diff --git a/jetty-ee10/jetty-ee10-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee10/maven/plugin/AbstractUnassembledWebAppMojo.java b/jetty-ee10/jetty-ee10-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee10/maven/plugin/AbstractUnassembledWebAppMojo.java
index 7e5683fd16e5..986fd2fcb870 100644
--- a/jetty-ee10/jetty-ee10-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee10/maven/plugin/AbstractUnassembledWebAppMojo.java
+++ b/jetty-ee10/jetty-ee10-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee10/maven/plugin/AbstractUnassembledWebAppMojo.java
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ private boolean isArtifactOKForWebInfLib(Artifact artifact)
         if ("war".equalsIgnoreCase(artifact.getType()))
             return false;
 
+        //The dependency cannot be a pom
+        if ("pom".equalsIgnoreCase(artifact.getType()))
+            return false;
+
         //The dependency cannot be scope provided (those should be added to the plugin classpath)
         if (Artifact.SCOPE_PROVIDED.equals(artifact.getScope()))
             return false;
diff --git a/jetty-ee11/jetty-ee11-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee11/maven/plugin/AbstractUnassembledWebAppMojo.java b/jetty-ee11/jetty-ee11-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee11/maven/plugin/AbstractUnassembledWebAppMojo.java
index 61abf6bb7a95..168e5a7135b7 100644
--- a/jetty-ee11/jetty-ee11-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee11/maven/plugin/AbstractUnassembledWebAppMojo.java
+++ b/jetty-ee11/jetty-ee11-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee11/maven/plugin/AbstractUnassembledWebAppMojo.java
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ private boolean isArtifactOKForWebInfLib(Artifact artifact)
         if ("war".equalsIgnoreCase(artifact.getType()))
             return false;
 
+        //The dependency cannot be a pom
+        if ("pom".equalsIgnoreCase(artifact.getType()))
+            return false;
+
         //The dependency cannot be scope provided (those should be added to the plugin classpath)
         if (Artifact.SCOPE_PROVIDED.equals(artifact.getScope()))
             return false;