diff --git a/helloworld-rs/pom.xml b/helloworld-rs/pom.xml
index 6d8d58a8bd..91472d51e7 100644
--- a/helloworld-rs/pom.xml
+++ b/helloworld-rs/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         Maintain separation between the artifact id and the version to help prevent
         merge conflicts between commits changing the GA and those changing the V.
         -->
-        <version>8</version>
+        <version>9</version>
         <relativePath/>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>helloworld-rs</artifactId>
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
     </licenses>
 
     <properties>
+        <!-- the Maven project should use the minimum Java SE version supported -->
+        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
         <!-- the version for the Server -->
         <version.server>34.0.0.Final</version.server>
         <!-- the versions for BOMs, Packs and Plugins -->
@@ -92,6 +94,8 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
+        <!-- Set the name of the WAR, used as the context root when the app is deployed. -->
+        <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
                 <plugin>
@@ -115,11 +119,6 @@
                             <discover-provisioning-info>
                                 <version>${version.server}</version>
                             </discover-provisioning-info>
-                            <!--
-                                Rename the output war to ROOT.war before adding it to the server, so that the
-                                application is deployed in the root web context.
-                            -->
-                            <name>ROOT.war</name>
                         </configuration>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
@@ -144,11 +143,6 @@
                                 <version>${version.server}</version>
                                 <context>cloud</context>
                             </discover-provisioning-info>
-                            <!--
-                                The parent POM's 'openshift' profile renames the output archive to ROOT.war so that the
-                                application is deployed in the root web context. Add ROOT.war to the server.
-                            -->
-                            <filename>ROOT.war</filename>
                         </configuration>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
@@ -158,6 +152,17 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
+                    <!-- do not attach sources to openshift deployments -->
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-sources</id>
+                                <phase>none</phase>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
diff --git a/helloworld-rs/src/test/java/org/jboss/as/quickstarts/helloworld/rest/RESTEndPointIT.java b/helloworld-rs/src/test/java/org/jboss/as/quickstarts/helloworld/rest/RESTEndPointIT.java
index b151eaac9b..91eaffafeb 100644
--- a/helloworld-rs/src/test/java/org/jboss/as/quickstarts/helloworld/rest/RESTEndPointIT.java
+++ b/helloworld-rs/src/test/java/org/jboss/as/quickstarts/helloworld/rest/RESTEndPointIT.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.Client;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@
  */
 public class RESTEndPointIT {
     private Client client;
-    private static final String DEFAULT_SERVER_HOST = "http://localhost:8080/helloworld-rs";
+    private static final String DEFAULT_SERVER_HOST = "http://localhost:8080";
 
     private static String getServerHost() {
     String serverHost = System.getenv("SERVER_HOST");
@@ -46,9 +45,9 @@ public void after() {
 
     @Test
     public void testRestEndPoint() {
-        WebTarget target = client.target(getServerHost())
-                .path("/rest/HelloWorld");
-        String responseMessage = target.request(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN).get(String.class);
+        String responseMessage = client.target(getServerHost())
+                .path("helloworld-rs/rest/HelloWorld")
+                .request(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN).get(String.class);
         assertEquals("Hello World!", responseMessage);
     }
 }
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