diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/pom.xml
index 4654d6c19..2c385d115 100755
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/resources/exploded-war-project/pom.xml
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
 					<webResources> 
 						<resource> 
 							<directory>resource2</directory> 
+							<filtering>true</filtering> 
 						</resource> 
 					</webResources> 
 					Filtered directory end -->
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/test/dev/it/ExplodedLooseWarAppTest.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/test/dev/it/ExplodedLooseWarAppTest.java
index dbe139af8..c7075aae0 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/test/dev/it/ExplodedLooseWarAppTest.java
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/dev-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/test/dev/it/ExplodedLooseWarAppTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * (c) Copyright IBM Corporation 2021.
+ * (c) Copyright IBM Corporation 2021, 2023
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -32,123 +32,125 @@
 public class ExplodedLooseWarAppTest extends BaseDevTest {
        private final String projectArtifact = "exploded-war-proj-1.0-SNAPSHOT";
        private final String appsDir = "target/liberty/wlp/usr/servers/defaultServer/dropins/";
+       private long lastModified;
 
-	   @BeforeClass
-	   public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
-	      setUpBeforeClass(null, "../resources/exploded-war-project");
-	   }
-	
-	   @AfterClass
-	   public static void cleanUpAfterClass() throws Exception {
-	      BaseDevTest.cleanUpAfterClass();
-	   }
-	
-	   @Ignore // TODO enable this test
-	   @Test
-	   public void configureWebXmlFiltering() throws Exception {
-		   int appDeployedCount = countOccurrences("Running liberty:deploy", logFile);
-	      // Add deployment descriptor filtering config to pom war plugin
-		  replaceString("<filteringDeploymentDescriptors>false</filteringDeploymentDescriptors>", 
-				  "<filteringDeploymentDescriptors>true</filteringDeploymentDescriptors>", pom);
-		  
-		  // Verify exploded goal running and redeploy
-		  assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running liberty:deploy", 4000, logFile, ++appDeployedCount));
-		  assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running maven-war-plugin:exploded", 2000));
-		  
-		  // Verify loose app xml is correct
-		  verifyExplodedLooseApp();
-		   
-		  // Remove filtering config
-		  replaceString("<filteringDeploymentDescriptors>true</filteringDeploymentDescriptors>", 
-				  "<filteringDeploymentDescriptors>false</filteringDeploymentDescriptors>", pom);	  
-		  
-		  // Verify redeploy
-		  assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running liberty:deploy", 2000));
-		  
-		  // Verify loose app xml is back to how it was
-		  verifyNonExplodedLooseApp();
-	   }
-	   
-	   @Ignore // TODO enable this test
-	   @Test
-	   public void configureFilteredResource() throws Exception {
-		   // Add filtering config to pom war plugin (directory)
-		   replaceString("<!-- Filtered directory start", 
-					  "<!-- Filtered directory start -->", pom);
-		   
-		   replaceString("Filtered directory end -->", 
-					  "<!-- Filtered directory end -->", pom);
-		   
-		   // Verify exploded goal running and redeploy
-		   assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running liberty:deploy", 2000));
-		   assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running maven-war-plugin:exploded", 2000));
-		   
-		   // Verify loose app xml is correct
-		   verifyExplodedLooseApp();   
-		   
-		   // Remove filtering config
-		   replaceString("<!-- Filtered directory start -->", 
-					  "<!-- Filtered directory start ", pom);
-		   
-		   replaceString("<!-- Filtered directory end -->", 
-					  "Filtered directory end -->", pom);
-		   
-		   // Verify redeploy
-		   assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running liberty:deploy", 2000));
-		   
-		   // Verify loose app xml is back to how it was
-		   verifyNonExplodedLooseApp();
-	   }
-
-	   @Ignore // TODO enable this test
-	   @Test
-	   public void configureWarOverlay() throws Exception {
-		   // Add filtering config to pom war plugin (directory)
-		   replaceString("<!-- Overlay configuration start", 
-					  "<!-- Overlay configuration start -->", pom);
-		   
-		   replaceString("Overlay configuration end -->", 
-					  "<!-- Overlay configuration end -->", pom);
-		   
-		   // Verify exploded goal running and redeploy
-		   assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running liberty:deploy", 2000));
-		   assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running maven-war-plugin:exploded", 2000));
-		   
-		   // Verify loose app xml is correct
-		   verifyExplodedLooseApp();   
-		   
-		   // Remove filtering config
-		   replaceString("<!-- Overlay configuration start -->", 
-					  "<!-- Overlay configuration start", pom);
-		   
-		   replaceString("<!-- Overlay configuration end -->", 
-					  "Overlay configuration end -->", pom);
-		   
-		   // Verify redeploy
-		   assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("Running liberty:deploy", 2000));
-		   
-		   // Verify loose app xml is back to how it was
-		   verifyNonExplodedLooseApp();
-	   }
-	   
-	   private void verifyExplodedLooseApp() throws Exception {
-		   String looseAppXml = tempProj.getAbsolutePath() + "/" + appsDir + projectArtifact + ".war.xml";
-		   
-		   // Verify the target/<projectArtifact> entry
-		   String explodedWar = basicDevProj.getAbsolutePath() + "/target/" + projectArtifact;
-		   assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyFileExists(new File(looseAppXml), 3000));
-		   assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("<dir sourceOnDisk=\"" + explodedWar + "\" targetInArchive=\"/\"/>", 3000, new File(looseAppXml)));
-	   }
-	   
-	   private void verifyNonExplodedLooseApp() throws Exception {
-		   String looseAppXml = tempProj.getAbsolutePath() + "/" + appsDir + projectArtifact + ".war.xml";
-		   
-		   // Verify the src/main/webapp entry
-		   String srcMain = basicDevProj.getAbsolutePath() + "/src/main/webapp";
-		   assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("<dir sourceOnDisk=\"" + srcMain + "\" targetInArchive=\"/\"/>", 3000, new File(looseAppXml)));
-	       
-		   // Verify the target/classes entry
-		   String targetClasses = basicDevProj.getAbsolutePath() + "/target/classes";
-		   assertTrue(getLogTail(), verifyLogMessageExists("<dir sourceOnDisk=\"" + targetClasses + "\" targetInArchive=\"/WEB-INF/classes\"/>", 3000, new File(looseAppXml)));
-	   }
+       @BeforeClass
+       public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
+          setUpBeforeClass(null, "../resources/exploded-war-project");
+       }
+    
+       @AfterClass
+       public static void cleanUpAfterClass() throws Exception {
+          BaseDevTest.cleanUpAfterClass();
+       }
+    
+       @Test
+       public void configureWebXmlFiltering() throws Exception {
+
+          // Add deployment descriptor filtering config to pom war plugin
+          replaceString("<filteringDeploymentDescriptors>false</filteringDeploymentDescriptors>", 
+                  "<filteringDeploymentDescriptors>true</filteringDeploymentDescriptors>", pom);
+          
+          verifyExplodedLooseApp();
+           
+          // Remove filtering config
+          replaceString("<filteringDeploymentDescriptors>true</filteringDeploymentDescriptors>", 
+                  "<filteringDeploymentDescriptors>false</filteringDeploymentDescriptors>", pom);     
+          
+          verifyNonExplodedLooseApp();
+       }
+       
+       @Test
+       public void configureFilteredResource() throws Exception {
+           // Add filtering config to pom war plugin (directory)
+           replaceString("<!-- Filtered directory start", 
+                      "<!-- Filtered directory start -->", pom);
+           
+           replaceString("Filtered directory end -->", 
+                      "<!-- Filtered directory end -->", pom);
+           
+           verifyExplodedLooseApp();   
+           
+           replaceString("<!-- Filtered directory start -->", 
+                      "<!-- Filtered directory start ", pom);
+           
+           replaceString("<!-- Filtered directory end -->", 
+                      "Filtered directory end -->", pom);
+           
+           verifyNonExplodedLooseApp();
+       }
+
+       @Test
+       public void configureWarOverlay() throws Exception {
+
+           // Add filtering config to pom war plugin (directory)
+           replaceString("<!-- Overlay configuration start", 
+                      "<!-- Overlay configuration start -->", pom);
+           
+           replaceString("Overlay configuration end -->", 
+                      "<!-- Overlay configuration end -->", pom);
+           
+           verifyExplodedLooseApp();   
+           
+           replaceString("<!-- Overlay configuration start -->", 
+                      "<!-- Overlay configuration start", pom);
+           
+           replaceString("<!-- Overlay configuration end -->", 
+                      "Overlay configuration end -->", pom);
+           
+           verifyNonExplodedLooseApp();
+       }
+
+       private void waitForUpdate() throws Exception {
+
+           boolean updated = false;
+
+           File looseAppXml = getLooseAppXML();
+
+           // wait for update
+           for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+               if (looseAppXml.lastModified() > lastModified) {
+                   updated = true;
+                   break;
+               } else {
+                   Thread.sleep(3000);
+               }
+           }
+
+           if (!updated) {
+               throw new RuntimeException("Gave up waiting for modification for file: " + looseAppXml);
+           }
+       }
+       
+       private void verifyExplodedLooseApp() throws Exception {
+
+           waitForUpdate();
+           
+           File looseAppXml = getLooseAppXML();
+
+           String targetClasses = tempProj.getCanonicalPath() + File.separator + "target" + File.separator + "classes";
+           assertTrue(getLogTail() + "\n------\n" + getLogTail(looseAppXml), verifyLogMessageExists("<dir sourceOnDisk=\"" + targetClasses + "\" targetInArchive=\"/WEB-INF/classes\"/>", 3000, looseAppXml));
+           
+           // Verify the target/<projectArtifact> entry
+           String explodedWar = tempProj.getCanonicalPath() + File.separator + "target" + File.separator + projectArtifact;
+           assertTrue(getLogTail() + "\n------\n" + getLogTail(looseAppXml), verifyLogMessageExists("<dir sourceOnDisk=\"" + explodedWar + "\" targetInArchive=\"/\"/>", 3000, looseAppXml));
+       }
+       
+       private void verifyNonExplodedLooseApp() throws Exception {
+
+           waitForUpdate();
+           
+           File looseAppXml = getLooseAppXML();
+
+           // Verify the target/classes entry
+           String targetClasses = tempProj.getCanonicalPath() + File.separator + "target" + File.separator + "classes";
+           assertTrue(getLogTail() + "\n------\n" + getLogTail(looseAppXml), verifyLogMessageExists("<dir sourceOnDisk=\"" + targetClasses + "\" targetInArchive=\"/WEB-INF/classes\"/>", 3000, looseAppXml));
+
+           // Verify the dependency lib, we pick on the commons-lang3 dep and exclude the version
+           assertTrue(getLogTail() + "\n------\n" + getLogTail(looseAppXml), verifyLogMessageExists("targetInArchive=\"/WEB-INF/lib/commons-lang3", 3000, looseAppXml));
+       }
+       
+       private File getLooseAppXML() throws Exception {
+           return new File(tempProj.getCanonicalPath() + File.separator + appsDir + projectArtifact + ".war.xml");
+       }
 }