diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java
index 3f8a377321..8e3d9f4899 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java
@@ -970,7 +970,9 @@ private void downloadProjectDependencies( MavenSession session, String scope )
     {
         MavenProject project = session.getCurrentProject();
 
-        Artifact artifact = repositorySystem.createArtifact( project.getGroupId(), project.getArtifactId(), project.getVersion(), null, project.getPackaging() );      
+        Artifact artifact =
+            repositorySystem.createProjectArtifact( project.getGroupId(), project.getArtifactId(), project.getVersion() );
+        artifact.setFile( project.getFile() );
         
         ArtifactFilter filter = new ScopeArtifactFilter( scope );