diff --git a/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/parse_test.go b/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/parse_test.go
index ebd47cdae4a1..934085d5d536 100644
--- a/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/parse_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/parse_test.go
@@ -979,6 +979,14 @@ func TestPom_Parse(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		// ➜ mvn dependency:tree
+		// ...
+		// [INFO]
+		// [INFO] --- maven-dependency-plugin:2.8:tree (default-cli) @ child ---
+		// [INFO] com.example:child:jar:3.0.0
+		// [INFO] \- org.example:example-exclusions:jar:3.0.0:compile
+		// [INFO]    \- org.example:example-nested:jar:3.3.3:compile
+		// [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 		{
 			name:      "exclusions in child and parent dependency management",
 			inputFile: filepath.Join("testdata", "exclusions-parent-dependency-management", "child", "pom.xml"),
@@ -992,9 +1000,9 @@ func TestPom_Parse(t *testing.T) {
 					Relationship: ftypes.RelationshipRoot,
 				},
 				{
-					ID:           "org.example:example-nested:3.3.3",
-					Name:         "org.example:example-nested",
-					Version:      "3.3.3",
+					ID:           "org.example:example-exclusions:3.0.0",
+					Name:         "org.example:example-exclusions",
+					Version:      "3.0.0",
 					Relationship: ftypes.RelationshipDirect,
 					Locations: ftypes.Locations{
 						{
@@ -1004,9 +1012,9 @@ func TestPom_Parse(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				{
-					ID:           "org.example:example-dependency:1.2.3",
-					Name:         "org.example:example-dependency",
-					Version:      "1.2.3",
+					ID:           "org.example:example-nested:3.3.3",
+					Name:         "org.example:example-nested",
+					Version:      "3.3.3",
 					Relationship: ftypes.RelationshipIndirect,
 				},
 			},
@@ -1014,13 +1022,13 @@ func TestPom_Parse(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					ID: "com.example:child:3.0.0",
 					DependsOn: []string{
-						"org.example:example-nested:3.3.3",
+						"org.example:example-exclusions:3.0.0",
 					},
 				},
 				{
-					ID: "org.example:example-nested:3.3.3",
+					ID: "org.example:example-exclusions:3.0.0",
 					DependsOn: []string{
-						"org.example:example-dependency:1.2.3",
+						"org.example:example-nested:3.3.3",
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/testdata/exclusions-parent-dependency-management/child/pom.xml b/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/testdata/exclusions-parent-dependency-management/child/pom.xml
index acec708b691a..967033369b92 100644
--- a/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/testdata/exclusions-parent-dependency-management/child/pom.xml
+++ b/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/testdata/exclusions-parent-dependency-management/child/pom.xml
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.example</groupId>
-            <artifactId>example-nested</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>example-exclusions</artifactId>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.example</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>example-api-common</artifactId>
+                    <artifactId>example-dependency</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/testdata/exclusions-parent-dependency-management/pom.xml b/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/testdata/exclusions-parent-dependency-management/pom.xml
index 5735825405b0..d5093a29ab59 100644
--- a/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/testdata/exclusions-parent-dependency-management/pom.xml
+++ b/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/testdata/exclusions-parent-dependency-management/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
         <dependencies>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.example</groupId>
-                <artifactId>example-nested</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.3</version>
+                <artifactId>example-exclusions</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
                 <exclusions>
                     <exclusion>
                         <groupId>org.example</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>example-api</artifactId>
+                        <artifactId>example-dependency2</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
diff --git a/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/testdata/repository/org/example/example-exclusions/3.0.0/example-exclusions-3.0.0.pom b/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/testdata/repository/org/example/example-exclusions/3.0.0/example-exclusions-3.0.0.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57f908f362f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/dependency/parser/java/pom/testdata/repository/org/example/example-exclusions/3.0.0/example-exclusions-3.0.0.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>org.example</groupId>
+    <artifactId>example-exclusions</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0.0</version>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.example</groupId>
+            <artifactId>example-dependency</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2.3</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.example</groupId>
+            <artifactId>example-dependency2</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.example</groupId>
+            <artifactId>example-nested</artifactId>
+            <version>3.3.3</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>