diff --git a/apache-maven/pom.xml b/apache-maven/pom.xml
index 5fc55288e7..b8f1c3bfeb 100644
--- a/apache-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/pom.xml
@@ -63,21 +63,10 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-http</artifactId>
-      <classifier>shaded</classifier>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-          <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-          <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-          <artifactId>wagon-http-shared</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -86,12 +75,16 @@ under the License.
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-connector-basic</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-resolver-connector-basic</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-transport-file</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-transport-http</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/aether/DefaultRepositorySystemSessionFactory.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/aether/DefaultRepositorySystemSessionFactory.java
index d157e7621d..80c6ba7946 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/aether/DefaultRepositorySystemSessionFactory.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/aether/DefaultRepositorySystemSessionFactory.java
@@ -78,6 +78,22 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 @Named
 public class DefaultRepositorySystemSessionFactory
 {
+    private static final String MAVEN_TRANSPORT_KEY = "maven.transport";
+
+    private static final String MAVEN_TRANSPORT_WAGON = "wagon";
+
+    private static final String MAVEN_TRANSPORT_RESOLVER = "resolver";
+
+    private static final String MAVEN_TRANSPORT_AUTO = "auto";
+
+    private static final String WAGON_TRANSPORTER_KEY_PRIORITY_KEY = "aether.priority.WagonTransporterFactory";
+
+    private static final String RESOLVER_HTTP_TRANSPORTER_PRIORITY_KEY = "aether.priority.HttpTransporterFactory";
+
+    private static final String RESOLVER_FILE_TRANSPORTER_PRIORITY_KEY = "aether.priority.FileTransporterFactory";
+
+    private static final String RESOLVER_MAX_PRIORITY = String.valueOf( Float.MAX_VALUE );
+
     private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
 
     private final ArtifactHandlerManager artifactHandlerManager;
@@ -245,6 +261,25 @@ public class DefaultRepositorySystemSessionFactory
         }
         session.setAuthenticationSelector( authSelector );
 
+        String transport = request.getUserProperties().getProperty( MAVEN_TRANSPORT_KEY, MAVEN_TRANSPORT_WAGON );
+        if ( MAVEN_TRANSPORT_RESOLVER.equals( transport ) )
+        {
+            // Make sure (whatever extra priority is set) that resolver native is selected
+            configProps.put( RESOLVER_FILE_TRANSPORTER_PRIORITY_KEY, RESOLVER_MAX_PRIORITY );
+            configProps.put( RESOLVER_HTTP_TRANSPORTER_PRIORITY_KEY, RESOLVER_MAX_PRIORITY );
+        }
+        else if ( MAVEN_TRANSPORT_WAGON.equals( transport ) )
+        {
+            // Make sure (whatever extra priority is set) that wagon is selected
+            configProps.put( WAGON_TRANSPORTER_KEY_PRIORITY_KEY, RESOLVER_MAX_PRIORITY );
+        }
+        else if ( !MAVEN_TRANSPORT_AUTO.equals( transport ) )
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Unknown maven.transport=" + transport
+                    + ". Supported ones are: " + MAVEN_TRANSPORT_WAGON + ", "
+                    + MAVEN_TRANSPORT_RESOLVER + " and " + MAVEN_TRANSPORT_AUTO );
+        }
+
         session.setTransferListener( request.getTransferListener() );
 
         session.setRepositoryListener( eventSpyDispatcher.chainListener( new LoggingRepositoryListener( logger ) ) );
diff --git a/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
index 0027e348f4..5b416a4ef3 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ under the License.
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-resolver-transport-wagon</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-transport-file</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-transport-http</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4c2c09c749..f5e1dff208 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ under the License.
     <cipherVersion>2.0</cipherVersion>
     <modelloVersion>2.0.0</modelloVersion>
     <jxpathVersion>1.3</jxpathVersion>
-    <resolverVersion>1.7.2</resolverVersion>
+    <resolverVersion>1.7.3</resolverVersion>
     <slf4jVersion>1.7.32</slf4jVersion>
     <xmlunitVersion>2.6.4</xmlunitVersion>
     <maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ under the License.
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
         <artifactId>wagon-http</artifactId>
         <version>${wagonVersion}</version>
-        <classifier>shaded</classifier>
       </dependency>
       <!--  Repository -->
       <dependency>
@@ -368,6 +367,16 @@ under the License.
         <artifactId>maven-resolver-connector-basic</artifactId>
         <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resolver-transport-file</artifactId>
+        <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resolver-transport-http</artifactId>
+        <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-resolver-transport-wagon</artifactId>