diff --git a/independent-projects/bootstrap/maven-resolver/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/resolver/maven/ApplicationDependencyResolver.java b/independent-projects/bootstrap/maven-resolver/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/resolver/maven/ApplicationDependencyResolver.java
index 153b1307233b5..7a9ef21ff6631 100644
--- a/independent-projects/bootstrap/maven-resolver/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/resolver/maven/ApplicationDependencyResolver.java
+++ b/independent-projects/bootstrap/maven-resolver/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/resolver/maven/ApplicationDependencyResolver.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
 import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.collection.DependencyCollectionContext;
 import org.eclipse.aether.collection.DependencyCollectionException;
 import org.eclipse.aether.collection.DependencySelector;
 import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DefaultDependencyNode;
@@ -40,7 +41,9 @@
 import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactRequest;
 import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactResolutionException;
 import org.eclipse.aether.util.artifact.JavaScopes;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.graph.selector.AndDependencySelector;
 import org.eclipse.aether.util.graph.selector.ExclusionDependencySelector;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.graph.selector.ScopeDependencySelector;
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
 import io.quarkus.bootstrap.BootstrapConstants;
@@ -522,11 +525,31 @@ private DependencyNode resolveRuntimeDeps(CollectRequest request)
         }
     }
 
+    public static final class StrictNoOptionalDependencySelector implements DependencySelector {
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean selectDependency(Dependency dependency) {
+            return !dependency.isOptional();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public DependencySelector deriveChildSelector(DependencyCollectionContext context) {
+            return this;
+        }
+    }
+
     private DefaultRepositorySystemSession getSessionWithDirectDepsCollector() {
         final RepositorySystemSession session = resolver.getSession();
         final DefaultRepositorySystemSession mutableSession = new DefaultRepositorySystemSession(session);
+        // override session defined in
+        DependencySelector depFilter = new AndDependencySelector(
+                new ScopeDependencySelector("test", "provided"),
+                new StrictNoOptionalDependencySelector(),
+                new ExclusionDependencySelector());
+        //        mutableSession.setDependencySelector(
+        //                new DirectDependencyCollectorFactory(session.getDependencySelector(), dependencyMap));
         mutableSession.setDependencySelector(
-                new DirectDependencyCollectorFactory(session.getDependencySelector(), dependencyMap));
+                new DirectDependencyCollectorFactory(depFilter, dependencyMap));
         return mutableSession;
     }