diff --git a/src/it/ISSUE-174/invoker.properties b/src/it/ISSUE-174/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f21bb52f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/ISSUE-174/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+invoker.goals=clean license:add-third-party
diff --git a/src/it/ISSUE-174/pom.xml b/src/it/ISSUE-174/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c9bb0da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/ISSUE-174/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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.codehaus.mojo.license.test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>ISSUE-174</artifactId>
+  <version>@pom.version@</version>
+
+  <name>Test ISSUE-174</name>
+  <url>http://www.mojohaus.org</url>
+
+  <organization>
+    <name>MojoHaus</name>
+  </organization>
+
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>The GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 3.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <license.useJavaNoReformatCommentStartTag>true</license.useJavaNoReformatCommentStartTag>
+    <license.licenseName>gpl_v3</license.licenseName>
+  </properties>
+
+  <inceptionYear>2019</inceptionYear>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groovy</groupId>
+      <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-jsr-04</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>nanocontainer</groupId>
+      <artifactId>nanocontainer-remoting</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-RC-1</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>picocontainer</groupId>
+          <artifactId>picocontainer</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>picocontainer</groupId>
+          <artifactId>picocontainer-gems</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>picocontainer</groupId>
+          <artifactId>picocontainer-tck</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/ISSUE-174/postbuild.groovy b/src/it/ISSUE-174/postbuild.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73ea1e0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/ISSUE-174/postbuild.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * #%L
+ * License Maven Plugin
+ * %%
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 - 2011 CodeLutin, Codehaus, Tony Chemit, Tony chemit
+ * %%
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Lesser Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Lesser Public
+ * License along with this program.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html>.
+ * #L%
+ */
+def assertExistsFile(file)
+{
+    if ( !file.exists() || file.isDirectory() )
+    {
+        println(file.getAbsolutePath() + " file is missing or a directory.")
+        assert false
+    }
+    assert true
+}
+
+def assertContains(file, content, expected)
+{
+    if ( !content.contains(expected) )
+    {
+        println(expected + " was not found in file [" + file + "]\n :" + content)
+        return false
+    }
+    return true
+}
+
+file = new File(basedir, 'target/generated-sources/license/THIRD-PARTY.txt');
+assertExistsFile(file);
+
+content = file.text;
+assert assertContains(file, content, 'groovy:groovy-all:1.0-jsr-04');
+assert assertContains(file, content, 'nanocontainer:nanocontainer-remoting:1.0-RC-1');
+
+return true;
diff --git a/src/it/ISSUE-174/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/HelloWorld.java b/src/it/ISSUE-174/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/HelloWorld.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b98df68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/ISSUE-174/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/HelloWorld.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package org.codehaus.mojo;
+
+/*
+ * #%L
+ * License Maven Plugin
+ * %%
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 CodeLutin, Codehaus, Tony Chemit
+ * %%
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Lesser Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Lesser Public
+ * License along with this program.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html>.
+ * #L%
+ */
+
+public class HelloWorld
+{
+
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "Hello World." );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/api/DefaultDependenciesTool.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/api/DefaultDependenciesTool.java
index 9f50a4eb3..767e3c1af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/api/DefaultDependenciesTool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/api/DefaultDependenciesTool.java
@@ -257,6 +257,23 @@ public SortedMap<String, MavenProject> loadProjectDependencies( ResolvedProjectD
                     depMavenProject =
                         mavenProjectBuilder.buildFromRepository( artifact, remoteRepositories, localRepository, true );
                     depMavenProject.getArtifact().setScope( artifact.getScope() );
+
+                    // In case maven-metadata.xml has different artifactId, groupId or version.
+                    if ( !depMavenProject.getGroupId().equals( artifact.getGroupId() ) )
+                    {
+                        depMavenProject.setGroupId( artifact.getGroupId() );
+                        depMavenProject.getArtifact().setGroupId( artifact.getGroupId() );
+                    }
+                    if ( !depMavenProject.getArtifactId().equals( artifact.getArtifactId() ) )
+                    {
+                        depMavenProject.setArtifactId( artifact.getArtifactId() );
+                        depMavenProject.getArtifact().setArtifactId( artifact.getArtifactId() );
+                    }
+                    if ( !depMavenProject.getVersion().equals( artifact.getVersion() ) )
+                    {
+                        depMavenProject.setVersion( artifact.getVersion() );
+                        depMavenProject.getArtifact().setVersion( artifact.getVersion() );
+                    }
                 }
                 catch ( ProjectBuildingException e )
                 {