diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index e3f37d317..a5e47cfcf 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.openliberty.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>ci.common</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.40</version>
+            <version>1.8.41-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/toolchain-java-warning-server-env-custom-file-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/maven/test/app/ToolchainTest.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/toolchain-java-warning-server-env-custom-file-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/maven/test/app/ToolchainTest.java
index 86cd2f083..ff36b3da6 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/toolchain-java-warning-server-env-custom-file-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/maven/test/app/ToolchainTest.java
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/toolchain-java-warning-server-env-custom-file-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/maven/test/app/ToolchainTest.java
@@ -3,21 +3,12 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
-import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;
-import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
-import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;
 
 import java.util.Scanner;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.w3c.dom.Document;
-import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -57,6 +48,21 @@ public void testToolchainLogExists() throws Exception {
         Assert.assertTrue("Did not find project properties contain java.home message for status goal in build.log", logContainsMessage(buildLog, String.format(TOOLCHAIN_NOT_HONORED_WARNING, "status")));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void verifyLogMessageForExpansionVariables() throws Exception {
+        File buildLog = new File("../build.log");
+        Assert.assertTrue(buildLog.exists());
+        String os = System.getProperty("os.name");
+        if (os != null && os.toLowerCase().startsWith("windows")) {
+            Assert.assertTrue("Did not find variable expansion message in build.log", logContainsMessage(buildLog, "Resolving Property EXP_VAR for expression !EXP_VAR!_!EXP_VAR3!. Resolved expression value is TEST"));
+            Assert.assertTrue("Did not find second variable expansion message in build.log", logContainsMessage(buildLog, "Resolving Property EXP_VAR3 for expression !EXP_VAR!_!EXP_VAR3!. Resolved expression value is TEST_WINDOWS"));
+        }else {
+            Assert.assertTrue("Did not find variable expansion message in build.log", logContainsMessage(buildLog, "Resolving Property EXP_VAR for expression ${EXP_VAR}_${EXP_VAR2}. Resolved expression value is TEST"));
+            Assert.assertTrue("Did not find second variable expansion message in build.log", logContainsMessage(buildLog, "Resolving Property EXP_VAR2 for expression ${EXP_VAR}_${EXP_VAR2}. Resolved expression value is TEST_UNIX"));
+        }
+
+    }
+
     private boolean logContainsMessage( File logFile, String message) throws FileNotFoundException {
 
         Assert.assertTrue("Log file not found at location: "+ LOG_LOCATION, logFile.exists());
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/toolchain-java-warning-server-env-custom-file-it/src/test/resources/server2.env b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/toolchain-java-warning-server-env-custom-file-it/src/test/resources/server2.env
index 19e4a8b38..2ad0cd8f0 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/toolchain-java-warning-server-env-custom-file-it/src/test/resources/server2.env
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/toolchain-java-warning-server-env-custom-file-it/src/test/resources/server2.env
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-JAVA_HOME=<REPLACE_JDK_PATH>
\ No newline at end of file
+JAVA_HOME=<REPLACE_JDK_PATH>
+
+EXP_VAR=TEST
+EXP_VAR2=UNIX
+EXP_VAR3=WINDOWS
+TEST_EXP_VAR_UNIX=${EXP_VAR}_${EXP_VAR2}
+TEST_EXP_VAR_WIN=!EXP_VAR!_!EXP_VAR3!