diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-aws/build-aws/prepare-dist.sh b/testing/indexer-test-aws/build-aws/prepare-dist.sh
index f0451cabc005a3b79eb27c897c294a11fda496b0..86ce9d20889cf1ccdc4c8eac6aab83bb44738b3b 100755
--- a/testing/indexer-test-aws/build-aws/prepare-dist.sh
+++ b/testing/indexer-test-aws/build-aws/prepare-dist.sh
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ chmod +x "${INTEGRATION_TEST_OUTPUT_BIN_DIR}"/install-deps.sh
 mvn clean -f "$INTEGRATION_TEST_SOURCE_DIR_AWS"/pom.xml
 cp -R "$INTEGRATION_TEST_SOURCE_DIR_AWS"/* "${INTEGRATION_TEST_OUTPUT_DIR}"/
 
+#copy testing parent pom to output
+cp "$INTEGRATION_TEST_SOURCE_DIR/pom.xml" "${OUTPUT_DIR}/testing"
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