diff --git a/maven_plugin/src/main/java/io/github/chains_project/maven_lockfile/LockFileFacade.java b/maven_plugin/src/main/java/io/github/chains_project/maven_lockfile/LockFileFacade.java
index 36aed9daa..625b7a709 100644
--- a/maven_plugin/src/main/java/io/github/chains_project/maven_lockfile/LockFileFacade.java
+++ b/maven_plugin/src/main/java/io/github/chains_project/maven_lockfile/LockFileFacade.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public static LockFile generateLockFileFromProject(
             AbstractChecksumCalculator checksumCalculator,
             MetaData metadata) {
         PluginLogManager.getLog().info(String.format("Generating lock file for project %s", project.getArtifactId()));
-        Set<MavenPlugin> plugins = new TreeSet<>();
+        Set<MavenPlugin> plugins = new TreeSet<>(Comparator.comparing(MavenPlugin::getChecksum));
         if (metadata.getConfig().isIncludeMavenPlugins()) {
             plugins = getAllPlugins(project, session, dependencyCollectorBuilder, checksumCalculator);
         }
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ private static Set<MavenPlugin> getAllPlugins(
             MavenSession session,
             DependencyCollectorBuilder dependencyCollectorBuilder,
             AbstractChecksumCalculator checksumCalculator) {
-        Set<MavenPlugin> plugins = new TreeSet<>();
+        Set<MavenPlugin> plugins = new TreeSet<>(Comparator.comparing(MavenPlugin::getChecksum));
         for (Artifact pluginArtifact : project.getPluginArtifacts()) {
             RepositoryInformation repositoryInformation = checksumCalculator.getPluginResolvedField(pluginArtifact);
             Set<io.github.chains_project.maven_lockfile.graph.DependencyNode> pluginDependencies =
@@ -301,14 +301,13 @@ private static Set<io.github.chains_project.maven_lockfile.graph.DependencyNode>
                             "Built graph with %d nodes for plugin %s",
                             graph.nodes().size(), pluginArtifact));
 
-            DependencyGraph dependencyGraph = DependencyGraph.of(graph, checksumCalculator, false);
-
+            DependencyGraph dependencyGraph = DependencyGraph.of(graph, checksumCalculator,false, true);
             // Get root dependency nodes (excluding the plugin project itself)
-            Set<io.github.chains_project.maven_lockfile.graph.DependencyNode> roots = dependencyGraph.getRoots();
+            Set<io.github.chains_project.maven_lockfile.graph.DependencyNode> roots =
+                    dependencyGraph.getRoots();
             PluginLogManager.getLog()
                     .info(String.format("Resolved %4d dependencies for plugin %s", roots.size(), pluginArtifact));
             return roots;
-
         } catch (Exception e) {
             PluginLogManager.getLog()
                     .warn(String.format("Could not resolve dependencies for plugin %s", pluginArtifact), e);
@@ -335,10 +334,10 @@ private static DependencyGraph graph(
                     .info(String.format(
                             "Resolved %4d dependencies for project %s",
                             graph.nodes().size(), project));
-            return DependencyGraph.of(graph, checksumCalculator, reduced);
+            return DependencyGraph.of(graph, checksumCalculator, reduced,false);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             PluginLogManager.getLog().warn("Could not generate graph", e);
-            return DependencyGraph.of(GraphBuilder.directed().build(), checksumCalculator, reduced);
+            return DependencyGraph.of(GraphBuilder.directed().build(), checksumCalculator, reduced,false);
         }
     }
 
@@ -364,10 +363,10 @@ private static Pom constructRecursivePom(
             String relativePath = project.getFile() == null
                     ? null
                     : initialProject
-                            .getBasedir()
-                            .toPath()
-                            .relativize(project.getFile().toPath())
-                            .toString();
+                    .getBasedir()
+                    .toPath()
+                    .relativize(project.getFile().toPath())
+                    .toString();
             String checksum = null;
             ResolvedUrl resolved = null;
             RepositoryId repoId = null;
@@ -404,4 +403,4 @@ private static Pom constructRecursivePom(
 
         return lastPom;
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/maven_plugin/src/main/java/io/github/chains_project/maven_lockfile/graph/DependencyGraph.java b/maven_plugin/src/main/java/io/github/chains_project/maven_lockfile/graph/DependencyGraph.java
index fd6f184a1..992d3c1d3 100644
--- a/maven_plugin/src/main/java/io/github/chains_project/maven_lockfile/graph/DependencyGraph.java
+++ b/maven_plugin/src/main/java/io/github/chains_project/maven_lockfile/graph/DependencyGraph.java
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ public Optional<DependencyNode> getParentForNode(DependencyNode node) {
     public static DependencyGraph of(
             MutableGraph<org.apache.maven.shared.dependency.graph.DependencyNode> graph,
             AbstractChecksumCalculator calc,
-            boolean reduced) {
+            boolean reduced,boolean skipTestScope) {
         var roots = graph.nodes().stream()
                 .filter(it -> graph.predecessors(it).isEmpty())
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
         Set<DependencyNode> nodes = new TreeSet<>(Comparator.comparing(DependencyNode::getComparatorString));
         for (var artifact : roots) {
-            createDependencyNode(artifact, graph, calc, true, reduced).ifPresent(nodes::add);
+            createDependencyNode(artifact, graph, calc, true, reduced,skipTestScope).ifPresent(nodes::add);
         }
         // maven dependency tree contains the project itself as a root node. We remove it here.
         Set<DependencyNode> dependencyRoots = nodes.stream()
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ private static Optional<DependencyNode> createDependencyNode(
             Graph<org.apache.maven.shared.dependency.graph.DependencyNode> graph,
             AbstractChecksumCalculator calc,
             boolean isRoot,
-            boolean reduce) {
+            boolean reduce,boolean skipTestScope) {
         PluginLogManager.getLog()
                 .debug(String.format("Creating dependency node for: %s, root: %s", node.toNodeString(), isRoot));
         var groupId = GroupId.of(node.getArtifact().getGroupId());
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ private static Optional<DependencyNode> createDependencyNode(
         PluginLogManager.getLog().debug(String.format("Calculating checksum for %s", node.toNodeString()));
         var checksum = isRoot ? "" : calc.calculateArtifactChecksum(node.getArtifact());
         var scope = MavenScope.fromString(node.getArtifact().getScope());
+        if (skipPluginTestDependency(node, isRoot, skipTestScope)) {
+            PluginLogManager.getLog().debug(
+                    "Skipping plugin test-scope dependency: " + node.toNodeString());
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
         PluginLogManager.getLog().debug(String.format("Resolving repository information for %s", node.toNodeString()));
         var repositoryInformation =
                 isRoot ? RepositoryInformation.Unresolved() : calc.getArtifactResolvedField(node.getArtifact());
@@ -113,8 +118,31 @@ private static Optional<DependencyNode> createDependencyNode(
         value.setSelectedVersion(baseVersion);
         value.setIncluded(included);
         for (var artifact : graph.successors(node)) {
-            createDependencyNode(artifact, graph, calc, false, reduce).ifPresent(value::addChild);
+            createDependencyNode(artifact, graph, calc, false, reduce,skipTestScope).ifPresent(value::addChild);
         }
         return Optional.of(value);
     }
-}
+    private static boolean skipPluginTestDependency(
+            org.apache.maven.shared.dependency.graph.DependencyNode node,
+            boolean isRoot,
+            boolean skipTestScope) {
+        if (!skipTestScope) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (isRoot) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        boolean isTest = "test".equals(node.getArtifact().getScope());
+        if (isTest) {
+            PluginLogManager.getLog().debug(
+                    String.format(
+                            "Skipping test-scoped plugin dependency %s:%s:%s",
+                            node.getArtifact().getGroupId(),
+                            node.getArtifact().getArtifactId(),
+                            node.getArtifact().getVersion()
+                    )
+            );
+        }
+        return isTest;
+    }
+}
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