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 655535c581ae..818509c1b31a 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
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
@@ -251,16 +253,12 @@ private String pluginDeclaration(MavenSession mavenSession, MojoDescriptor mojoD
                 if (location.contains("://")) {
                     stringBuilder.append(" (").append(location).append(")");
                 } else {
-                    File rootBasedir = mavenSession.getTopLevelProject().getBasedir();
-                    File locationFile = new File(location);
-                    if (location.startsWith(rootBasedir.getPath())) {
-                        stringBuilder
-                                .append(" (")
-                                .append(rootBasedir.toPath().relativize(locationFile.toPath()))
-                                .append(")");
-                    } else {
-                        stringBuilder.append(" (").append(location).append(")");
+                    Path topDirectory = mavenSession.getTopDirectory();
+                    Path locationPath = Paths.get(location).toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+                    if (locationPath.startsWith(topDirectory)) {
+                        locationPath = topDirectory.relativize(locationPath);
                     }
+                    stringBuilder.append(" (").append(locationPath).append(")");
                 }
             }
             stringBuilder.append(" @ line ").append(inputLocation.getLineNumber());
@@ -275,8 +273,12 @@ private String pluginOccurrence(MavenSession mavenSession) {
         String result = prj.getGroupId() + ":" + prj.getArtifactId() + ":" + prj.getVersion();
         File currentPom = prj.getFile();
         if (currentPom != null) {
-            File rootBasedir = mavenSession.getTopLevelProject().getBasedir();
-            result += " (" + rootBasedir.toPath().relativize(currentPom.toPath()) + ")";
+            Path topDirectory = mavenSession.getTopDirectory();
+            Path current = currentPom.toPath().toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+            if (current.startsWith(topDirectory)) {
+                current = topDirectory.relativize(current);
+            }
+            result += " (" + current + ")";
         }
         return result;
     }
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLogger.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLogger.java
index ca5554339fb2..ae591850be57 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLogger.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLogger.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.maven.cli.event;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
@@ -336,8 +337,12 @@ public void projectStarted(ExecutionEvent event) {
             File currentPom = project.getFile();
             if (currentPom != null) {
                 MavenSession session = event.getSession();
-                File rootBasedir = session.getTopLevelProject().getBasedir();
-                logger.info("  from " + rootBasedir.toPath().relativize(currentPom.toPath()));
+                Path topDirectory = session.getTopDirectory();
+                Path current = currentPom.toPath().toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+                if (current.startsWith(topDirectory)) {
+                    current = topDirectory.relativize(current);
+                }
+                logger.info("  from " + current);
             }
 
             // ----------[ packaging ]----------
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLoggerTest.java b/maven-embedder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLoggerTest.java
index 7e830f45c97c..59b8dc282a0f 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLoggerTest.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLoggerTest.java
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ void testProjectStarted() {
         when(rootProject.getBasedir()).thenReturn(basedir);
         MavenSession session = mock(MavenSession.class);
         when(session.getTopLevelProject()).thenReturn(rootProject);
+        when(session.getTopDirectory()).thenReturn(basedir.toPath());
         when(event.getSession()).thenReturn(session);
 
         // execute
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ void testProjectStartedOverflow() {
         MavenSession session = mock(MavenSession.class);
         when(session.getTopLevelProject()).thenReturn(project);
         when(event.getSession()).thenReturn(session);
+        when(session.getTopDirectory()).thenReturn(basedir.toPath());
 
         // execute
         executionEventLogger.projectStarted(event);