diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
index 3474fabbd5..977f174934 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
@@ -277,9 +277,9 @@ public class MavenCli
         {
             initialize( cliRequest );
             cli( cliRequest );
+            properties( cliRequest );
             logging( cliRequest );
             version( cliRequest );
-            properties( cliRequest );
             localContainer = container( cliRequest );
             commands( cliRequest );
             configure( cliRequest );