diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/RepositoryUtils.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/RepositoryUtils.java
index 7befe8ec9a16..1721d1063557 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/RepositoryUtils.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/RepositoryUtils.java
@@ -64,7 +64,16 @@ private static String nullify(String string) {
         return (string == null || string.length() <= 0) ? null : string;
     }
 
-    private static org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact toArtifact(Dependency dependency) {
+    /**
+     * Converts a {@link Dependency} object to a Maven {@link org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact} object.
+     *
+     * @param dependency the dependency to be converted; may be null. If null, the method returns null.
+     * @return the equivalent {@link org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact} object with the same attributes as the
+     *         provided dependency, or null if the input dependency is null.
+     *
+     * @since 3.10.0
+     */
+    public static org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact toArtifact(Dependency dependency) {
         if (dependency == null) {
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/internal/DefaultMavenPluginManager.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/internal/DefaultMavenPluginManager.java
index 44aac424592e..3c8d1998720d 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/internal/DefaultMavenPluginManager.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/internal/DefaultMavenPluginManager.java
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
 import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyFilter;
 import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
-import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactResult;
 import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.DependencyResult;
 import org.eclipse.aether.util.filter.AndDependencyFilter;
 
@@ -394,10 +393,7 @@ private void createPluginRealm(
                 project.getRemotePluginRepositories(),
                 repositorySession);
 
-        pluginArtifacts = result.getArtifactResults().stream()
-                .filter(ArtifactResult::isResolved)
-                .map(r -> RepositoryUtils.toArtifact(r.getArtifact()))
-                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        pluginArtifacts = toMavenArtifacts(result);
 
         pluginRealm = classRealmManager.createPluginRealm(
                 plugin, parent, null, foreignImports, toAetherArtifacts(pluginArtifacts));
@@ -435,6 +431,13 @@ private List<org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact> toAetherArtifacts(final List<
         return new ArrayList<>(RepositoryUtils.toArtifacts(pluginArtifacts));
     }
 
+    private List<Artifact> toMavenArtifacts(DependencyResult dependencyResult) {
+        return dependencyResult.getDependencyNodeResults().stream()
+                .filter(n -> n.getArtifact().getPath() != null)
+                .map(n -> RepositoryUtils.toArtifact(n.getDependency()))
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
     private Map<String, ClassLoader> calcImports(MavenProject project, ClassLoader parent, List<String> imports) {
         Map<String, ClassLoader> foreignImports = new HashMap<>();
 
@@ -829,9 +832,6 @@ private List<Artifact> resolveExtensionArtifacts(
             throws PluginResolutionException {
         DependencyResult result =
                 pluginDependenciesResolver.resolvePluginAndFlatten(extensionPlugin, null, null, repositories, session);
-        return result.getArtifactResults().stream()
-                .filter(ArtifactResult::isResolved)
-                .map(r -> RepositoryUtils.toArtifact(r.getArtifact()))
-                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        return toMavenArtifacts(result);
     }
 }