diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/archive/task/AddDependencySetsTask.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/archive/task/AddDependencySetsTask.java
index bd9e5fd8..a19293ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/archive/task/AddDependencySetsTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/archive/task/AddDependencySetsTask.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.ArtifactFilter;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuildingRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.AssemblerConfigurationSource;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.InvalidAssemblerConfigurationException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.archive.ArchiveCreationException;
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ void addDependencySet(
 
     private ProjectBuildingRequest getProjectBuildingRequest(AssemblerConfigurationSource configSource) {
         return new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest(configSource.getMavenSession().getProjectBuildingRequest())
+                .setValidationLevel(ModelBuildingRequest.VALIDATION_LEVEL_MINIMAL)
                 .setProcessPlugins(false);
     }