// ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    protected MavenProject getProjectWithDependencies(File pom) throws Exception {
        ProjectBuildingRequest configuration = newBuildingRequest();
        configuration.setRemoteRepositories(Arrays.asList(new ArtifactRepository[] {}));
        configuration.setProcessPlugins(false);
        configuration.setResolveDependencies(true);

        try {

                    </repositories>
                </project>
                """);

            // Create a shared ProjectBuildingRequest
            ProjectBuildingRequest sharedRequest = newBuildingRequest();

            // Build child1 first
            ProjectBuildingResult result1 = projectBuilder.build(child1Pom.toFile(), sharedRequest);
            MavenProject child1Project = result1.getProject();