diff --git a/integration-tests/groovy-dsl/pom.xml b/integration-tests/groovy-dsl/pom.xml
index 2e1d62d90421..5e9211a412d3 100644
--- a/integration-tests/groovy-dsl/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/groovy-dsl/pom.xml
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                         <configuration>
-                            <systemProperties>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
                                 <quarkus.runner>${quarkus.runner}</quarkus.runner>
-                            </systemProperties>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@
                                 </goals>
                                 <phase>integration-test</phase>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <systemProperties>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                                         <quarkus.runner>${quarkus.runner}</quarkus.runner>
-                                    </systemProperties>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
diff --git a/integration-tests/main-command-mode/pom.xml b/integration-tests/main-command-mode/pom.xml
index 9a8e8a17b041..d4656a143b23 100644
--- a/integration-tests/main-command-mode/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/main-command-mode/pom.xml
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@
                                 </goals>
                                 <phase>integration-test</phase>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <systemProperties>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                                         <quarkus.runner>${quarkus.runner.jar}</quarkus.runner>
-                                    </systemProperties>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@
                                     <goal>verify</goal>
                                 </goals>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <systemProperties>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                                         <quarkus.runner>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-runner</quarkus.runner>
-                                    </systemProperties>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
diff --git a/integration-tests/main-unknown-args-fail/pom.xml b/integration-tests/main-unknown-args-fail/pom.xml
index 655a0c19c740..aacbd178fd0b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/main-unknown-args-fail/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/main-unknown-args-fail/pom.xml
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@
                                 </goals>
                                 <phase>integration-test</phase>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <systemProperties>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                                         <quarkus.runner>${quarkus.runner.jar}</quarkus.runner>
-                                    </systemProperties>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@
                                     <goal>verify</goal>
                                 </goals>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <systemProperties>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                                         <quarkus.runner>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-runner</quarkus.runner>
-                                    </systemProperties>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
diff --git a/integration-tests/main-unknown-args-ignore/pom.xml b/integration-tests/main-unknown-args-ignore/pom.xml
index 732d878cd9b3..3dbd22ace901 100644
--- a/integration-tests/main-unknown-args-ignore/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/main-unknown-args-ignore/pom.xml
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@
                                 </goals>
                                 <phase>integration-test</phase>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <systemProperties>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                                         <quarkus.runner>${quarkus.runner.jar}</quarkus.runner>
-                                    </systemProperties>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@
                                     <goal>verify</goal>
                                 </goals>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <systemProperties>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                                         <quarkus.runner>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-runner</quarkus.runner>
-                                    </systemProperties>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
diff --git a/integration-tests/main/pom.xml b/integration-tests/main/pom.xml
index 27c83df68434..1ed784d23426 100644
--- a/integration-tests/main/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/main/pom.xml
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@
                                 </goals>
                                 <phase>integration-test</phase>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <systemProperties>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                                         <quarkus.test.profile>staging</quarkus.test.profile>
-                                    </systemProperties>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
diff --git a/integration-tests/master-file/pom.xml b/integration-tests/master-file/pom.xml
index 8ed9e00849ee..35a2e08c351d 100644
--- a/integration-tests/master-file/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/master-file/pom.xml
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@
                                 </goals>
                                 <phase>integration-test</phase>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <systemProperties>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                                         <quarkus.runner>${quarkus.runner}</quarkus.runner>
-                                    </systemProperties>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                         <configuration>
-                            <systemProperties>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
                                 <quarkus.runner>${quarkus.runner}</quarkus.runner>
-                            </systemProperties>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
diff --git a/integration-tests/master-openshift/pom.xml b/integration-tests/master-openshift/pom.xml
index 23cd59a20b8e..a87b5f371a86 100644
--- a/integration-tests/master-openshift/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/master-openshift/pom.xml
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@
                                 </goals>
                                 <phase>integration-test</phase>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <systemProperties>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                                         <quarkus.runner>${quarkus.runner}</quarkus.runner>
-                                    </systemProperties>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                                     <environmentVariables>
                                         <!-- Fake KubernetesClusterService so it assumes being run from a pod named leader  -->
                                         <HOSTNAME>leader</HOSTNAME>
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@
                              </execution>
                          </executions>
                          <configuration>
-                             <systemProperties>
+                             <systemPropertyVariables>
                                  <quarkus.runner>${quarkus.runner}</quarkus.runner>
-                             </systemProperties>
+                             </systemPropertyVariables>
                              <environmentVariables>
                                  Fake KubernetesClusterService so it assumes being run from a pod named leader  &gt;
                                  <HOSTNAME>leader</HOSTNAME>
diff --git a/integration-tests/master/pom.xml b/integration-tests/master/pom.xml
index 0a1ad64fe523..ddbe50b4252b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/master/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/master/pom.xml
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@
                                 </goals>
                                 <phase>integration-test</phase>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <systemProperties>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                                         <quarkus.runner>${quarkus.runner}</quarkus.runner>
-                                    </systemProperties>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                         <configuration>
-                            <systemProperties>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
                                 <quarkus.runner>${quarkus.runner}</quarkus.runner>
-                            </systemProperties>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
diff --git a/integration-tests/quartz-clustered/pom.xml b/integration-tests/quartz-clustered/pom.xml
index db010448a2da..edb9448366b0 100644
--- a/integration-tests/quartz-clustered/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/quartz-clustered/pom.xml
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@
                                 </goals>
                                 <phase>integration-test</phase>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <systemProperties>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                                         <quarkus.runner>${quarkus.runner}</quarkus.runner>
-                                    </systemProperties>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                         <configuration>
-                            <systemProperties>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
                                 <quarkus.runner>${quarkus.runner}</quarkus.runner>
-                            </systemProperties>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0996bedeaf72..2598ace814e6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -800,9 +800,9 @@
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                         <configuration>
-                            <systemProperties>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
                                 <java.security.egd>file:/dev/./urandom</java.security.egd>
-                            </systemProperties>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>