diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
index 19d89167a7..fd1a3263ed 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class MavenMetadataSource
         {
             Artifact metadataArtifact = artifactFactory.createArtifact( artifact.getGroupId(),
                                                                         artifact.getArtifactId(),
-                                                                        artifact.getVersion(), artifact.getScope(),
+                                                                        artifact.getBaseVersion(), artifact.getScope(),
                                                                         "pom", null );
 
             try