diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
index f118cd4384..80def18a05 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public class DefaultPluginManager
         {
             artifactResolver = (ArtifactResolver) container.lookup( ArtifactResolver.ROLE );
 
-            artifactResolver.resolve( pluginArtifact, project.getRemoteArtifactRepositories(), localRepository );
+            artifactResolver.resolve( pluginArtifact, project.getPluginArtifactRepositories(), localRepository );
 
             PlexusContainer child = container.createChildContainer( pluginKey, Collections
                 .singletonList( pluginArtifact.getFile() ), Collections.EMPTY_MAP, Collections.singletonList( this ) );
diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml b/maven-project/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml
index c48efd15c5..2f74033978 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <pluginRepository>
       <id>central</id>
       <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
-      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/plugins</url>
       <layout>default</layout>
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>