diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cffe8efc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<?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 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>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-161</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <description>This is the base POM the release test modules</description>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>O2 Release test Base Module</name>
+  <modules>
+    <module>release-test-module-one</module>
+    <module>release-test-module-two</module>
+  </modules>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:git|sd_pa/tools/release-test</connection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+        <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+        <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <type>test-jar</type>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>o2-webdav</id>
+      <url>${repository.o2.webdav}</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>o2-webdav</id>
+      <url>${repository.o2.webdav}</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+    <site>
+      <url>
+        dav:${o2.module.sites.rootUrl}/${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</url>
+    </site>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/release-test-module-one/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/release-test-module-one/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aac087037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/release-test-module-one/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?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 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">
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mrelease-161</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>release-test-module-one</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>   
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/release-test-module-two/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/release-test-module-two/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e494b92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/release-test-module-two/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?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 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">
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mrelease-161</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>release-test-module-two</artifactId>
+  <name>release-test-module-two</name>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <dependencies>
+    
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+      <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+      <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/verify.groovy b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec4071365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+def projectRoot = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml.next" ) )
+
+assert projectRoot.dependencyManagement.dependencies.dependency[0].version.text() == "1.1-SNAPSHOT"
+assert projectRoot.dependencyManagement.dependencies.dependency[1].version.text() == "1.1-SNAPSHOT"
+
+return true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07400a476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?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 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>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-161</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <description>This is the base POM the release test modules</description>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>O2 Release test Base Module</name>
+  <modules>
+    <module>release-test-module-one</module>
+    <module>release-test-module-two</module>
+  </modules>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:git|sd_pa/tools/release-test</connection>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>o2-webdav</id>
+      <url>${repository.o2.webdav}</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>o2-webdav</id>
+      <url>${repository.o2.webdav}</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+    <site>
+      <url>
+        dav:${o2.module.sites.rootUrl}/${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</url>
+    </site>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/release-test-module-one/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/release-test-module-one/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aac087037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/release-test-module-one/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?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 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">
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mrelease-161</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>release-test-module-one</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>   
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/release-test-module-two/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/release-test-module-two/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a2ed5fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/release-test-module-two/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?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 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">
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mrelease-161</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>release-test-module-two</artifactId>
+  <name>release-test-module-two</name>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <dependencies>
+    
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+      <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+      <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/verify.groovy b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3718c5488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+def projectRoot = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "release-test-module-two/pom.xml.next" ) )
+
+assert projectRoot.dependencies.dependency[0].version.text() == "1.1-SNAPSHOT"
+assert projectRoot.dependencies.dependency[1].version.text() == "1.1-SNAPSHOT"
+
+return true
\ No newline at end of file