diff --git a/maven-bootstrap-core/src/main/java/org/sourcepit/maven/bootstrap/core/AbstractBootstrapper.java b/maven-bootstrap-core/src/main/java/org/sourcepit/maven/bootstrap/core/AbstractBootstrapper.java
index 172dec8..9582e7f 100644
--- a/maven-bootstrap-core/src/main/java/org/sourcepit/maven/bootstrap/core/AbstractBootstrapper.java
+++ b/maven-bootstrap-core/src/main/java/org/sourcepit/maven/bootstrap/core/AbstractBootstrapper.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
+import org.apache.maven.ArtifactFilterManager;
 import org.apache.maven.MavenExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionResult;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ResolutionErrorHandler;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.AndArtifactFilter;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.ExclusionSetFilter;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.ScopeArtifactFilter;
 import org.apache.maven.classrealm.ClassRealmManager;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.DefaultMavenExecutionRequest;
@@ -110,6 +113,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractBootstrapper implements MavenExecutionParticipant
 
    @Inject
    private MojoExecutor mojoExecutor;
+   
+   @Inject
+   private ArtifactFilterManager artifactFilterManager;
 
    private final ImportEnforcer importEnforcer;
 
@@ -535,6 +541,9 @@ private ClassRealm getExtensionExtensionRealm(MavenSession bootSession, MavenPro
                newRealm.importFrom(extensionRealm, exportedPackage);
             }
             newRealm.importFrom(classRealmManager.getMavenApiRealm(), "");
+            // org.apache.maven.bridge currently not exposed via Maven Api (3.2.3) but required by API components, e.g
+            // org.apache.maven.project.DefaultProjectBuilder.
+            newRealm.importFrom(classRealmManager.getCoreRealm(), "org.apache.maven.bridge");
          }
       }
 
@@ -603,10 +612,13 @@ private ArtifactResolutionResult resolve(MavenSession session, MavenProject proj
       final ArtifactResolutionRequest request = new ArtifactResolutionRequest();
       request.setResolveRoot(true);
       request.setResolveTransitively(true);
-      request
-         .setResolutionFilter(new ScopeArtifactFilter(org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact.SCOPE_RUNTIME_PLUS_SYSTEM));
-      request
-         .setCollectionFilter(new ScopeArtifactFilter(org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact.SCOPE_RUNTIME_PLUS_SYSTEM));
+
+      final AndArtifactFilter artifactFilter = new AndArtifactFilter();
+      artifactFilter.add(new ScopeArtifactFilter(org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact.SCOPE_RUNTIME_PLUS_SYSTEM));
+      artifactFilter.add(new ExclusionSetFilter(artifactFilterManager.getCoreArtifactExcludes()));
+
+      request.setResolutionFilter(artifactFilter);
+      request.setCollectionFilter(artifactFilter);
 
       final MavenExecutionRequest executionRequest = session.getRequest();
       request.setForceUpdate(executionRequest.isUpdateSnapshots());
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86e2d9f..8be9660 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.sourcepit</groupId>
 		<artifactId>srcpit-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>19</version>
+		<version>20-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>org.sourcepit.tools</groupId>
@@ -61,17 +61,17 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.sourcepit.common.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>common-maven-core</artifactId>
-				<version>0.21.1</version>
+				<version>0.22.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.sourcepit.common</groupId>
 				<artifactId>common-testing</artifactId>
-				<version>0.12.0</version>
+				<version>0.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.sourcepit.common</groupId>
 				<artifactId>org.sourcepit.common.utils</artifactId>
-				<version>0.14.1</version>
+				<version>0.15.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.sourcepit.tools</groupId>
 					<artifactId>deploy-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>0.2.0</version>
+					<version>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 				</plugin>
 				<!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. -->
 				<plugin>