diff --git a/archetypes/quickstart/pom.xml b/archetypes/quickstart/pom.xml
index 2de2937612a..552a19b4d3f 100644
--- a/archetypes/quickstart/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/quickstart/pom.xml
@@ -28,9 +28,31 @@
 	<name>Wicket Quickstart Archetype</name>
 
 	<properties>
+		<archetype.test.skip>${skipTests}</archetype.test.skip>
+		<invoker.skip>${skipTests}</invoker.skip>
 		<japicmp.skip>true</japicmp.skip>
+		<skipTests>false</skipTests>
 	</properties>
 
+	<!-- the Wicket modules of the generated project, installed for the archetype integration test -->
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.wicket</groupId>
+			<artifactId>wicket-core</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.wicket</groupId>
+			<artifactId>wicket-native-websocket-javax</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.wicket</groupId>
+			<artifactId>wicket-tester</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
 	<build>
 		<resources>
 			<resource>
@@ -48,6 +70,11 @@
 				</includes>
 			</resource>
 		</resources>
+		<testResources>
+			<testResource>
+				<directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+			</testResource>
+		</testResources>
 		<extensions>
 			<extension>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.archetype</groupId>
@@ -75,6 +102,20 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-archetype-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>install</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<scope>test</scope>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/archetypes/quickstart/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/java/Start.java b/archetypes/quickstart/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/java/Start.java
index f40a28a3bc7..d933d94c4f7 100644
--- a/archetypes/quickstart/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/java/Start.java
+++ b/archetypes/quickstart/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/java/Start.java
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@
 package ${package};
 
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+import java.time.Duration;
 
 import javax.management.MBeanServer;
 
 import org.apache.wicket.protocol.ws.javax.WicketServerEndpointConfig;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebAppContext;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.websocket.jakarta.server.config.JakartaWebSocketServletContainerInitializer;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.jmx.MBeanContainer;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConfiguration;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnectionFactory;
@@ -28,13 +32,9 @@
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.SslConnectionFactory;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.DefaultSessionCache;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.FileSessionDataStore;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.Resource;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.ResourceFactory;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.jakarta.server.config.JakartaWebSocketServletContainerInitializer;
 
 /**
  * Separate startup class for people that want to run the examples directly. Use parameter
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
 
 		ServerConnector http = new ServerConnector(server, new HttpConnectionFactory(http_config));
 		http.setPort(8080);
-		http.setIdleTimeout(1000 * 60 * 60);
+		http.setIdleTimeout(Duration.ofHours(1).toMillis());
 
 		server.addConnector(http);
 
-		Resource keystore = Resource.newClassPathResource("/keystore");
+		Resource keystore = ResourceFactory.root().newClassLoaderResource("/keystore");
 		if (keystore != null && keystore.exists())
 		{
 			// if a keystore for a SSL certificate is available, start a SSL
@@ -101,19 +101,11 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
 		bb.setContextPath("/");
 		bb.setWar("src/main/webapp");
 
-		// uncomment the next two lines if you want to start Jetty with WebSocket (JSR-356) support
-		// you need org.apache.wicket:wicket-native-websocket-javax in the classpath!
-		// ServerContainer serverContainer = WebSocketServerContainerInitializer.configureContext(bb);
-		// serverContainer.addEndpoint(new WicketServerEndpointConfig());
-
-//		bb.getSessionHandler().setSessionCache(sessionCache);
-
 		ServletContextHandler contextHandler = ServletContextHandler.getServletContextHandler(bb.getServletContext());
 		JakartaWebSocketServletContainerInitializer.configure(contextHandler,
 				(servletContext, container) -> container.addEndpoint(new WicketServerEndpointConfig()));
 		// uncomment next line if you want to test with JSESSIONID encoded in the urls
-		// ((AbstractSessionManager)
-		// bb.getSessionHandler().getSessionManager()).setUsingCookies(false);
+		// bb.getSessionHandler().setUsingCookies(false);
 
 		server.setHandler(bb);
 
diff --git a/archetypes/quickstart/src/test/resources/projects/sample-it-test/archetype.properties b/archetypes/quickstart/src/test/resources/projects/sample-it-test/archetype.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f761540be4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/quickstart/src/test/resources/projects/sample-it-test/archetype.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+################################################################################
+##
+##  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+##  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+##  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+##  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+##  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+##  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+##
+##      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+##
+##  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+##  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+##  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+##  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+##  limitations under the License.
+##
+################################################################################
+groupId=org.apache.wicket.example
+artifactId=my-test-app
+version=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+package=org.apache.wicket.example
diff --git a/archetypes/quickstart/src/test/resources/projects/sample-it-test/goal.txt b/archetypes/quickstart/src/test/resources/projects/sample-it-test/goal.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31ed2f87a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/quickstart/src/test/resources/projects/sample-it-test/goal.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+clean verify
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 06dcc866063..d3ba0a65177 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
 		<maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.6.3</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
 		<maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.8</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
 		<maven-install-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-install-plugin.version>
+		<maven-invoker-plugin.version>3.10.1</maven-invoker-plugin.version>
 		<maven-jar-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-jar-plugin.version>
 		<maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.12.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
 		<maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>3.9.0</maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>
@@ -1086,6 +1087,11 @@
 					<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
 					<version>${maven-install-plugin.version}</version>
 				</plugin>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+					<artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>${maven-invoker-plugin.version}</version>
+				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>