diff --git a/maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin/pom.xml
index ea0bd8ea..c82b2c8c 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,24 @@
             <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
             <artifactId>jandex</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- dependencies used in invoker tests, to make sure they're downloaded by the main build -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jboss</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jandex</artifactId>
+            <version>2.4.0.Final</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus.gizmo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gizmo</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.10.Final</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.smallrye.common</groupId>
+            <artifactId>smallrye-common-annotation</artifactId>
+            <version>1.11.0</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -80,6 +98,18 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+
+            <!-- plugins used in invoker tests, to make sure they're downloaded by the main build -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.maven-dependency-plugin}</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.maven-shade-plugin}</version>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>