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9030808273c82ac6d7b9602d34d446c7d8c4e8aa02c41bca164df1c5%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E -->
diff --git a/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/java/io/quarkus/kotlin/maven/it/KotlinCreateMavenProjectIT.java b/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/java/io/quarkus/kotlin/maven/it/KotlinCreateMavenProjectIT.java
index a287af51a1778..13f34e386e960 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/java/io/quarkus/kotlin/maven/it/KotlinCreateMavenProjectIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/java/io/quarkus/kotlin/maven/it/KotlinCreateMavenProjectIT.java
@@ -77,14 +77,12 @@ private InvocationResult setup(Properties params)
 
         params.setProperty("platformArtifactId", "quarkus-bom");
         params.setProperty("platformVersion", getQuarkusCoreVersion());
-        enableDevToolsTestConfig(params);
 
         InvocationRequest request = new DefaultInvocationRequest();
         request.setBatchMode(true);
         request.setGoals(Collections.singletonList(
                 getMavenPluginGroupId() + ":" + getMavenPluginArtifactId() + ":" + getMavenPluginVersion() + ":create"));
         request.setProperties(params);
-        getEnv().forEach(request::addShellEnvironment);
         File log = new File(testDir, "build-create-" + testDir.getName() + ".log");
         PrintStreamLogger logger = new PrintStreamLogger(new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(log), false, "UTF-8"),
                 InvokerLogger.DEBUG);
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/pom.xml b/integration-tests/maven/pom.xml
index 840d608e604a7..b52db2d4a25a3 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/pom.xml
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <project.version>${project.version}</project.version>
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
@@ -94,11 +89,6 @@
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <project.version>${project.version}</project.version>
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
@@ -121,8 +111,6 @@
                         <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
                         <configuration>
                             <systemPropertyVariables>
-                                <project.version>${project.version}</project.version>
-
                                 <!-- add a system property that can be used by JUnit to determine whether a native image can be built -->
                                 <quarkus.test.native>true</quarkus.test.native>
                             </systemPropertyVariables>
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/AddExtensionIT.java b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/AddExtensionIT.java
index e2202e8a55430..c0ffe9c5742fe 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/AddExtensionIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/AddExtensionIT.java
@@ -139,10 +139,8 @@ private void addExtension(boolean plural, String ext)
         } else {
             properties.setProperty("extension", ext);
         }
-        enableDevToolsTestConfig(properties);
         request.setProperties(properties);
 
-        getEnv().forEach(request::addShellEnvironment);
         File log = new File(testDir, "build-add-extension-" + testDir.getName() + ".log");
         PrintStreamLogger logger = new PrintStreamLogger(new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(log), false, "UTF-8"),
                 InvokerLogger.DEBUG);
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateExtensionMojoIT.java b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateExtensionMojoIT.java
index 02bc20d3eb9c6..7fa0339261b7c 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateExtensionMojoIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateExtensionMojoIT.java
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ private InvocationResult setup(Properties params)
         request.setDebug(false);
         request.setShowErrors(true);
         request.setProperties(params);
-        getEnv().forEach(request::addShellEnvironment);
         File log = new File(testDir.getParent(), "build-create-extension-" + testDir.getName() + ".log");
         PrintStreamLogger logger = new PrintStreamLogger(new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(log), false, "UTF-8"),
                 InvokerLogger.DEBUG);
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateJBangProjectMojoIT.java b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateJBangProjectMojoIT.java
index 760dc86d0b2dd..66a91e9038600 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateJBangProjectMojoIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateJBangProjectMojoIT.java
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ private InvocationResult setup(Properties params)
                 getMavenPluginGroupId() + ":" + getMavenPluginArtifactId() + ":" + getMavenPluginVersion() + ":create-jbang"));
         request.setDebug(false);
         request.setShowErrors(true);
-        enableDevToolsTestConfig(params);
         request.setProperties(params);
-        getEnv().forEach(request::addShellEnvironment);
         File log = new File(testDir, "build-create-" + testDir.getName() + ".log");
         PrintStreamLogger logger = new PrintStreamLogger(new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(log), false, "UTF-8"),
                 InvokerLogger.DEBUG);
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateProjectCodestartMojoIT.java b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateProjectCodestartMojoIT.java
index 3748ed2a673da..a5d67deb3cbec 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateProjectCodestartMojoIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateProjectCodestartMojoIT.java
@@ -160,10 +160,8 @@ private InvocationResult executeCreate(Properties params)
                 getMavenPluginGroupId() + ":" + getMavenPluginArtifactId() + ":" + getMavenPluginVersion() + ":create"));
         request.setDebug(false);
         request.setShowErrors(true);
-        enableDevToolsTestConfig(params);
         request.setProperties(params);
 
-        getEnv().forEach(request::addShellEnvironment);
         PrintStreamLogger logger = getPrintStreamLogger("create-codestart.log");
         invoker.setLogger(logger);
         return invoker.execute(request);
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateProjectMojoIT.java b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateProjectMojoIT.java
index dd73536b451f0..b2863ae12ed2f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateProjectMojoIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateProjectMojoIT.java
@@ -439,9 +439,8 @@ private InvocationResult setup(Properties params)
                 getMavenPluginGroupId() + ":" + getMavenPluginArtifactId() + ":" + getMavenPluginVersion() + ":create"));
         request.setDebug(false);
         request.setShowErrors(true);
-        enableDevToolsTestConfig(params);
         request.setProperties(params);
-        getEnv().forEach(request::addShellEnvironment);
+
         File log = new File(testDir, "build-create-" + testDir.getName() + ".log");
         PrintStreamLogger logger = new PrintStreamLogger(new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(log), false, "UTF-8"),
                 InvokerLogger.DEBUG);
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/GenerateConfigIT.java b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/GenerateConfigIT.java
index af3b7dec40074..68cbc38412a7a 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/GenerateConfigIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/GenerateConfigIT.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ private void generateConfig(String filename)
         Properties properties = new Properties();
         properties.setProperty("file", filename);
         request.setProperties(properties);
-        getEnv().forEach(request::addShellEnvironment);
+
         File log = new File(testDir, "build-generate-config-" + testDir.getName() + ".log");
         PrintStreamLogger logger = new PrintStreamLogger(new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(log), false, "UTF-8"),
                 InvokerLogger.DEBUG);
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/ListExtensionsIT.java b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/ListExtensionsIT.java
index 0f684b26134dd..29d5730115545 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/ListExtensionsIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/ListExtensionsIT.java
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ private List<String> listExtensions()
         request.setGoals(Collections.singletonList(
                 getMavenPluginGroupId() + ":" + getMavenPluginArtifactId() + ":" + getMavenPluginVersion()
                         + ":list-extensions"));
-        getEnv().forEach(request::addShellEnvironment);
-        enableDevToolsTestConfig(request);
 
         File outputLog = new File(testDir, "output.log");
         InvocationOutputHandler outputHandler = new PrintStreamHandler(
diff --git a/integration-tests/scala/src/test/java/io/quarkus/scala/maven/it/ScalaCreateMavenProjectIT.java b/integration-tests/scala/src/test/java/io/quarkus/scala/maven/it/ScalaCreateMavenProjectIT.java
index 895636aa9c82c..cccfdf91eb7b2 100644
--- a/integration-tests/scala/src/test/java/io/quarkus/scala/maven/it/ScalaCreateMavenProjectIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/scala/src/test/java/io/quarkus/scala/maven/it/ScalaCreateMavenProjectIT.java
@@ -84,14 +84,12 @@ private InvocationResult setup(Properties params)
         }
         params.setProperty("platformArtifactId", getBomArtifactId());
         params.setProperty("platformVersion", getQuarkusCoreVersion());
-        enableDevToolsTestConfig(params);
 
         InvocationRequest request = new DefaultInvocationRequest();
         request.setBatchMode(true);
         request.setGoals(Collections.singletonList(
                 getMavenPluginGroupId() + ":" + getMavenPluginArtifactId() + ":" + getMavenPluginVersion() + ":create"));
         request.setProperties(params);
-        getEnv().forEach(request::addShellEnvironment);
         File log = new File(testDir, "build-create-" + testDir.getName() + ".log");
         final PrintStreamLogger logger = new PrintStreamLogger(new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(log), false, "UTF-8"),
                 InvokerLogger.INFO);
diff --git a/test-framework/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/MojoTestBase.java b/test-framework/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/MojoTestBase.java
index 19edbdb96387f..e869a9f638866 100644
--- a/test-framework/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/MojoTestBase.java
+++ b/test-framework/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/MojoTestBase.java
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.DefaultInvoker;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.InvocationRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.InvocationResult;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.Invoker;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.MavenInvocationException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException;
 
 import io.quarkus.devtools.test.RegistryClientTestHelper;
@@ -31,10 +33,19 @@
 
 public class MojoTestBase {
 
-    public static Invoker initInvoker(File root) {
-        Invoker invoker = new DefaultInvoker();
+    public Invoker initInvoker(File root) {
+        Invoker invoker = new DefaultInvoker() {
+            @Override
+            public InvocationResult execute(InvocationRequest request)
+                    throws MavenInvocationException {
+                passUserSettings(request);
+                getEnv().forEach(request::addShellEnvironment);
+                enableDevToolsTestConfig(request);
+                return super.execute(request);
+            }
+        };
         invoker.setWorkingDirectory(root);
-        String repo = System.getProperty("maven.repo");
+        String repo = System.getProperty("maven.repo.local");
         if (repo == null) {
             repo = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"), ".m2/repository").getAbsolutePath();
         }
@@ -42,6 +53,16 @@ public static Invoker initInvoker(File root) {
         return invoker;
     }
 
+    public static void passUserSettings(InvocationRequest request) {
+        final String mvnSettings = System.getProperty("maven.settings");
+        if (mvnSettings != null) {
+            final File settingsFile = new File(mvnSettings);
+            if (settingsFile.exists()) {
+                request.setUserSettingsFile(settingsFile);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public static File initEmptyProject(String name) {
         File tc = new File("target/test-classes/" + name);
         if (tc.isDirectory()) {
diff --git a/test-framework/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/verifier/RunningInvoker.java b/test-framework/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/verifier/RunningInvoker.java
index 93a10d92bad24..5fbd2dba9c8cd 100644
--- a/test-framework/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/verifier/RunningInvoker.java
+++ b/test-framework/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/verifier/RunningInvoker.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.PrintStreamHandler;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.PrintStreamLogger;
 
+import io.quarkus.maven.it.MojoTestBase;
 import io.quarkus.test.devmode.util.DevModeTestUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ public class RunningInvoker extends MavenProcessInvoker {
     public RunningInvoker(File basedir, boolean debug) {
         this.debug = debug;
         setWorkingDirectory(basedir);
-        String repo = System.getProperty("maven.repo");
+        String repo = System.getProperty("maven.repo.local");
         if (repo == null) {
             repo = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"), ".m2/repository").getAbsolutePath();
         }
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ public MavenProcessInvocationResult execute(List<String> goals, Map<String, Stri
 
     @Override
     public InvocationResult execute(InvocationRequest request) throws MavenInvocationException {
+        MojoTestBase.passUserSettings(request);
         return super.execute(request);
     }