diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
index e812c17f..af3eb67e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.ArtifactTypeRegistry;
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
 import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectRequest;
-import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DefaultDependencyNode;
 import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyFilter;
 import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactRequest;
 import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactResolutionException;
@@ -3251,8 +3250,11 @@ private List<String> getArtifactsAbsolutePath(JavadocPathArtifact javadocArtifac
 
             DependencyFilter filter = new ScopeDependencyFilter(
                     Arrays.asList(Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE, Artifact.SCOPE_PROVIDED), Collections.emptySet());
-            DependencyRequest req =
-                    new DependencyRequest(new DefaultDependencyNode(RepositoryUtils.toArtifact(artifact)), filter);
+            DependencyRequest req = new DependencyRequest(
+                    new CollectRequest(
+                            new org.eclipse.aether.graph.Dependency(RepositoryUtils.toArtifact(artifact), null),
+                            RepositoryUtils.toRepos(project.getRemoteArtifactRepositories())),
+                    filter);
             Iterable<ArtifactResult> deps =
                     repoSystem.resolveDependencies(repoSession, req).getArtifactResults();
             for (ArtifactResult a : deps) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/JavadocReportTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/JavadocReportTest.java
index fce08966..6df45691 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/JavadocReportTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/JavadocReportTest.java
@@ -1080,19 +1080,17 @@ public void testTagletArtifacts() throws Exception {
         Path testPom = unit.resolve("tagletArtifacts-test/tagletArtifacts-test-plugin-config.xml");
         JavadocReport mojo = lookupMojo(testPom);
 
-        MavenSession session = spy(newMavenSession(mojo.project));
-        ProjectBuildingRequest buildingRequest = mock(ProjectBuildingRequest.class);
-        when(buildingRequest.getRemoteRepositories()).thenReturn(mojo.project.getRemoteArtifactRepositories());
-        when(session.getProjectBuildingRequest()).thenReturn(buildingRequest);
-        DefaultRepositorySystemSession repositorySession = new DefaultRepositorySystemSession();
-        repositorySession.setLocalRepositoryManager(new SimpleLocalRepositoryManagerFactory()
-                .newInstance(repositorySession, new LocalRepository(localRepo)));
-        when(buildingRequest.getRepositorySession()).thenReturn(repositorySession);
-        when(session.getRepositorySession()).thenReturn(repositorySession);
+        MavenSession session = newMavenSession(mojo.project);
+        DefaultRepositorySystemSession repoSysSession = (DefaultRepositorySystemSession) session.getRepositorySession();
+        repoSysSession.setLocalRepositoryManager(new SimpleLocalRepositoryManagerFactory()
+                .newInstance(session.getRepositorySession(), new LocalRepository(new File("target/local-repo"))));
+        // Ensure remote repo connection uses SSL
+        File globalSettingsFile = new File(getBasedir(), "target/test-classes/unit/settings.xml");
+        session.getRequest().setGlobalSettingsFile(globalSettingsFile);
         LegacySupport legacySupport = lookup(LegacySupport.class);
         legacySupport.setSession(session);
         setVariableValueToObject(mojo, "session", session);
-        setVariableValueToObject(mojo, "repoSession", repositorySession);
+        setVariableValueToObject(mojo, "repoSession", repoSysSession);
         mojo.execute();
 
         Path optionsFile = new File(mojo.getOutputDirectory(), "options").toPath();