diff --git a/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/LookupInvoker.java b/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/LookupInvoker.java
index 00bd9c658e..971e0cedbd 100644
--- a/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/LookupInvoker.java
+++ b/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/LookupInvoker.java
@@ -501,8 +501,12 @@ public abstract class LookupInvoker<C extends LookupContext> implements Invoker
      * If there are Maven3 passwords presents in settings, this results in doubled warnings emitted. So Plexus DI
      * creation call keeps "emitSettingsWarnings" false. If there are fatal issues, it will anyway "die" at that
      * spot before warnings would be emitted.
+     * <p>
+     * The method returns a "cleaner" runnable, as during extension loading the context needs to be "cleaned", restored
+     * to previous state (as it was before extension loading).
      */
-    protected void settings(C context, boolean emitSettingsWarnings, SettingsBuilder settingsBuilder) throws Exception {
+    protected Runnable settings(C context, boolean emitSettingsWarnings, SettingsBuilder settingsBuilder)
+            throws Exception {
         Options mavenOptions = context.invokerRequest.options();
 
         Path userSettingsFile = null;
@@ -612,6 +616,14 @@ public abstract class LookupInvoker<C extends LookupContext> implements Invoker
             }
             context.logger.info("");
         }
+        return () -> {
+            context.installationSettingsPath = null;
+            context.projectSettingsPath = null;
+            context.userSettingsPath = null;
+            context.effectiveSettings = null;
+            context.interactive = true;
+            context.localRepositoryPath = null;
+        };
     }
 
     protected void customizeSettingsRequest(C context, SettingsBuilderRequest settingsBuilderRequest)
diff --git a/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/PlexusContainerCapsuleFactory.java b/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/PlexusContainerCapsuleFactory.java
index 2f38469843..56d6cc099f 100644
--- a/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/PlexusContainerCapsuleFactory.java
+++ b/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/PlexusContainerCapsuleFactory.java
@@ -273,13 +273,14 @@ public class PlexusContainerCapsuleFactory<C extends LookupContext> implements C
         });
 
         ClassLoader oldCL = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+        Runnable settingsCleaner = null;
         try {
             container.setLookupRealm(null);
             container.setLoggerManager(createLoggerManager());
             container.getLoggerManager().setThresholds(toPlexusLoggingLevel(context.loggerLevel));
             Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(container.getContainerRealm());
 
-            invoker.settings(context, false, container.lookup(SettingsBuilder.class));
+            settingsCleaner = invoker.settings(context, false, container.lookup(SettingsBuilder.class));
 
             MavenExecutionRequest mer = new DefaultMavenExecutionRequest();
             invoker.populateRequest(context, new DefaultLookup(container), mer);
@@ -288,6 +289,9 @@ public class PlexusContainerCapsuleFactory<C extends LookupContext> implements C
                     .lookup(BootstrapCoreExtensionManager.class)
                     .loadCoreExtensions(mer, providedArtifacts, extensions));
         } finally {
+            if (settingsCleaner != null) {
+                settingsCleaner.run();
+            }
             try {
                 container.dispose();
             } finally {