diff --git a/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.java b/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.java
index 37603d1..b19b446 100644
--- a/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.java
+++ b/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
             }
         }
 
-        Set<Artifact> dependencyArtifacts = project.getArtifacts();
+        Set<Artifact> dependencyArtifacts = project.getDependencyArtifacts();
         usedSnapshotDependencies.addAll( checkDependencies( releaseDescriptor, artifactMap, dependencyArtifacts ) );
 
         //@todo check dependencyManagement
diff --git a/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractReleaseTestCase.java b/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractReleaseTestCase.java
index 2ddee24..989fad2 100644
--- a/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractReleaseTestCase.java
+++ b/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractReleaseTestCase.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
 
-
 /*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -42,11 +41,13 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.SystemUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.factory.ArtifactFactory;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.DefaultArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.MavenArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.layout.ArtifactRepositoryLayout;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.layout.DefaultRepositoryLayout;
+import org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Repository;
 import org.apache.maven.project.DefaultProjectBuildingRequest;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuilder;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingRequest.RepositoryMerging;
+import org.apache.maven.project.artifact.InvalidDependencyVersionException;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingResult;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectSorter;
 import org.apache.maven.repository.internal.MavenRepositorySystemSession;
@@ -82,6 +84,8 @@
     protected ProjectBuilder projectBuilder;
 
     protected ArtifactRepository localRepository;
+    
+    private ArtifactFactory artifactFactory;
 
     protected ReleasePhase phase;
 
@@ -92,6 +96,7 @@
         super.setUp();
 
         projectBuilder = lookup( ProjectBuilder.class );
+        artifactFactory = lookup( ArtifactFactory.class ); 
 
         ArtifactRepositoryLayout layout = lookup( ArtifactRepositoryLayout.class, "default" );
         String localRepoPath = getTestFile( "target/local-repository" ).getAbsolutePath().replace( '\\', '/' );
@@ -207,7 +212,22 @@
         List<MavenProject> resolvedProjects = new ArrayList<>( reactorProjects.size() );
         for ( MavenProject project  : reactorProjects )
         {
-            resolvedProjects.add( projectBuilder.build( project.getFile(), buildingRequest ).getProject() );
+            MavenProject resolvedProject = projectBuilder.build( project.getFile(), buildingRequest ).getProject();
+            
+            // from LifecycleDependencyResolver
+            if ( project.getDependencyArtifacts() == null )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    resolvedProject.setDependencyArtifacts( resolvedProject.createArtifacts( artifactFactory, null, null ) );
+                }
+                catch ( InvalidDependencyVersionException e )
+                {
+                    throw new LifecycleExecutionException( e );
+                }
+            }
+            
+            resolvedProjects.add( resolvedProject );
         }
         return resolvedProjects;
     }
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
index 72702bf..acc6f7c 100644
--- a/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,10 @@
               <cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/it</cloneProjectsTo>
               <postBuildHookScript>verify</postBuildHookScript>
               <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
-              <settingsFile>src/it/settings.xml</settingsFile>
+              <settingsFile>src/it/mrm/settings.xml</settingsFile>
+              <filterProperties>
+                <mrm.repository.url>${mrm.repository.url}</mrm.repository.url>
+              </filterProperties>
               <debug>true</debug>
               <ignoreFailures>${maven.it.failure.ignore}</ignoreFailures>
               <setupIncludes>
@@ -223,6 +226,27 @@
               </properties>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mrm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2.0</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>start</goal>
+                  <goal>stop</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <configuration>
+              <repositories>
+                <mockRepo>
+                  <source>src/it/mrm/repository</source>
+                </mockRepo>
+                <proxyRepo/>
+              </repositories>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/repository/extension-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/repository/extension-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c5f169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/repository/extension-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>extension</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/settings.xml b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/settings.xml
similarity index 91%
rename from maven-release-plugin/src/it/settings.xml
rename to maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/settings.xml
index 1851c77..4b3caf1 100644
--- a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/settings.xml
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/settings.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
 <settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd">
   
+  <mirrors>
+    <mirror>
+      <id>mrm-maven-plugin</id>
+      <name>Mock Repository Manager</name>
+      <url>@mrm.repository.url@</url>
+      <mirrorOf>*</mirrorOf>
+    </mirror>
+  </mirrors>
+  
   <servers>
     <server>
       <id>it-server</id>
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/invoker.properties b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c19c711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.buildResult = failure
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..317f36a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>fail-on-snapshot</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>test</groupId>
+        <artifactId>extension</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>      
+    </extensions>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <arguments>-Dflag -Dfoo=bar</arguments>
+          <mavenExecutorId>invoker</mavenExecutorId>
+          <goals>validate</goals>
+          <preparationGoals>validate</preparationGoals>
+          <completionGoals>verify</completionGoals>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>test</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dependency</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dependency.test</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>test</groupId>
+        <artifactId>report</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/verify.groovy b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bc9f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+def buildLog = new File(basedir,'build.log')
+def nonReleased = buildLog.readLines()
+                          .dropWhile{ !it.endsWith("Can't release project due to non released dependencies :") }
+                          .drop(1)
+                          .collect{ (it - '[ERROR]').trim() }
+                          .takeWhile{ !it.startsWith("in project 'fail-on-snapshot'") } as Set
+
+assert nonReleased == ['test:dependency:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT:compile',
+                       'test:dependency.test:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT:test',
+                       'test:extension:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT',
+                       'test:plugin:maven-plugin:1.0-SNAPSHOT:runtime',                                 
+                       'test:report:maven-plugin:1.0-SNAPSHOT:runtime'] as Set
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java b/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java
index 196f727..11c0fd3 100644
--- a/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleasePrepareRequest;
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@
  * @version $Id$
  * @todo [!] check how this works with version ranges
  */
-@Mojo( name = "prepare", aggregator = true )
+@Mojo( name = "prepare", aggregator = true, requiresDependencyCollection = ResolutionScope.TEST )
 public class PrepareReleaseMojo
     extends AbstractScmReleaseMojo
 {