diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloader.java b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloader.java
index 7ebe3e80c2a..c9021af23df 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloader.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloader.java
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ public Pom download(GroupArtifactVersion gav,
         }
 
         if (containingPom != null && containingPom.getRequested().getSourcePath() != null &&
-            !StringUtils.isBlank(relativePath)) {
+            !StringUtils.isBlank(relativePath) && !relativePath.contains(":")) {
             Path folderContainingPom = containingPom.getRequested().getSourcePath().getParent();
             if (folderContainingPom != null) {
                 Pom maybeLocalPom = projectPoms.get(folderContainingPom.resolve(Paths.get(relativePath, "pom.xml"))