diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/InstalledPluginResourceTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/InstalledPluginResourceTest.java
index 7fa0081c5c..8971ab5a8d 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/InstalledPluginResourceTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/InstalledPluginResourceTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+import static sonia.scm.plugin.PluginTestHelper.createInstalled;
 
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
 class InstalledPluginResourceTest {
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ class InstalledPluginResourceTest {
 
     @Test
     void getInstalledPlugins() throws URISyntaxException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
-      InstalledPlugin installedPlugin = createPlugin();
+      InstalledPlugin installedPlugin = createInstalled("");
       when(pluginManager.getInstalled()).thenReturn(Collections.singletonList(installedPlugin));
       when(collectionMapper.mapInstalled(Collections.singletonList(installedPlugin))).thenReturn(new MockedResultDto());
 
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ class InstalledPluginResourceTest {
       PluginInformation pluginInformation = new PluginInformation();
       pluginInformation.setVersion("2.0.0");
       pluginInformation.setName("pluginName");
-      InstalledPlugin installedPlugin = createPlugin(pluginInformation);
+      InstalledPlugin installedPlugin = createInstalled(pluginInformation);
 
       when(pluginManager.getInstalled("pluginName")).thenReturn(Optional.of(installedPlugin));
 
@@ -123,18 +124,6 @@ class InstalledPluginResourceTest {
     }
   }
 
-  private InstalledPlugin createPlugin() {
-    return createPlugin(new PluginInformation());
-  }
-
-  private InstalledPlugin createPlugin(PluginInformation information) {
-    InstalledPlugin plugin = mock(InstalledPlugin.class);
-    InstalledPluginDescriptor descriptor = mock(InstalledPluginDescriptor.class);
-    lenient().when(descriptor.getInformation()).thenReturn(information);
-    lenient().when(plugin.getDescriptor()).thenReturn(descriptor);
-    return plugin;
-  }
-
   @Nested
   class WithoutAuthorization {
 
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/PluginDtoMapperTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/PluginDtoMapperTest.java
index 5cf6bdd45a..27e3ca32ea 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/PluginDtoMapperTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/PluginDtoMapperTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static sonia.scm.plugin.PluginTestHelper.createAvailable;
+import static sonia.scm.plugin.PluginTestHelper.createInstalled;
 
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
 class PluginDtoMapperTest {
@@ -72,22 +74,16 @@ class PluginDtoMapperTest {
 
   @Test
   void shouldAppendInstalledSelfLink() {
-    InstalledPlugin plugin = createInstalled();
+    InstalledPlugin plugin = createInstalled(createPluginInformation());
 
     PluginDto dto = mapper.mapInstalled(plugin);
     assertThat(dto.getLinks().getLinkBy("self").get().getHref())
       .isEqualTo("https://hitchhiker.com/v2/plugins/installed/scm-cas-plugin");
   }
 
-  private InstalledPlugin createInstalled(PluginInformation information) {
-    InstalledPlugin plugin = mock(InstalledPlugin.class, Answers.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS);
-    when(plugin.getDescriptor().getInformation()).thenReturn(information);
-    return plugin;
-  }
-
   @Test
   void shouldAppendAvailableSelfLink() {
-    AvailablePlugin plugin = createAvailable();
+    AvailablePlugin plugin = createAvailable(createPluginInformation());
 
     PluginDto dto = mapper.mapAvailable(plugin);
     assertThat(dto.getLinks().getLinkBy("self").get().getHref())
@@ -96,7 +92,7 @@ class PluginDtoMapperTest {
 
   @Test
   void shouldNotAppendInstallLinkWithoutPermissions() {
-    AvailablePlugin plugin = createAvailable();
+    AvailablePlugin plugin = createAvailable(createPluginInformation());
 
     PluginDto dto = mapper.mapAvailable(plugin);
     assertThat(dto.getLinks().getLinkBy("install")).isEmpty();
@@ -105,7 +101,7 @@ class PluginDtoMapperTest {
   @Test
   void shouldAppendInstallLink() {
     when(subject.isPermitted("plugin:manage")).thenReturn(true);
-    AvailablePlugin plugin = createAvailable();
+    AvailablePlugin plugin = createAvailable(createPluginInformation());
 
     PluginDto dto = mapper.mapAvailable(plugin);
     assertThat(dto.getLinks().getLinkBy("install").get().getHref())
@@ -123,25 +119,10 @@ class PluginDtoMapperTest {
 
   @Test
   void shouldAppendDependencies() {
-    AvailablePlugin plugin = createAvailable();
+    AvailablePlugin plugin = createAvailable(createPluginInformation());
     when(plugin.getDescriptor().getDependencies()).thenReturn(ImmutableSet.of("one", "two"));
 
     PluginDto dto = mapper.mapAvailable(plugin);
     assertThat(dto.getDependencies()).containsOnly("one", "two");
   }
-
-  private InstalledPlugin createInstalled() {
-    return createInstalled(createPluginInformation());
-  }
-
-  private AvailablePlugin createAvailable() {
-    return createAvailable(createPluginInformation());
-  }
-
-  private AvailablePlugin createAvailable(PluginInformation information) {
-    AvailablePluginDescriptor descriptor = mock(AvailablePluginDescriptor.class);
-    when(descriptor.getInformation()).thenReturn(information);
-    return new AvailablePlugin(descriptor);
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManagerTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManagerTest.java
index 322163ee1a..16e1e2d73a 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManagerTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManagerTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.in;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+import static sonia.scm.plugin.PluginTestHelper.createAvailable;
+import static sonia.scm.plugin.PluginTestHelper.createInstalled;
 
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
 class DefaultPluginManagerTest {
@@ -354,33 +356,4 @@ class DefaultPluginManagerTest {
     }
 
   }
-
-  private AvailablePlugin createAvailable(String name) {
-    PluginInformation information = new PluginInformation();
-    information.setName(name);
-    return createAvailable(information);
-  }
-
-  private InstalledPlugin createInstalled(String name) {
-    PluginInformation information = new PluginInformation();
-    information.setName(name);
-    return createInstalled(information);
-  }
-
-  private InstalledPlugin createInstalled(PluginInformation information) {
-    InstalledPlugin plugin = mock(InstalledPlugin.class, Answers.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS);
-    returnInformation(plugin, information);
-    return plugin;
-  }
-
-  private AvailablePlugin createAvailable(PluginInformation information) {
-    AvailablePluginDescriptor descriptor = mock(AvailablePluginDescriptor.class);
-    lenient().when(descriptor.getInformation()).thenReturn(information);
-    return new AvailablePlugin(descriptor);
-  }
-
-  private void returnInformation(Plugin mockedPlugin, PluginInformation information) {
-    when(mockedPlugin.getDescriptor().getInformation()).thenReturn(information);
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/PluginTestHelper.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/PluginTestHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e3577d775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/PluginTestHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package sonia.scm.plugin;
+
+import org.mockito.Answers;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.lenient;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+public class PluginTestHelper {
+  public static AvailablePlugin createAvailable(String name) {
+    PluginInformation information = new PluginInformation();
+    information.setName(name);
+    return createAvailable(information);
+  }
+
+  public static InstalledPlugin createInstalled(String name) {
+    PluginInformation information = new PluginInformation();
+    information.setName(name);
+    return createInstalled(information);
+  }
+
+  public static InstalledPlugin createInstalled(PluginInformation information) {
+    InstalledPlugin plugin = mock(InstalledPlugin.class, Answers.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS);
+    returnInformation(plugin, information);
+    return plugin;
+  }
+
+  public static AvailablePlugin createAvailable(PluginInformation information) {
+    AvailablePluginDescriptor descriptor = mock(AvailablePluginDescriptor.class);
+    lenient().when(descriptor.getInformation()).thenReturn(information);
+    return new AvailablePlugin(descriptor);
+  }
+
+  private static void returnInformation(Plugin mockedPlugin, PluginInformation information) {
+    when(mockedPlugin.getDescriptor().getInformation()).thenReturn(information);
+  }
+}