diff --git a/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml b/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml
index 805b24769f..7e3c65c001 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
             <artifactId>surefire-shared-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.0-M4</version>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 633946f5df..ddc229a3e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
     <module>maven-failsafe-plugin</module>
     <module>maven-surefire-report-plugin</module>
     <module>surefire-its</module>
-    <module>surefire-shared-utils</module>
   </modules>
 
   <scm>
@@ -579,11 +578,77 @@
                 <exclude>.m2</exclude>
                 <exclude>.travis.yml</exclude>
                 <exclude>.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties</exclude>
+                <exclude>surefire-shared-utils/target/**</exclude>
               </excludes>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.gmavenplus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gmavenplus-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.13.1</version>
+            <executions>
+                <execution>
+                    <id>examine-cmd</id>
+                    <phase>validate</phase>
+                    <inherited>false</inherited>
+                    <goals>
+                        <goal>execute</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <scripts>
+                            <script>
+                                import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining
+                                def mvnGoals = String.join(" ", session.goals)
+                                log.info "Maven commandline goals: $mvnGoals"
+                                project.properties.setProperty('mvnGoals', mvnGoals)
+                                def mvnProfiles = project.activeProfiles.stream()
+                                    .map { p -> "-P " + p.id }
+                                    .collect(joining(" "))
+                                log.info "Maven commandline profiles: $mvnProfiles"
+                                project.properties.setProperty('mvnProfiles', mvnProfiles)
+                                def mvnProps = session.userProperties.entrySet().stream()
+                                    .map { s -> "-D" + s.key + "=" + s.value }
+                                    .collect(joining(" "))
+                                project.properties.setProperty('mvnProps', mvnProps)
+                                log.info "Maven commandline user properties: $mvnProps"
+                            </script>
+                        </scripts>
+                    </configuration>
+                </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>groovy-ant</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0.9</version>
+                </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
+            <executions>
+                <execution>
+                    <id>build-module-surefire-surefire-utils</id>
+                    <phase>test</phase>
+                    <inherited>false</inherited>
+                    <goals>
+                        <goal>exec</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <workingDirectory>${project.basedir}</workingDirectory>
+                        <executable>mvn</executable>
+                        <commandlineArgs>
+                            ${mvnGoals} -f surefire-shared-utils/pom.xml ${mvnProfiles} ${mvnProps}
+                        </commandlineArgs>
+                        <useMavenLogger>true</useMavenLogger>
+                    </configuration>
+                </execution>
+            </executions>
+        </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -667,12 +732,6 @@
         <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
         <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <deployAtEnd>true</deployAtEnd>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/surefire-api/pom.xml b/surefire-api/pom.xml
index 158c88a8cd..d82b57e303 100644
--- a/surefire-api/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-api/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
       <artifactId>surefire-shared-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.0-M4</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
diff --git a/surefire-extensions-api/pom.xml b/surefire-extensions-api/pom.xml
index ee086111df..5e56286fe3 100644
--- a/surefire-extensions-api/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-extensions-api/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
             <artifactId>surefire-shared-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.0-M4</version>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
diff --git a/surefire-providers/common-java5/pom.xml b/surefire-providers/common-java5/pom.xml
index f76659e361..acf37c51d1 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/common-java5/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-providers/common-java5/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
       <artifactId>surefire-shared-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.0-M4</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/surefire-report-parser/pom.xml b/surefire-report-parser/pom.xml
index b452bd701c..f31d9ec672 100644
--- a/surefire-report-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-report-parser/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
       <artifactId>surefire-shared-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.0-M4</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
diff --git a/surefire-shared-utils/pom.xml b/surefire-shared-utils/pom.xml
index c845f5c4d1..df6da7c3a4 100644
--- a/surefire-shared-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-shared-utils/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 
     <artifactId>surefire-shared-utils</artifactId>
     <name>Surefire Shared Utils</name>
-    <description>Relocated Java packages of maven-shared-utils in Surefire</description>
+    <description>
+        Relocated Java packages of maven-shared-utils and several Apache Commons utilities in Surefire.
+    </description>
 
     <licenses>
         <license>