diff --git a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactResolver.java b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactResolver.java
index 5833d06759..d9ab00fc2d 100644
--- a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactResolver.java
+++ b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactResolver.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolver
         else
         {
             executor =
-                new ThreadPoolExecutor( 0, threads, 3, TimeUnit.SECONDS, new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>(),
+                new ThreadPoolExecutor( threads, threads, 3, TimeUnit.SECONDS, new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>(),
                                         new DaemonThreadCreator() );
         }
     }