diff --git a/src/it/apache-release-profile/invoker.properties b/src/it/apache-release-profile/invoker.properties
index 3d2376a..4ac65a3 100644
--- a/src/it/apache-release-profile/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/apache-release-profile/invoker.properties
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-# Test with apache-release profile activated
-invoker.goals = deploy -Papache-release
+# Test with apache-release profile
+invoker.goals.1 = release:clean release:prepare
+invoker.goals.2 = release:perform
diff --git a/src/it/apache-release-profile/pom.xml b/src/it/apache-release-profile/pom.xml
index b523169..af6dbe7 100644
--- a/src/it/apache-release-profile/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/apache-release-profile/pom.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,15 @@ under the License.
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
     <gpg.skip>true</gpg.skip>
+    <!-- don't push changes to remote SCM repository during release preparation  -->
+    <pushChanges>false</pushChanges>
   </properties>
 
+  <scm>
+    <!-- use local file-based SCM for testing purpose -->
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:file://${project.basedir}</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
diff --git a/src/it/apache-release-profile/selector.groovy b/src/it/apache-release-profile/selector.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d29b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/apache-release-profile/selector.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+// check if git executable exist
+def proc = ["git", "--version"].execute()
+proc.waitFor()
+
+println "return code: ${proc.exitValue()}"
+println "stdout: ${proc.in.text}"
+println "stderr: ${proc.err.text}"
+
+if (proc.exitValue() == 0) {
+    return true
+}
+
+return false
diff --git a/src/it/apache-release-profile/setup.groovy b/src/it/apache-release-profile/setup.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6ac47a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/apache-release-profile/setup.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+def execute(def cmd) {
+    println "execute: ${cmd}"
+    def proc = cmd.execute(null, basedir)
+    proc.waitFor()
+    println "return code: ${proc.exitValue()}"
+    println "stderr: ${proc.err.text}"
+    println "stdout: ${proc.in.text}"
+    if (proc.exitValue() != 0) {
+        throw new RuntimeException("Command failed: ${cmd}\nstdout: ${proc.in.text}\nstderr: ${proc.err.text}")
+    }
+}
+
+// setup local git repository
+execute(["git", "init"])
+execute(["git", "config", "user.email", "test@example.com"])
+execute(["git", "config", "user.name", "Test User"])
+execute(["git", "add", "pom.xml", "src"])
+execute(["git", "commit", "-m", "initial commit"])
+
diff --git a/src/it/apache-release-profile/verify.1.groovy b/src/it/apache-release-profile/verify.1.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcc2ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/apache-release-profile/verify.1.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+// verification after first goal - release:perform was only executed
+
+def buildLog = new File(basedir, 'build.log')
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+// release preparation finished
+assert buildLog.text.contains('prepare:run-preparation-goals') :
+        'Expected message not found in build log'
+
+assert !buildLog.text.contains('perform:run-perform-goals') :
+        'Release perform should not be performed during release preparation'
+
+// there are no interactions with ATR client during release preparation,
+// as the profile apache-release is not active
+assert !buildLog.text.contains('[Mock ATR client]') :
+        'Should be no interaction with ATR client during release preparation'
+
+
diff --git a/src/it/apache-release-profile/verify.groovy b/src/it/apache-release-profile/verify.groovy
index b24b4cd..24ead32 100644
--- a/src/it/apache-release-profile/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/apache-release-profile/verify.groovy
@@ -21,21 +21,29 @@
 def buildLog = new File(basedir, 'build.log')
 assert buildLog.exists()
 
-assert buildLog.text.count('[INFO] [Mock ATR client] creating new JWT for username: dummy-asfuid')  == 1
+// in final log we have both goal executed - prepare and perform
+assert buildLog.text.contains('prepare:run-preparation-goals') :
         'Expected message not found in build log'
 
-assert buildLog.text.count('[INFO] [Mock ATR client] using cached JWT: mock-jwt-dummy-asfuid')  == 1
+assert buildLog.text.contains('perform:run-perform-goals') :
         'Expected message not found in build log'
 
-assert buildLog.text.count('[INFO] [Mock ATR client] created base URL: https://release-test.apache.org/, username: dummy-asfuid, password: dummy-token') == 2:
+// interaction with ATR client should be visible after perform goal execution
+assert buildLog.text.count('[INFO] [INFO] [Mock ATR client] creating new JWT for username: dummy-asfuid')  == 1 :
         'Expected message not found in build log'
 
-assert buildLog.text.count('[INFO] [Mock ATR client] getRelease: tooling-atr-test-apache-release, 1.0-SNAPSHOT') == 1 :
+assert buildLog.text.count('[INFO] [INFO] [Mock ATR client] using cached JWT: mock-jwt-dummy-asfuid')  == 1 :
         'Expected message not found in build log'
 
-assert buildLog.text.count('[INFO] [Mock ATR client] uploadFile: tooling-atr-test-apache-release, 1.0-SNAPSHOT, tooling-atr-test-apache-release-1.0-SNAPSHOT-source-release.zip, ') == 1 :
+assert buildLog.text.count('[INFO] [INFO] [Mock ATR client] created base URL: https://release-test.apache.org/, username: dummy-asfuid, password: dummy-token') == 2 :
         'Expected message not found in build log'
 
-assert buildLog.text.count('[INFO] [Mock ATR client] uploadFile: tooling-atr-test-apache-release, 1.0-SNAPSHOT, tooling-atr-test-apache-release-1.0-SNAPSHOT-source-release.zip.sha512, ') == 1 :
+assert buildLog.text.count('[INFO] [INFO] [Mock ATR client] getRelease: tooling-atr-test-apache-release, 1.0') == 1 :
+        'Expected message not found in build log'
+
+assert buildLog.text.count('[INFO] [INFO] [Mock ATR client] uploadFile: tooling-atr-test-apache-release, 1.0, tooling-atr-test-apache-release-1.0-source-release.zip, ') == 1 :
+        'Expected message not found in build log'
+
+assert buildLog.text.count('[INFO] [INFO] [Mock ATR client] uploadFile: tooling-atr-test-apache-release, 1.0, tooling-atr-test-apache-release-1.0-source-release.zip.sha512, ') == 1 :
         'Expected message not found in build log'