diff --git a/bval-jsr/pom.xml b/bval-jsr/pom.xml
index 7c9cb1d..06bde7c 100644
--- a/bval-jsr/pom.xml
+++ b/bval-jsr/pom.xml
@@ -269,31 +269,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>6.1.5.Final</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.25.2</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
-            <version>1.25.2</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.biboudis</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jmh-profilers</artifactId>
-            <version>0.1.4</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/bval-perf/pom.xml b/bval-perf/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5ab7ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bval-perf/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+    contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+    The ASF licenses this file to you 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.
+-->
+<!--
+  Maven release plugin requires the project tag to be on a single line.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.bval</groupId>
+    <artifactId>bval-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>2.0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>bval-perf</artifactId>
+  <name>Apache BVal :: bval-perf</name>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <description>Some small micro benchmarks</description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>bval-jsr</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Testing dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>bval-jsr</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <classifier>tests</classifier>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
+      <version>6.1.5.Final</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
+      <version>1.25.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
+      <version>1.25.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.github.biboudis</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jmh-profilers</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1.4</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>9</source>
+          <target>9</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/bval-jsr/src/test/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/Jsr303Benchmark.java b/bval-perf/src/test/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/Jsr303Benchmark.java
similarity index 99%
rename from bval-jsr/src/test/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/Jsr303Benchmark.java
rename to bval-perf/src/test/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/Jsr303Benchmark.java
index ec397bd..d4acb4b 100644
--- a/bval-jsr/src/test/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/Jsr303Benchmark.java
+++ b/bval-perf/src/test/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/Jsr303Benchmark.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.profile.JavaFlightRecorderProfiler;
-import org.openjdk.jmh.profile.Profiler;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.Runner;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.RunnerException;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.Options;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 643f1e4..60437ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -756,6 +756,7 @@
         <module>bval-extras</module>
         <module>bval-tck</module>
         <module>bundle</module>
+        <module>bval-perf</module>
     </modules>
 
 </project>