diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/dependency/graph/internal/DefaultDependencyGraphBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/dependency/graph/internal/DefaultDependencyGraphBuilder.java
index 60c76a1..bc229d0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/dependency/graph/internal/DefaultDependencyGraphBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/dependency/graph/internal/DefaultDependencyGraphBuilder.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     {
         try
         {
-            Class.forName( "org.apache.maven.project.DependencyResolutionRequest" ); // Maven 3 specific
+            Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass( "org.apache.maven.project.DependencyResolutionRequest" ); // Maven 3 specific
 
             return false;
         }