diff --git a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/project.properties b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/project.properties
index fcdf87ca..f03281e6 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/project.properties
+++ b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/project.properties
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@ maven.xdoc.date=left
 maven.checkstyle.header.file = ${basedir}/LICENSE.txt
 
 offline=true
+
+# MUST specify these, even though they are the defaults, so we can run inside reactor where they were already set
+maven.multiproject.basedir=${basedir}
+maven.multiproject.includes=*/project.xml
+maven.multiproject.excludes=