diff --git a/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/JpaDefaultTestIT.java b/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/JpaDefaultTestIT.java
index cbfe168ff5..bbe420346f 100644
--- a/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/JpaDefaultTestIT.java
+++ b/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/JpaDefaultTestIT.java
@@ -24,25 +24,12 @@ public void testJpaDefault() throws Exception {
 		setDatabaseCreationScript(new String[] {
 				"create table PERSON (ID int not null, NAME varchar(20), primary key (ID))"
 		});
-    	createBuildXmlFile();
-    	createDatabase();
-    	createHibernatePropertiesFile();
-    	runAntBuild();
-    	verifyResult();
-    }
-
-	private void verifyResult() throws Exception {
-		File generatedOutputFolder = new File(getProjectDir(), "generated");
-		assertTrue(generatedOutputFolder.exists());
-		assertTrue(generatedOutputFolder.isDirectory());
-		assertEquals(1, generatedOutputFolder.list().length);
-		File generatedPersonJavaFile = new File(generatedOutputFolder, "Person.java");
-		assertTrue(generatedPersonJavaFile.exists());
-		assertTrue(generatedPersonJavaFile.isFile());
-		String generatedPersonJavaFileContents = new String(
-				Files.readAllBytes(generatedPersonJavaFile.toPath()));
+		createProjectAndBuild();
+		assertFolderExists("generated", 1);
+		assertFileExists("generated/Person.java");
+		String generatedPersonJavaFileContents = getFileContents("generated/Person.java");
 		assertTrue(generatedPersonJavaFileContents.contains("import jakarta.persistence.Entity;"));
 		assertTrue(generatedPersonJavaFileContents.contains("public class Person "));
-	}
-	
+   }
+
 }
diff --git a/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/NoAnnotationsTestIT.java b/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/NoAnnotationsTestIT.java
index a3e4fee508..57228ec86b 100644
--- a/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/NoAnnotationsTestIT.java
+++ b/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/NoAnnotationsTestIT.java
@@ -25,25 +25,12 @@ public void testNoAnnotations() throws Exception {
 		setDatabaseCreationScript(new String[] {
 				"create table PERSON (ID int not null, NAME varchar(20), primary key (ID))"
 		});
-    	createBuildXmlFile();
-    	createDatabase();
-    	createHibernatePropertiesFile();
-    	runAntBuild();
-    	verifyResult();
-    }
-
-	private void verifyResult() throws Exception {
-		File generatedOutputFolder = new File(getProjectDir(), "generated");
-		assertTrue(generatedOutputFolder.exists());
-		assertTrue(generatedOutputFolder.isDirectory());
-		assertEquals(1, generatedOutputFolder.list().length);
-		File generatedPersonJavaFile = new File(generatedOutputFolder, "Person.java");
-		assertTrue(generatedPersonJavaFile.exists());
-		assertTrue(generatedPersonJavaFile.isFile());
-		String generatedPersonJavaFileContents = new String(
-				Files.readAllBytes(generatedPersonJavaFile.toPath()));
+		createProjectAndBuild();
+		assertFolderExists("generated", 1);
+		assertFileExists("generated/Person.java");
+		String generatedPersonJavaFileContents = getFileContents("generated/Person.java");
 		assertFalse(generatedPersonJavaFileContents.contains("import jakarta.persistence.Entity;"));
 		assertTrue(generatedPersonJavaFileContents.contains("public class Person "));
-	}
-	
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/NoGenericsTestIT.java b/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/NoGenericsTestIT.java
index 49d69bd8c5..d451f77408 100644
--- a/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/NoGenericsTestIT.java
+++ b/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/NoGenericsTestIT.java
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ public void testUseGenerics() throws Exception {
 				"create table ITEM (ID int not null,  NAME varchar(20), OWNER_ID int not null, " +
 						"primary key (ID), foreign key (OWNER_ID) references PERSON(ID))"
 		});
-    	createBuildXmlFile();
-    	createDatabase();
-    	createHibernatePropertiesFile();
-    	runAntBuild();
+		createProjectAndBuild();
     	verifyResult();
     }
 
diff --git a/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/UseGenericsTestIT.java b/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/UseGenericsTestIT.java
index e96a08baed..e3ad0dcc09 100644
--- a/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/UseGenericsTestIT.java
+++ b/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/hbm2java/UseGenericsTestIT.java
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ public void testUseGenerics() throws Exception {
 				"create table ITEM (ID int not null,  NAME varchar(20), OWNER_ID int not null, " +
 						"primary key (ID), foreign key (OWNER_ID) references PERSON(ID))"
 		});
-    	createBuildXmlFile();
-    	createDatabase();
-    	createHibernatePropertiesFile();
-    	runAntBuild();
+		createProjectAndBuild();
     	verifyResult();
     }
 
diff --git a/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/tutorial/TutorialTestIT.java b/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/tutorial/TutorialTestIT.java
index 5704d995bc..5756cc9aee 100644
--- a/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/tutorial/TutorialTestIT.java
+++ b/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/ant/tutorial/TutorialTestIT.java
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ public void testTutorial() throws Exception {
 		setDatabaseCreationScript(new String[] {
 				"create table PERSON (ID int not null, NAME varchar(20), primary key (ID))"
 		});
-    	createBuildXmlFile();
-    	createDatabase();
-    	createHibernatePropertiesFile();
-    	runAntBuild();
+		createProjectAndBuild();
     	verifyResult();
     }
 
diff --git a/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/it/ant/TestTemplate.java b/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/it/ant/TestTemplate.java
index 0a2e43a0cf..021ce5f183 100644
--- a/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/it/ant/TestTemplate.java
+++ b/ant/src/it/java/org/hibernate/tool/it/ant/TestTemplate.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.Statement;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
@@ -38,7 +39,33 @@ protected String constructBuildXmlFileContents() {
         return buildXmlFileContents.replace("@hibernateToolTaskXml@", hibernateToolTaskXml);
     }
 
-    protected void runAntBuild() {
+    protected String getFileContents(String path) throws Exception {
+        return new String(
+                Files.readAllBytes(
+                        new File(getProjectDir(), path).toPath()));
+    }
+
+    protected void createProjectAndBuild() throws Exception {
+        createBuildXmlFile();
+        createDatabase();
+        createHibernatePropertiesFile();
+        runAntBuild();
+    }
+
+    protected void assertFolderExists(String path, int amountOfChildren) {
+        File generatedOutputFolder = new File(getProjectDir(), path);
+        assertTrue(generatedOutputFolder.exists());
+        assertTrue(generatedOutputFolder.isDirectory());
+        assertEquals(amountOfChildren, Objects.requireNonNull(generatedOutputFolder.list()).length);
+    }
+
+    protected void assertFileExists(String path) {
+        File generatedPersonJavaFile = new File(getProjectDir(), path);
+        assertTrue(generatedPersonJavaFile.exists());
+        assertTrue(generatedPersonJavaFile.isFile());
+    }
+
+    private void runAntBuild() {
         File buildXmlFile = new File(getProjectDir(), "build.xml");
         Project project = new Project();
         project.setBaseDir(getProjectDir());
@@ -47,18 +74,18 @@ protected void runAntBuild() {
         project.executeTarget(project.getDefaultTarget());
     }
 
-    protected void createBuildXmlFile() throws Exception {
+    private void createBuildXmlFile() throws Exception {
         File buildXmlFile = new File(getProjectDir(), "build.xml");
         assertFalse(buildXmlFile.exists());
         Files.writeString(buildXmlFile.toPath(), constructBuildXmlFileContents());
         assertTrue(buildXmlFile.exists());
     }
 
-    protected String constructJdbcConnectionString() {
+    private String constructJdbcConnectionString() {
         return "jdbc:h2:" + getProjectDir().getAbsolutePath() + "/database/test;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE";
     }
 
-    protected void createDatabase() throws Exception {
+    private void createDatabase() throws Exception {
         File databaseFile = new File(getProjectDir(), "database/test.mv.db");
         assertFalse(databaseFile.exists());
         assertFalse(databaseFile.isFile());
@@ -73,7 +100,7 @@ protected void createDatabase() throws Exception {
         assertTrue(databaseFile.isFile());
     }
 
-    protected void createHibernatePropertiesFile() throws Exception {
+    private void createHibernatePropertiesFile() throws Exception {
         File hibernatePropertiesFile = new File(getProjectDir(), "hibernate.properties");
         String hibernatePropertiesFileContents =
                 "hibernate.connection.driver_class=org.h2.Driver\n" +