this.setInheritedByDefault(original.isInheritedByDefault());
        this.setName(original.getName());
        this.setDescription(original.getDescription());
        this.setRequiredMavenVersion(original.getRequiredMavenVersion());
        this.setRequiredJavaVersion(original.getRequiredJavaVersion());
        this.setPluginArtifact(ArtifactUtils.copyArtifactSafe(original.getPluginArtifact()));

            PluginDescriptor descriptor = extractPluginDescriptor(pluginArtifact, plugin);

            boolean isBlankVersion = descriptor.getRequiredMavenVersion() == null
                    || descriptor.getRequiredMavenVersion().trim().isEmpty();

            if (isBlankVersion) {
                // only take value from underlying POM if plugin descriptor has no explicit Maven requirement