diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
index 0f262e83e..42dda19e8 100644
--- a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ public static Test suite()
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng6506PackageAnnotationTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng6256SpecialCharsAlternatePOMLocation.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng6386BaseUriPropertyTest.class );
+        suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng6357DependencyOrderNearestFirstTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng6330RelativePath.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng5965ParallelBuildMultipliesWorkTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng6255FixConcatLines.class );
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3813PluginClassPathOrderingTest.java b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3813PluginClassPathOrderingTest.java
index 18df21073..c41dc540e 100644
--- a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3813PluginClassPathOrderingTest.java
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3813PluginClassPathOrderingTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
 import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ public class MavenITmng3813PluginClassPathOrderingTest
 
     public MavenITmng3813PluginClassPathOrderingTest()
     {
-        super( "(2.0.8,)" );
+        super( "(2.0.8,3.6.2]" );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng6357DependencyOrderNearestFirstTest.java b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng6357DependencyOrderNearestFirstTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef8d98b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng6357DependencyOrderNearestFirstTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package org.apache.maven.it;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * This is a test set for <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6357">MNG-6357</a>.
+ *
+ * @author Gabriel Belingueres
+ */
+public class MavenITmng6357DependencyOrderNearestFirstTest
+    extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
+{
+
+    public MavenITmng6357DependencyOrderNearestFirstTest()
+    {
+        super("(3.6.2,)");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify that the ordering of the class path matches the ordering of the dependencies as given in the POM, where
+     * artifacts are listed from the nearest to the farest in depth from the root of the dependency tree. Dependencies
+     * at the same depth are listed in the order declared in the POM.<br/>
+     * <br/>
+     * Note: test dependencies used in this test were copied from mng-3813 just to show the new ordering using the same
+     * artifacts.
+     */
+    public void testitMNG6357()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-6357" );
+
+        Verifier verifier = newVerifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+        verifier.deleteArtifacts( "org.apache.maven.its.mng3813" );
+        verifier.filterFile( "settings-template.xml", "settings.xml", "UTF-8", verifier.newDefaultFilterProperties() );
+        verifier.addCliOption( "--settings" );
+        verifier.addCliOption( "settings.xml" );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+
+        Properties pclProps = verifier.loadProperties( "target/pcl.properties" );
+
+        String className = "org.apache.maven.its.mng3813.SomeClass";
+        String resName = className.replace( '.', '/' ) + ".class";
+
+        assertEquals( "depA", pclProps.getProperty( className + ".methods" ) );
+        assertTrue( pclProps.getProperty( resName ).endsWith( "/dep-a-0.1.jar!/" + resName ) );
+
+        assertEquals( "8", pclProps.getProperty( resName + ".count" ) );
+
+        assertTrue( pclProps.getProperty( resName + ".0" ).endsWith( "/dep-a-0.1.jar!/" + resName ) );
+        assertTrue( pclProps.getProperty( resName + ".1" ).endsWith( "/dep-c-0.1.jar!/" + resName ) );
+        assertTrue( pclProps.getProperty( resName + ".2" ).endsWith( "/dep-b-0.1.jar!/" + resName ) );
+        assertTrue( pclProps.getProperty( resName + ".3" ).endsWith( "/dep-d-0.1.jar!/" + resName ) );
+        assertTrue( pclProps.getProperty( resName + ".4" ).endsWith( "/dep-aa-0.1.jar!/" + resName ) );
+        assertTrue( pclProps.getProperty( resName + ".5" ).endsWith( "/dep-ac-0.1.jar!/" + resName ) );
+        assertTrue( pclProps.getProperty( resName + ".6" ).endsWith( "/dep-ab-0.1.jar!/" + resName ) );
+        assertTrue( pclProps.getProperty( resName + ".7" ).endsWith( "/dep-ad-0.1.jar!/" + resName ) );
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/pom.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..413d57074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng6357</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-6357</name>
+  <description>
+    Verify that the ordering of the plugin class path matches the ordering of the dependencies as given in the POM.
+  </description>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-class-loader</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <!--
+        The following dependency section spans this dependency tree:
+          dep-a
+            dep-aa
+            dep-ac
+            dep-ab
+            dep-ad
+          dep-c
+          dep-b
+          dep-d
+        Given this tree, the correct/expected class path is:
+          dep-a, dep-c, dep-b, dep-d, dep-aa, dep-ac, dep-ab, dep-ad
+        All of these dependencies contain the same class/resource so we can precisely track their ordering on the
+        class path by enumerating their resource URLs. The class path is sufficiently long to guard against random
+        test success.
+        -->
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dep-a</artifactId>
+            <version>0.1</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dep-c</artifactId>
+            <version>0.1</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dep-b</artifactId>
+            <version>0.1</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dep-d</artifactId>
+            <version>0.1</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>load</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <classNames>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813.SomeClass</classNames>
+              <resourcePaths>org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/SomeClass.class</resourcePaths>
+              <pluginClassLoaderOutput>target/pcl.properties</pluginClassLoaderOutput>
+            </configuration>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>load</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-a/0.1/dep-a-0.1.jar b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-a/0.1/dep-a-0.1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7248a88ac
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diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-a/0.1/dep-a-0.1.pom b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-a/0.1/dep-a-0.1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5ada7e4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-a/0.1/dep-a-0.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-a</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- NOTE: Dependencies are deliberately not in alpha order to detect their accidental sorting. -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dep-aa</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dep-ac</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dep-ab</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dep-ad</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>.</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>pom.xml</include>
+          <include>src/**</include>
+        </includes>
+      </resource>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-a/maven-metadata.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-a/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91e47c176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-a/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-a</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20081101155009</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-aa/0.1/dep-aa-0.1.jar b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-aa/0.1/dep-aa-0.1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92ffd1ddd
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diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-aa/0.1/dep-aa-0.1.pom b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-aa/0.1/dep-aa-0.1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..968ce1496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-aa/0.1/dep-aa-0.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-aa</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>.</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>pom.xml</include>
+          <include>src/**</include>
+        </includes>
+      </resource>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-aa/maven-metadata.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-aa/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c941bf41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-aa/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-aa</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20081101154621</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ab/0.1/dep-ab-0.1.jar b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ab/0.1/dep-ab-0.1.jar
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index 000000000..88c35ccf9
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diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ab/0.1/dep-ab-0.1.pom b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ab/0.1/dep-ab-0.1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1d861fd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ab/0.1/dep-ab-0.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-ab</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>.</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>pom.xml</include>
+          <include>src/**</include>
+        </includes>
+      </resource>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ab/maven-metadata.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ab/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adeaffdf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ab/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-ab</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20081101154636</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ac/0.1/dep-ac-0.1.jar b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ac/0.1/dep-ac-0.1.jar
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diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ac/0.1/dep-ac-0.1.pom b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ac/0.1/dep-ac-0.1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d639d8de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ac/0.1/dep-ac-0.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-ac</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>.</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>pom.xml</include>
+          <include>src/**</include>
+        </includes>
+      </resource>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ac/maven-metadata.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ac/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65d6a1aee
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+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ac/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-ac</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20081101154653</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
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@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-ad</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>.</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>pom.xml</include>
+          <include>src/**</include>
+        </includes>
+      </resource>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ad/maven-metadata.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ad/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2244adef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-ad/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-ad</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20081101154723</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-b/0.1/dep-b-0.1.jar b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-b/0.1/dep-b-0.1.jar
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index 000000000..8ee097968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-b/0.1/dep-b-0.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-b</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>.</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>pom.xml</include>
+          <include>src/**</include>
+        </includes>
+      </resource>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-b/maven-metadata.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-b/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30e385a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-b/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-b</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20081101154515</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-c/0.1/dep-c-0.1.jar b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-c/0.1/dep-c-0.1.jar
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index 000000000..fb8e69f18
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-c</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>.</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>pom.xml</include>
+          <include>src/**</include>
+        </includes>
+      </resource>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-c/maven-metadata.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-c/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e5f8f5f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-c/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-c</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20081101154549</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-d/0.1/dep-d-0.1.jar b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-d/0.1/dep-d-0.1.jar
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index 000000000..aeef24692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-d/0.1/dep-d-0.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-d</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>.</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>pom.xml</include>
+          <include>src/**</include>
+        </includes>
+      </resource>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-d/maven-metadata.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-d/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e65def40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3813/dep-d/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3813</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep-d</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20081101154605</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/settings-template.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/settings-template.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..877b43897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6357/settings-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<settings>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>maven-core-it-repo</id>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>maven-core-it</id>
+          <url>@baseurl@/repo</url>
+          <releases>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+      <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+          <id>maven-core-it</id>
+          <url>@baseurl@/repo</url>
+          <releases>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+          </snapshots>
+        </pluginRepository>
+      </pluginRepositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <activeProfiles>
+    <activeProfile>maven-core-it-repo</activeProfile>
+  </activeProfiles>
+</settings>