diff --git a/maven/impl-maven-archive/src/test/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/archive/importer/ConfiguredMavenImporterTestCase.java b/maven/impl-maven-archive/src/test/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/archive/importer/ConfiguredMavenImporterTestCase.java
index 0a97ccae7..ad847af30 100644
--- a/maven/impl-maven-archive/src/test/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/archive/importer/ConfiguredMavenImporterTestCase.java
+++ b/maven/impl-maven-archive/src/test/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/archive/importer/ConfiguredMavenImporterTestCase.java
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.resolver.api.maven.archive.importer.MavenImporter;
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.resolver.impl.maven.archive.util.TestFileUtil;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 
 /**
  * JAR import test case with settings.xml configuration
@@ -49,9 +48,6 @@ public class ConfiguredMavenImporterTestCase {
     private static final String LOCAL_REPOSITORY = "target/local-only-repository";
     private static final String SETTINGS_FILE = "src/test/resources/settings.xml";
 
-    @Rule
-    public ExpectedException exception = ExpectedException.none();
-
     @BeforeClass
     public static void clearLocalRepositoryReference() {
         System.clearProperty("maven.repo.local"); // May conflict with release settings
@@ -112,12 +108,9 @@ public void importJarWithName() {
 
     @Test
     public void importJarOffline() {
-
         // if running offline, this would not work
-        exception.expect(NoResolvedResultException.class);
-        ShrinkWrap.create(MavenImporter.class).configureFromFile(SETTINGS_FILE).offline()
-                .loadPomFromFile("src/it/jar-sample/pom.xml").importBuildOutput().as(WebArchive.class);
-
+        Assert.assertThrows(NoResolvedResultException.class, () -> ShrinkWrap.create(MavenImporter.class).configureFromFile(SETTINGS_FILE).offline()
+                .loadPomFromFile("src/it/jar-sample/pom.xml").importBuildOutput().as(WebArchive.class));
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/maven/impl-maven/src/main/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/bootstrap/MavenManagerBuilder.java b/maven/impl-maven/src/main/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/bootstrap/MavenManagerBuilder.java
index e63fdc48f..c88e2e998 100644
--- a/maven/impl-maven/src/main/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/bootstrap/MavenManagerBuilder.java
+++ b/maven/impl-maven/src/main/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/bootstrap/MavenManagerBuilder.java
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public MirrorSelector mirrorSelector() {
         for (Mirror mirror : settings.getMirrors()) {
             // Repository manager flag is set to false
             // Maven does not support specifying it in the settings.xml
-            dms.add(mirror.getId(), mirror.getUrl(), mirror.getLayout(), false, mirror.getMirrorOf(),
+            dms.add(mirror.getId(), mirror.getUrl(), mirror.getLayout(), false, false, mirror.getMirrorOf(),
                     mirror.getMirrorOfLayouts());
         }
 
diff --git a/maven/impl-maven/src/test/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/PackageDirHelperTestCase.java b/maven/impl-maven/src/test/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/PackageDirHelperTestCase.java
index 8d7a07194..b5495e93b 100644
--- a/maven/impl-maven/src/test/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/PackageDirHelperTestCase.java
+++ b/maven/impl-maven/src/test/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/PackageDirHelperTestCase.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ public void packageDirectories_singleEntry_canUnzip() throws Exception {
         File inputFolder = tempFolder.newFolder("inputFolder");
         FileUtils.forceMkdir(inputFolder);
         File inputFile = new File(inputFolder, "exampleInput.foo");
-        FileUtils.write(inputFile, "some data");
+        FileUtils.write(inputFile, "some data", Charset.defaultCharset());
 
         MavenResolvedArtifactImpl.PackageDirHelper.packageDirectories(output, inputFolder);
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public void packageDirectories_singleEntryWithSubEntries_canUnzip() throws Excep
         FileUtils.forceMkdir(inputSubFolder);
 
         File inputFile = new File(inputSubFolder, "exampleInput.foo");
-        FileUtils.write(inputFile, "some data");
+        FileUtils.write(inputFile, "some data", Charset.defaultCharset());
 
         MavenResolvedArtifactImpl.PackageDirHelper.packageDirectories(output, inputRootFolder);
 
diff --git a/maven/impl-maven/src/test/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/integration/OfflineRepositoryTestCase.java b/maven/impl-maven/src/test/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/integration/OfflineRepositoryTestCase.java
index c82cb7f95..3f30a347c 100644
--- a/maven/impl-maven/src/test/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/integration/OfflineRepositoryTestCase.java
+++ b/maven/impl-maven/src/test/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/integration/OfflineRepositoryTestCase.java
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 
 /**
  * Tests resolution of the artifacts without enabling any remote repository
@@ -62,9 +60,6 @@ public class OfflineRepositoryTestCase {
 
     private static final String OFFLINE_REPOSITORY = "target/offline-repository";
 
-    @Rule
-    public ExpectedException exception = ExpectedException.none();
-
     @BeforeClass
     public static void initialize() {
         System.clearProperty(MavenSettingsBuilder.ALT_LOCAL_REPOSITORY_LOCATION); // May conflict with release settings
@@ -107,9 +102,8 @@ public void offlineProgramatically() throws IOException {
         this.cleanup();
 
         // Now try in offline mode and ensure we cannot resolve
-        exception.expect(NoResolvedResultException.class);
-        Maven.configureResolver().workOffline().fromFile(settingsFile).resolve(artifactWhichShouldNotResolve)
-                .withTransitivity().asSingle(File.class);
+        Assert.assertThrows(NoResolvedResultException.class, () -> Maven.configureResolver().workOffline()
+                .fromFile(settingsFile).resolve(artifactWhichShouldNotResolve).withTransitivity().asSingle(File.class));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -134,10 +128,10 @@ public void offlineProgramaticallyPomBased() throws IOException {
 
             // Now try in offline mode and ensure we cannot resolve because we cannot hit repository defined in pom.xml (working
             // offline) and local repository was cleaned
-            exception.expect(NoResolvedResultException.class);
-            Maven.configureResolver().workOffline().loadPomFromClassLoaderResource(pomFile)
+            Assert.assertThrows(NoResolvedResultException.class, () -> Maven.configureResolver().workOffline()
+                    .loadPomFromClassLoaderResource(pomFile)
                     .importCompileAndRuntimeDependencies()
-                    .resolve().withTransitivity().as(File.class);
+                    .resolve().withTransitivity().as(File.class));
         } finally {
             System.clearProperty(MavenSettingsBuilder.ALT_LOCAL_REPOSITORY_LOCATION);
         }