diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/internal/DefaultPluginValidationManager.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/internal/DefaultPluginValidationManager.java
index 0794a548f716..cf15292df8df 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/internal/DefaultPluginValidationManager.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/internal/DefaultPluginValidationManager.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -222,7 +223,12 @@ private void reportSessionCollectedValidationIssues(MavenSession mavenSession) {
             logger.warn("");
             logger.warn("Plugin {} validation issues were detected in following plugin(s)", issueLocalitiesToReport);
             logger.warn("");
-            for (Map.Entry<String, PluginValidationIssues> entry : issuesMap.entrySet()) {
+
+            // Sorting the plugins
+            List<Map.Entry<String, PluginValidationIssues>> sortedEntries = new ArrayList<>(issuesMap.entrySet());
+            sortedEntries.sort(Map.Entry.comparingByKey(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER));
+
+            for (Map.Entry<String, PluginValidationIssues> entry : sortedEntries) {
                 PluginValidationIssues issues = entry.getValue();
                 if (!hasAnythingToReport(issues, issueLocalitiesToReport)) {
                     continue;
diff --git a/maven-model/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/DependencyTest.java b/maven-model/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/DependencyTest.java
index 39d7bb30d78f..54537a4a5acf 100644
--- a/maven-model/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/DependencyTest.java
+++ b/maven-model/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/DependencyTest.java
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
  */
 package org.apache.maven.model;
 
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 /**
  * Tests {@code Dependency}.
@@ -30,6 +32,16 @@
  */
 class DependencyTest {
 
+    private Dependency dependency;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void setUp() {
+        dependency = new Dependency();
+        dependency.setGroupId("groupId");
+        dependency.setArtifactId("artifactId");
+        dependency.setVersion("1.0");
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testHashCodeNullSafe() {
         new Dependency().hashCode();
@@ -52,4 +64,18 @@ void testEqualsIdentity() {
     void testToStringNullSafe() {
         assertNotNull(new Dependency().toString());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDependencyExclusions() {
+        Exclusion exclusion = new Exclusion();
+        exclusion.setGroupId("excludedGroupId");
+        exclusion.setArtifactId("excludedArtifactId");
+
+        dependency.addExclusion(exclusion);
+
+        assertEquals(1, dependency.getExclusions().size());
+        Exclusion addedExclusion = dependency.getExclusions().get(0);
+        assertEquals("excludedGroupId", addedExclusion.getGroupId());
+        assertEquals("excludedArtifactId", addedExclusion.getArtifactId());
+    }
 }