diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
index 870683b81..95bbbbf02 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
+                    <argLine>@{argLine}</argLine>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>it/**</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*$*</exclude>
diff --git a/apps/showcase/pom.xml b/apps/showcase/pom.xml
index 51b87ae26..18a7febc0 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/showcase/pom.xml
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
+                    <argLine>@{argLine}</argLine>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>it/**</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*$*</exclude>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 71a3f777b..e8b92fbf2 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
+                    <argLine>@{argLine}</argLine>
                     <properties>
                         <property>
                             <name>maven.testng.output.dir</name>
@@ -54,9 +55,6 @@
                         <element>${project.build.testOutputDirectory}/xwork - jar.jar</element>
                         <element>${project.build.testOutputDirectory}/xwork - zip.zip</element>
                     </additionalClasspathElements>
-                    <includes>
-                        <include>**/*Test.java</include>
-                    </includes>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/XWorkTestCase.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/TestBean.java</exclude>
diff --git a/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml b/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml
index 9da33bbc1..f76297bcc 100644
--- a/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
+                    <argLine>@{argLine}</argLine>
                     <additionalClasspathElements>
                         <element>${project.build.testOutputDirectory}/jsps.jar</element>
                     </additionalClasspathElements>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3ab070020..ff48f95f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@
         <sonar.organization>apache</sonar.organization>
         <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
         <sonar.exclusions>apps/**</sonar.exclusions>
+
+        <argLine>-Duser.language=en -Duser.country=US -Duser.region=US</argLine>
     </properties>
 
     <profiles>
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@
                                     --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
                                     --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
                                     -Dillegal-access=permit
+                                    @{argLine}
                                 </argLine>
                             </configuration>
                         </plugin>
@@ -264,7 +267,7 @@
                         </dependency>
                     </dependencies>
                     <configuration>
-                        <argLine>-Duser.language=en -Duser.region=US</argLine>
+                        <argLine>@{argLine}</argLine>
                         <includes>
                             <include>**/*Test.java</include>
                         </includes>