diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/verifier/Verifier.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/verifier/Verifier.java
index 2229bd1..a478eec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/verifier/Verifier.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/verifier/Verifier.java
@@ -950,6 +950,11 @@ public void writeFile( String path, String contents )
 
     /**
      * Filters a text file by replacing some user-defined tokens.
+     * This method is equivalent to:
+     *
+     * <pre>
+     *     filterFile( srcPath, dstPath, fileEncoding, verifier.newDefaultFilterMap() )
+     * </pre>
      *
      * @param srcPath          The path to the input file, relative to the base directory, must not be
      *                         <code>null</code>.
@@ -957,21 +962,39 @@ public void writeFile( String path, String contents )
      *                         input file, must not be <code>null</code>.
      * @param fileEncoding     The file encoding to use, may be <code>null</code> or empty to use the platform's default
      *                         encoding.
-     * @param filterProperties The mapping from tokens to replacement values, must not be <code>null</code>.
+     * @return The path to the filtered output file, never <code>null</code>.
+     * @throws IOException If the file could not be filtered.
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    public File filterFile( String srcPath, String dstPath, String fileEncoding )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        return filterFile( srcPath, dstPath, fileEncoding, newDefaultFilterMap() );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Filters a text file by replacing some user-defined tokens.
+     *
+     * @param srcPath      The path to the input file, relative to the base directory, must not be
+     *                     <code>null</code>.
+     * @param dstPath      The path to the output file, relative to the base directory and possibly equal to the
+     *                     input file, must not be <code>null</code>.
+     * @param fileEncoding The file encoding to use, may be <code>null</code> or empty to use the platform's default
+     *                     encoding.
+     * @param filterMap    The mapping from tokens to replacement values, must not be <code>null</code>.
      * @return The path to the filtered output file, never <code>null</code>.
      * @throws IOException If the file could not be filtered.
      * @since 1.2
      */
-    public File filterFile( String srcPath, String dstPath, String fileEncoding, Map<String, String> filterProperties )
+    public File filterFile( String srcPath, String dstPath, String fileEncoding, Map<String, String> filterMap )
         throws IOException
     {
         File srcFile = new File( getBasedir(), srcPath );
         String data = FileUtils.fileRead( srcFile, fileEncoding );
 
-        for ( String token : filterProperties.keySet() )
+        for ( Map.Entry<String, String> entry : filterMap.entrySet() )
         {
-            String value = String.valueOf( filterProperties.get( token ) );
-            data = StringUtils.replace( data, token, value );
+            data = StringUtils.replace( data, entry.getKey() , entry.getValue() );
         }
 
         File dstFile = new File( getBasedir(), dstPath );
@@ -1011,13 +1034,29 @@ public File filterFile( String srcPath, String dstPath, String fileEncoding, Pro
      *
      * @return The (modifiable) map with the default filter properties, never <code>null</code>.
      * @since 1.2
+     * @deprecated use {@link #newDefaultFilterMap()}
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public Properties newDefaultFilterProperties()
     {
         Properties filterProperties = new Properties();
+        filterProperties.putAll( newDefaultFilterMap() );
+        return filterProperties;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a new copy of the default filter map. These default filter map, contains the tokens "@basedir@" and
+     * "@baseurl@" to the test's base directory and its base <code>file:</code> URL, respectively.
+     *
+     * @return The (modifiable) map with the default filter map, never <code>null</code>.
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    public Map<String, String> newDefaultFilterMap()
+    {
+        Map<String, String> filterMap = new HashMap<>();
 
         String basedir = new File( getBasedir() ).getAbsolutePath();
-        filterProperties.put( "@basedir@", basedir );
+        filterMap.put( "@basedir@", basedir );
 
         /*
          * NOTE: Maven fails to properly handle percent-encoded "file:" URLs (WAGON-111) so don't use File.toURI() here
@@ -1029,9 +1068,9 @@ public Properties newDefaultFilterProperties()
             baseurl = '/' + baseurl;
         }
         baseurl = "file://" + baseurl.replace( '\\', '/' );
-        filterProperties.put( "@baseurl@", baseurl );
+        filterMap.put( "@baseurl@", baseurl );
 
-        return filterProperties;
+        return filterMap;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/verifier/VerifierTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/verifier/VerifierTest.java
index d95356f..0531611 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/verifier/VerifierTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/verifier/VerifierTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertInstanceOf;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 public class VerifierTest
 {
@@ -118,4 +120,14 @@ public void testDedicatedMavenHome() throws VerificationException, IOException
         ForkedLauncherTest.expectFileLine( logFile, "Hello World from Maven Home" );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testDefaultFilterMap() throws VerificationException
+    {
+        Verifier verifier = new Verifier( "src/test/resources" );
+        Map<String, String> filterMap = verifier.newDefaultFilterMap();
+
+        assertEquals( 2, filterMap.size() );
+        assertTrue( filterMap.containsKey( "@basedir@" ) );
+        assertTrue( filterMap.containsKey( "@baseurl@" ) );
+    }
 }