diff --git a/integration-tests/infinispan-client/pom.xml b/integration-tests/infinispan-client/pom.xml
index 8bc594bfdfd5c..fef3d3ead8920 100644
--- a/integration-tests/infinispan-client/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/infinispan-client/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@
             <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
             <artifactId>infinispan-server-hotrod</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <!-- fix dependency convergence with quarkus-junit5 -->
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <!-- jboss-transaction-api is banned and not required for the test -->
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.transaction</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jboss-transaction-api_1.2_spec</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <!-- needed so server exposes query based caches -->
         <dependency>
@@ -77,6 +89,13 @@
             <artifactId>infinispan-core</artifactId>
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <!-- jboss-transaction-api is banned and not required for the test -->
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.transaction</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jboss-transaction-api_1.2_spec</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
@@ -90,21 +109,45 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- We override these to satisfy Infinispan server -->
+        <!-- Minimal test dependencies to *-deployment artifacts for consistent build order -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.0</version>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-arc-deployment</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>*</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.0</version>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-infinispan-client-deployment</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>*</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.0</version>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-resteasy-deployment</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>*</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
@@ -128,17 +171,6 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <!-- Skip enforcer plugin as we want to use jboss marshalling for test class -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skip>true</skip>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>quarkus-maven-plugin</artifactId>