diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-distro-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/pom.xml b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-distro-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/pom.xml
index 77e4680f47d1..2be511dcb4ab 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-distro-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-distro-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <properties>
     <jetty.port.file>${project.build.directory}/jetty-start-distro-port.txt</jetty.port.file>
     <jetty.jvmArgs>@jetty.jvmArgs@</jetty.jvmArgs>
-    <jetty.deployMode>DISTRO</jetty.deployMode>
+    <jetty.deployMode>EXTERNAL</jetty.deployMode>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>