diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenAnnotationConfiguration.java b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenAnnotationConfiguration.java
index e9c2382a283..8d5b502a4c6 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenAnnotationConfiguration.java
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenAnnotationConfiguration.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class MavenAnnotationConfiguration extends AnnotationConfiguration
                 //scan the equivalent of the WEB-INF/classes directory that has been synthesised by the plugin
                 if (f.isDirectory() && f.exists())
                 {
-                    doParse(context, parser, Resource.newResource(f.toURL()));
+                    doParse(context, parser, Resource.newResource(f.toURI()));
                 }
             }