diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java
index b0c45021e1..937cc8e6e0 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java
@@ -965,6 +965,7 @@ public class DefaultMavenExecutionRequest
             projectBuildingRequest.setPluginArtifactRepositories( getPluginArtifactRepositories() );
             projectBuildingRequest.setRepositoryCache( getRepositoryCache() );
             projectBuildingRequest.setOffline( isOffline() );
+            projectBuildingRequest.setForceUpdate( isUpdateSnapshots() );
             projectBuildingRequest.setServers( getServers() );
             projectBuildingRequest.setMirrors( getMirrors() );
             projectBuildingRequest.setProxies( getProxies() );
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/RepositoryModelResolver.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/RepositoryModelResolver.java
index 405e0d6b11..86a6f58ad0 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/RepositoryModelResolver.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/RepositoryModelResolver.java
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ class RepositoryModelResolver
             request.setOffline( projectBuildingRequest.isOffline() );
             request.setCache( projectBuildingRequest.getRepositoryCache() );
             request.setTransferListener( projectBuildingRequest.getTransferListener() );
+            request.setForceUpdate( projectBuildingRequest.isForceUpdate() );
 
             ArtifactResolutionResult result = repositorySystem.resolve( request );