diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fc7773..5367e4a 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The NOAA/NGDC ncISO team and the Unidata THREDDS team work closely (and with the
 
 | netCDF-Java / TDS Version | threddsISO     | threddsISO Tag |
 |:--------------------------|:---------------|:---------------|
-| 5.8.0 / 5.7-SNAPSHOT      | 2.4.8-SNAPSHOT |                |
+| 5.9.0 / 5.7-SNAPSHOT      | 2.4.8-SNAPSHOT |                |
 | 5.7.0 / 5.6               | 2.4.7          | **v2.4.7**     |
 | 5.6.0 / 5.5               | 2.4.6          | **v2.4.6**     |
 | 5.5.3 / 5.4               | 2.4.5          | **v2.4.5**     |
diff --git a/tds-plugin/pom.xml b/tds-plugin/pom.xml
index db8e31e..c6e266f 100644
--- a/tds-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tds-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -92,56 +92,37 @@
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <skip>${skipTests}</skip>
+          <excludedGroups>thredds.server.metadata.Integration</excludedGroups>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <excludes>
-            <!-- exclude logging config from jar -->
-            <exclude>**/logback.xml</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
+          <skip>${skipTests}</skip>
+          <includes>
+            <include>**/*</include>
+          </includes>
+          <groups>thredds.server.metadata.Integration</groups>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <id>make-assembly</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
+              <goal>integration-test</goal>
+              <goal>verify</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>checksum</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <target name="generate_checksum">
-                <property name="file" value="${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}-jar-with-dependencies.jar"/>
-                <checksum algorithm="md5" file="${file}"/>
-                <checksum algorithm="sha1" file="${file}"/>
-                <checksum algorithm="sha-256" fileext=".sha256" file="${file}"/>
-              </target>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <!-- exclude logging config from jar -->
+            <exclude>**/logback.xml</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
diff --git a/tds-plugin/src/test/java/thredds/server/metadata/Integration.java b/tds-plugin/src/test/java/thredds/server/metadata/Integration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3db34af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tds-plugin/src/test/java/thredds/server/metadata/Integration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Unidata
+ * See LICENSE for license information.
+ */
+
+package thredds.server.metadata;
+
+public interface Integration { }
diff --git a/tds-plugin/src/test/java/thredds/server/metadata/NcIsoIT.java b/tds-plugin/src/test/java/thredds/server/metadata/NcIsoIT.java
index 542d0d0..3ac50e7 100644
--- a/tds-plugin/src/test/java/thredds/server/metadata/NcIsoIT.java
+++ b/tds-plugin/src/test/java/thredds/server/metadata/NcIsoIT.java
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023-2025 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Unidata
+ * See LICENSE for license information.
+ */
+
 package thredds.server.metadata;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
@@ -13,6 +18,7 @@
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.MountableFile;
@@ -27,6 +33,7 @@
 import ucar.httpservices.HTTPMethod;
 import ucar.httpservices.HTTPSession;
 
+@Category(Integration.class)
 public class NcIsoIT {
   private static final DockerImageName dockerImageName =
       DockerImageName.parse("unidata/thredds-docker:" + getTdsVersion());
@@ -39,14 +46,21 @@ public class NcIsoIT {
           "/usr/local/tomcat/content/thredds/catalog.xml")
       .withCopyFileToContainer(MountableFile.forClasspathResource("/thredds/testgrid1.nc"),
           "/usr/local/tomcat/content/thredds/public/testdata/testgrid1.nc")
-      .withCopyFileToContainer(MountableFile.forHostPath(getJarPath()),
-          "/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/thredds/WEB-INF/lib/tds-plugin-jar-with-dependencies.jar");
+      // copy local tds-plugin jar
+      .withCopyFileToContainer(MountableFile.forHostPath(getJarPath("tds-plugin")),
+          "/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/thredds/WEB-INF/lib/1-tds-plugin.jar")
+      // make sure local nciso-common shows up before bundled nciso-common jar by
+      // prefixing it with 1-
+      .withCopyFileToContainer(MountableFile.forHostPath(getJarPath("../../nciso-common/target/nciso-common")),
+      "/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/thredds/WEB-INF/lib/1-nciso-common.jar");
 
   @BeforeClass
-  public static void setUp() {
+  public static void setUp() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     final String address = tds.getHost();
     final Integer port = tds.getFirstMappedPort();
     basePath = "http://" + address + ":" + port + "/thredds/";
+    // remove bundled tds-plugin classes from the classpath
+    tds.execInContainer("rm", "-rf", "/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/thredds/WEB-INF/classes/thredds/server/metadata");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -118,11 +132,11 @@ private static String getTdsVersion() {
     return getPropertyValue("tds_version");
   }
 
-  private static Path getJarPath() {
+  private static Path getJarPath(String name) {
     try {
       final Path targetPath = Paths.get(ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResource("").toURI()).getParent();
-      return Paths.get(targetPath.toString(), "tds-plugin-" + getVersion() + "-jar-with-dependencies.jar");
-    } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+      return Paths.get(targetPath.toRealPath().toString(), name + "-" + getVersion() + ".jar");
+    } catch (URISyntaxException | IOException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
   }