diff --git a/gradle/release-tasks.gradle b/gradle/release-tasks.gradle
index 67960d9a6..51fff1836 100644
--- a/gradle/release-tasks.gradle
+++ b/gradle/release-tasks.gradle
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Release procedure:
 8. ./gradlew bumpReadmeVersion
 9. update README.md (latest version, release notes)
 10. (in new cmd prompt session)
-    cd picocli-legacy-tests & set JAVA_HOME=C:\apps\jdk1.5.0_22\&& echo ++%JAVA_HOME%++ && gradlew clean build --no-daemon
+    cd picocli-tests-java567 & set JAVA_HOME=C:\apps\jdk1.5.0_22\&& echo ++%JAVA_HOME%++ && gradlew clean build --no-daemon
 11. commit -m "Release picocli version ..."
 12. tag v$version
 13 ./gradlew publishReleasePublicationToSonatypeRepository - creates a Sonatype staging repository, and uploads artifacts
diff --git a/picocli-tests-java567/src/test/java/picocli/HelpAnsiHeuristicsTest.java b/picocli-tests-java567/src/test/java/picocli/HelpAnsiHeuristicsTest.java
index 583f804e2..19978d5a8 100644
--- a/picocli-tests-java567/src/test/java/picocli/HelpAnsiHeuristicsTest.java
+++ b/picocli-tests-java567/src/test/java/picocli/HelpAnsiHeuristicsTest.java
@@ -360,11 +360,11 @@ public void testAnsiAutoJansiConsoleInstalledOverridesHintDisabled() {
         environmentVariables.clear(ANSI_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES);
         environmentVariables.set("CLICOLOR", "0"); // hint disabled
         System.setProperty("os.name", "Windows");
-        // Clear the globally cached jansiConsole value that might
+        // Clear the globally cached jansiInstalled value that might
         // have been set in a previous test to force the
         // Ansi#isJansiConsoleInstalled method to recalculate
         // the cached value.
-        Ansi.jansiConsole = null;
+        Ansi.jansiInstalled = null;
         assertTrue(Ansi.isWindows());
         assertFalse(Ansi.isPseudoTTY());
         assertFalse(Ansi.forceDisabled());
@@ -372,13 +372,26 @@ public void testAnsiAutoJansiConsoleInstalledOverridesHintDisabled() {
         assertTrue(Ansi.hintDisabled());
         assertFalse(Ansi.hintEnabled());
 
+
+        // Clear the globally cached jansiInstalled value that might
+        // have been set in a previous test to force the
+        // Ansi#isJansiConsoleInstalled method to recalculate
+        // the cached value.
+        Ansi.jansiInstalled = null;
         assertFalse(Ansi.isJansiConsoleInstalled());
         AnsiConsole.systemInstall();
         try {
+
+            // Clear the cached jansiInstalled value to force the
+            // Ansi#isJansiConsoleInstalled method to recalculate
+            Ansi.jansiInstalled = null;
             assertTrue(Ansi.isJansiConsoleInstalled());
             assertTrue(Ansi.AUTO.enabled());
         } finally {
             AnsiConsole.systemUninstall();
+
+            // Clear the cached jansiInstalled value
+            Ansi.jansiInstalled = null;
         }
     }
 
@@ -396,6 +409,12 @@ public void testAnsiAutoHintDisabledOverridesHintEnabled() {
 
         assertFalse(Ansi.isJansiConsoleInstalled());
 
+        // Clear the globally cached jansiInstalled value that might
+        // have been set in a previous test to force the
+        // Ansi#isJansiConsoleInstalled method to recalculate
+        // the cached value.
+        Ansi.jansiInstalled = null;
+
         assertFalse(Ansi.forceDisabled());
         assertFalse(Ansi.forceEnabled());
         assertTrue(Ansi.hintDisabled());
@@ -413,6 +432,12 @@ public void testAnsiAutoDisabledIfNoTty() {
         assertFalse(Ansi.isPseudoTTY());
         assertFalse(Ansi.isJansiConsoleInstalled());
 
+        // Clear the globally cached jansiInstalled value that might
+        // have been set in a previous test to force the
+        // Ansi#isJansiConsoleInstalled method to recalculate
+        // the cached value.
+        Ansi.jansiInstalled = null;
+
         assertFalse(Ansi.forceDisabled());
         assertFalse(Ansi.forceEnabled());
         assertFalse(Ansi.hintDisabled());
@@ -430,6 +455,12 @@ public void testAnsiAutoEnabledIfNotWindows() {
         assertFalse(Ansi.isPseudoTTY()); // TODO Mock this?
         assertFalse(Ansi.isJansiConsoleInstalled());
 
+        // Clear the globally cached jansiInstalled value that might
+        // have been set in a previous test to force the
+        // Ansi#isJansiConsoleInstalled method to recalculate
+        // the cached value.
+        Ansi.jansiInstalled = null;
+
         assertFalse(Ansi.forceDisabled());
         assertFalse(Ansi.forceEnabled());
         assertFalse(Ansi.hintDisabled());
@@ -445,6 +476,12 @@ public void testAnsiAutoEnabledIfWindowsPseudoTTY() {
         assertTrue(Ansi.isWindows());
         assertFalse(Ansi.isJansiConsoleInstalled());
 
+        // Clear the globally cached jansiInstalled value that might
+        // have been set in a previous test to force the
+        // Ansi#isJansiConsoleInstalled method to recalculate
+        // the cached value.
+        Ansi.jansiInstalled = null;
+
         assertFalse(Ansi.forceDisabled());
         assertFalse(Ansi.forceEnabled());
         assertFalse(Ansi.hintDisabled());
diff --git a/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java b/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java
index bb3ec3a4e..4b7c0fa2a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java
@@ -17805,12 +17805,12 @@ static boolean ansiPossible() {
                 if (!isTTY() && !isPseudoTTY())               { return false; }
                 return hintEnabled() || !isWindows() || isXterm() || isCygwin() || hasOsType();
             }
-            /** Cache the result for isJansiConsoleInstalled so it doesn't repeatedly
+            /** Caches the result of method isJansiConsoleInstalled so it doesn't repeatedly
              *  call Class#forName, which can cause performance issues. */
-            static Boolean jansiConsole;
+            static Boolean jansiInstalled;
             static boolean isJansiConsoleInstalled() {
-                if (jansiConsole == null) { jansiConsole = calcIsJansiConsoleInstalled(); }
-                return jansiConsole;
+                if (jansiInstalled == null) { jansiInstalled = calcIsJansiConsoleInstalled(); }
+                return jansiInstalled;
             }
             static boolean calcIsJansiConsoleInstalled() {
                 try {
diff --git a/src/test/java/picocli/HelpAnsiTest.java b/src/test/java/picocli/HelpAnsiTest.java
index 1bbc47b8b..7d0554411 100644
--- a/src/test/java/picocli/HelpAnsiTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/picocli/HelpAnsiTest.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public void testAnsiEnabled() {
 
             // The previous Ansi.enabled() call caches the result for whether or not jansi is enabled.  Reset the cache value
             // and force the Ansi.enabled() call to rescan the classpath for the jansi classes.
-            Ansi.jansiConsole = null;
+            Ansi.jansiInstalled = null;
             try {
                 assertTrue(Ansi.AUTO.enabled());
             } finally {
diff --git a/src/test/java/picocli/Issue1125_1538_OptionNameOrSubcommandAsOptionValue.java b/src/test/java/picocli/Issue1125_1538_OptionNameOrSubcommandAsOptionValue.java
index bf23bc79d..33e36ff4d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/picocli/Issue1125_1538_OptionNameOrSubcommandAsOptionValue.java
+++ b/src/test/java/picocli/Issue1125_1538_OptionNameOrSubcommandAsOptionValue.java
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ public void testAmbiguousOptionsDefault() {
         //-x -y=123
         MyCommand obj = new MyCommand();
         CommandLine cmdLine = new CommandLine(obj);
-        // Clear the globally cached jansiConsole value that might
+        // Clear the globally cached jansiInstalled value that might
         // have been set in a previous test to force the
         // Ansi#isJansiConsoleInstalled method to recalculate
         // the cached value.
-        Ansi.jansiConsole = null;
+        Ansi.jansiInstalled = null;
         int exitCode = cmdLine.execute("-x", "-y=123");
         assertEquals(2, exitCode);
         String expected = String.format("" +