diff --git a/common/testing/virtual-threads/etc/spotbugs/exclude.xml b/common/testing/virtual-threads/etc/spotbugs/exclude.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index daa62177beb..00000000000
--- a/common/testing/virtual-threads/etc/spotbugs/exclude.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Copyright (c) 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
-
-    Licensed 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.
-
--->
-
-<FindBugsFilter
-        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-        xmlns="https://github.com/spotbugs/filter/3.0.0"
-        xsi:schemaLocation="https://github.com/spotbugs/filter/3.0.0 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spotbugs/spotbugs/3.1.0/spotbugs/etc/findbugsfilter.xsd">
-
-    <Match>
-        <Class name="io.helidon.common.testing.virtualthreads.PinningException"/>
-        <Bug pattern="NM_CLASS_NOT_EXCEPTION"/>
-    </Match>
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/common/testing/virtual-threads/pom.xml b/common/testing/virtual-threads/pom.xml
index f5b8b2752dc..1e5f5a32066 100644
--- a/common/testing/virtual-threads/pom.xml
+++ b/common/testing/virtual-threads/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         <groupId>io.helidon.common.testing</groupId>
         <artifactId>helidon-common-testing-project</artifactId>
         <version>4.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>helidon-common-testing-virtual-threads</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/common/testing/virtual-threads/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/testing/virtualthreads/PinningException.java b/common/testing/virtual-threads/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/testing/virtualthreads/PinningAssertionError.java
similarity index 89%
rename from common/testing/virtual-threads/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/testing/virtualthreads/PinningException.java
rename to common/testing/virtual-threads/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/testing/virtualthreads/PinningAssertionError.java
index 33415b3afd0..0c709ec2bef 100644
--- a/common/testing/virtual-threads/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/testing/virtualthreads/PinningException.java
+++ b/common/testing/virtual-threads/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/testing/virtualthreads/PinningAssertionError.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordedEvent;
 
 /**
- * Exception used for reporting of Virtual Thread pinning detected during test.
+ * Assertion error used for reporting of Virtual Thread pinning detected during test.
  */
-public class PinningException extends AssertionError {
+public class PinningAssertionError extends AssertionError {
 
     /**
      * Pinning JFR event.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class PinningException extends AssertionError {
      *
      * @param recordedEvent pinning JFR event
      */
-    PinningException(RecordedEvent recordedEvent) {
+    PinningAssertionError(RecordedEvent recordedEvent) {
         this.recordedEvent = recordedEvent;
         if (recordedEvent.getStackTrace() != null) {
             StackTraceElement[] stackTraceElements = recordedEvent.getStackTrace().getFrames().stream()
diff --git a/common/testing/virtual-threads/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/testing/virtualthreads/PinningRecorder.java b/common/testing/virtual-threads/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/testing/virtualthreads/PinningRecorder.java
index 1771e1593f4..e85e25e6175 100644
--- a/common/testing/virtual-threads/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/testing/virtualthreads/PinningRecorder.java
+++ b/common/testing/virtual-threads/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/testing/virtualthreads/PinningRecorder.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class PinningRecorder implements AutoCloseable {
     public static final long DEFAULT_THRESHOLD = 20;
     private static final String JFR_EVENT_VIRTUAL_THREAD_PINNED = "jdk.VirtualThreadPinned";
     private final RecordingStream recordingStream = new RecordingStream();
-    private volatile PinningException pinningException;
+    private volatile PinningAssertionError pinningAssertionError;
 
     private PinningRecorder() {
         //noop
@@ -72,17 +72,17 @@ public void close() {
     }
 
     void checkAndThrow() {
-        if (pinningException != null) {
-            throw pinningException;
+        if (pinningAssertionError != null) {
+            throw pinningAssertionError;
         }
     }
 
     private void record(RecordedEvent event) {
-        PinningException e = new PinningException(event);
-        if (pinningException == null) {
-            pinningException = e;
+        PinningAssertionError e = new PinningAssertionError(event);
+        if (pinningAssertionError == null) {
+            pinningAssertionError = e;
         } else {
-            pinningException.addSuppressed(e);
+            pinningAssertionError.addSuppressed(e);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/dependencies/pom.xml b/dependencies/pom.xml
index 95812ab7342..7ab3a7d54de 100644
--- a/dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
         <version.lib.jersey>3.1.9</version.lib.jersey>
         <version.lib.jgit>6.7.0.202309050840-r</version.lib.jgit>
         <version.lib.junit>5.9.3</version.lib.junit>
-        <version.lib.junit-platform-teskit>1.11.3</version.lib.junit-platform-teskit>
+        <version.lib.junit-platform-testkit>1.11.3</version.lib.junit-platform-testkit>
         <version.lib.kafka>3.8.1</version.lib.kafka>
         <version.lib.log4j>2.21.1</version.lib.log4j>
         <version.lib.logback>1.4.14</version.lib.logback>
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit-platform-testkit</artifactId>
-                <version>${version.lib.junit-platform-teskit}</version>
+                <version>${version.lib.junit-platform-testkit}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
diff --git a/microprofile/tests/testing/junit5/src/test/java/io/helidon/microprofile/tests/testing/junit5/TestPinnedThread.java b/microprofile/tests/testing/junit5/src/test/java/io/helidon/microprofile/tests/testing/junit5/TestPinnedThread.java
index 32788f04c58..398bd0c4424 100644
--- a/microprofile/tests/testing/junit5/src/test/java/io/helidon/microprofile/tests/testing/junit5/TestPinnedThread.java
+++ b/microprofile/tests/testing/junit5/src/test/java/io/helidon/microprofile/tests/testing/junit5/TestPinnedThread.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-import io.helidon.common.testing.virtualthreads.PinningException;
+import io.helidon.common.testing.virtualthreads.PinningAssertionError;
 import io.helidon.microprofile.testing.junit5.AddBean;
 import io.helidon.microprofile.testing.junit5.HelidonTest;
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void engineTest() {
 
     private Condition<org.junit.platform.testkit.engine.Event> failedWithPinningException(String expectedPinningMethodName) {
         return finishedWithFailure(
-                instanceOf(PinningException.class),
+                instanceOf(PinningAssertionError.class),
                 message(m -> m.startsWith("Pinned virtual threads were detected"))
                 , new Condition<>(where(
                         t -> Arrays.stream(t.getStackTrace()),
diff --git a/microprofile/tests/testing/testng/src/test/java/io/helidon/microprofile/tests/testing/testng/TestPinnedThread.java b/microprofile/tests/testing/testng/src/test/java/io/helidon/microprofile/tests/testing/testng/TestPinnedThread.java
index 9cafdb0a369..8fdd6bda3bc 100644
--- a/microprofile/tests/testing/testng/src/test/java/io/helidon/microprofile/tests/testing/testng/TestPinnedThread.java
+++ b/microprofile/tests/testing/testng/src/test/java/io/helidon/microprofile/tests/testing/testng/TestPinnedThread.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-import io.helidon.common.testing.virtualthreads.PinningException;
+import io.helidon.common.testing.virtualthreads.PinningAssertionError;
 import io.helidon.microprofile.tests.testing.testng.programmatic.PinningExtraThreadTest;
 
 import org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher;
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ void testListener() {
         testng.setTestClasses(new Class[] {PinningExtraThreadTest.class});
         TestListenerAdapter tla = new TestListenerAdapter();
         testng.addListener(tla);
-        PinningException pinningException = Assert.expectThrows(PinningException.class, testng::run);
-        assertThat(pinningException.getMessage(), startsWith("Pinned virtual threads were detected:"));
-        assertThat("Method with pinning is missing from stack strace.", Arrays.asList(pinningException.getStackTrace()),
+        PinningAssertionError pinningAssertionError = Assert.expectThrows(PinningAssertionError.class, testng::run);
+        assertThat(pinningAssertionError.getMessage(), startsWith("Pinned virtual threads were detected:"));
+        assertThat("Method with pinning is missing from stack strace.", Arrays.asList(pinningAssertionError.getStackTrace()),
                    hasItem(new StackTraceElementMatcher(EXPECTED_PINNING_METHOD_NAME)));
     }
 
diff --git a/webserver/testing/junit5/junit5/src/test/java/io/helidon/webserver/testing/junit5/TestPinnedThread.java b/webserver/testing/junit5/junit5/src/test/java/io/helidon/webserver/testing/junit5/TestPinnedThread.java
index 37d2b4d4e36..1098d8e01b4 100644
--- a/webserver/testing/junit5/junit5/src/test/java/io/helidon/webserver/testing/junit5/TestPinnedThread.java
+++ b/webserver/testing/junit5/junit5/src/test/java/io/helidon/webserver/testing/junit5/TestPinnedThread.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-import io.helidon.common.testing.virtualthreads.PinningException;
+import io.helidon.common.testing.virtualthreads.PinningAssertionError;
 import io.helidon.webclient.api.WebClient;
 import io.helidon.webserver.http.HttpRouting;
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void engineTest() {
 
     private Condition<org.junit.platform.testkit.engine.Event> failedWithPinningException(String expectedPinningMethodName) {
         return finishedWithFailure(
-                instanceOf(PinningException.class),
+                instanceOf(PinningAssertionError.class),
                 message(m -> m.startsWith("Pinned virtual threads were detected"))
                 , new Condition<>(
                         t -> Arrays.stream(t.getStackTrace())