diff --git a/src/cli/commands/monitor/index.ts b/src/cli/commands/monitor/index.ts
index 15c4f939ae..7c3c2f6f6e 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/monitor/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/commands/monitor/index.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ async function monitor(...args0: MethodArgs): Promise<any> {
             generateMonitorMeta(options, packageManager),
             projectDeps,
             options,
-            perProjectResult.plugin as PluginMetadata,
+            projectDeps.plugin as PluginMetadata,
             targetFileRelativePath,
           ),
           spinner.clear(postingMonitorSpinnerLabel),
diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/convert-multi-plugin-res-to-multi-custom.ts b/src/lib/plugins/convert-multi-plugin-res-to-multi-custom.ts
index 2975bd1bce..3cd19e3232 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/convert-multi-plugin-res-to-multi-custom.ts
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/convert-multi-plugin-res-to-multi-custom.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export function convertMultiResultToMultiCustom(
     plugin: inspectRes.plugin,
     scannedProjects: convertScannedProjectsToCustom(
       inspectRes.scannedProjects,
+      inspectRes.plugin,
       (inspectRes.plugin.packageManager as SupportedPackageManagers) ||
         packageManager,
       targetFile,
diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/convert-scanned-projects-to-custom.ts b/src/lib/plugins/convert-scanned-projects-to-custom.ts
index abb96f4754..3985f3b7f9 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/convert-scanned-projects-to-custom.ts
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/convert-scanned-projects-to-custom.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 import * as cliInterface from '@snyk/cli-interface';
 import { ScannedProjectCustom } from './get-multi-plugin-result';
 import { SupportedPackageManagers } from '../package-managers';
+import { PluginMetadata } from '@snyk/cli-interface/legacy/plugin';
 
 export function convertScannedProjectsToCustom(
   scannedProjects: cliInterface.legacyCommon.ScannedProject[],
+  pluginMeta: PluginMetadata,
   packageManager?: SupportedPackageManagers,
   targetFile?: string,
 ): ScannedProjectCustom[] {
   // annotate the package manager & targetFile to be used
   // for test & monitor
   return scannedProjects.map((a) => {
+    (a as ScannedProjectCustom).plugin =
+      (a as ScannedProjectCustom).plugin || pluginMeta;
     (a as ScannedProjectCustom).targetFile = a.targetFile || targetFile;
     (a as ScannedProjectCustom).packageManager = (a as ScannedProjectCustom)
       .packageManager
diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/convert-single-splugin-res-to-multi-custom.ts b/src/lib/plugins/convert-single-splugin-res-to-multi-custom.ts
index bc9ae476d9..2cda683116 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/convert-single-splugin-res-to-multi-custom.ts
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/convert-single-splugin-res-to-multi-custom.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { legacyPlugin as pluginApi } from '@snyk/cli-interface';
 import { MultiProjectResultCustom } from './get-multi-plugin-result';
 import { SupportedPackageManagers } from '../package-managers';
+import { PluginMetadata } from '@snyk/cli-interface/legacy/plugin';
 
 export function convertSingleResultToMultiCustom(
   inspectRes: pluginApi.SinglePackageResult,
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export function convertSingleResultToMultiCustom(
     plugin,
     scannedProjects: [
       {
+        plugin: plugin as any,
         depTree,
         meta,
         targetFile: plugin.targetFile,
diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/get-multi-plugin-result.ts b/src/lib/plugins/get-multi-plugin-result.ts
index f56657b4bc..1bddeb20ca 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/get-multi-plugin-result.ts
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/get-multi-plugin-result.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as cliInterface from '@snyk/cli-interface';
 
-import { TestOptions, Options, MonitorOptions } from '../types';
+import { TestOptions, Options, MonitorOptions, PluginMetadata } from '../types';
 import { detectPackageManagerFromFile } from '../detect';
 import { SupportedPackageManagers } from '../package-managers';
 import { getSinglePluginResult } from './get-single-plugin-result';
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { convertMultiResultToMultiCustom } from './convert-multi-plugin-res-to-m
 export interface ScannedProjectCustom
   extends cliInterface.legacyCommon.ScannedProject {
   packageManager: SupportedPackageManagers;
+  plugin: PluginMetadata;
 }
 export interface MultiProjectResultCustom
   extends cliInterface.legacyPlugin.MultiProjectResult {
diff --git a/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts b/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts
index 073febd9fb..282d2c3274 100644
--- a/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ async function assembleLocalPayloads(
 
       let body: PayloadBody = {
         // WARNING: be careful changing this as it affects project uniqueness
-        targetFile: deps.plugin.targetFile,
+        targetFile: project.plugin.targetFile,
         projectNameOverride: options.projectName,
         originalProjectName: pkg.name,
         policy: policy && policy.toString(),
diff --git a/test/acceptance/cli-monitor/cli-monitor.all-projects.spec.ts b/test/acceptance/cli-monitor/cli-monitor.all-projects.spec.ts
index 8bba3ade7a..da427cbce0 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/cli-monitor/cli-monitor.all-projects.spec.ts
+++ b/test/acceptance/cli-monitor/cli-monitor.all-projects.spec.ts
@@ -175,12 +175,6 @@ export const AllProjectsTests: AcceptanceTests = {
 
       // Ruby project
 
-      // Removing properties that are different for plugin and custom-plugin
-      // (pluginName, pluginRuntime)
-      delete rubyAll.body.meta.pluginName;
-      delete requestsRuby.body.meta.pluginName;
-      delete requestsRuby.body.meta.pluginRuntime;
-
       t.deepEqual(
         rubyAll.body,
         requestsRuby.body,
@@ -189,11 +183,6 @@ export const AllProjectsTests: AcceptanceTests = {
 
       // NPM project
 
-      // Removing properties that are different for plugin and custom-plugin
-      // (pluginName, pluginRuntime)
-      delete npmAll.body.meta.pluginName;
-      delete requestsNpm.body.meta.pluginName;
-      delete requestsNpm.body.meta.pluginRuntime;
       t.deepEqual(
         npmAll.body,
         requestsNpm.body,
@@ -202,11 +191,6 @@ export const AllProjectsTests: AcceptanceTests = {
 
       // Maven project
 
-      // Removing properties that are different for plugin and custom-plugin
-      // (pluginName, pluginRuntime)
-      delete mavenAll.body.meta.pluginName;
-      delete requestsMaven.body.meta.pluginName;
-      delete requestsMaven.body.meta.pluginRuntime;
       t.deepEqual(
         mavenAll.body,
         requestsMaven.body,