diff --git a/platforms/software/maven/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/MavenPublishResolvedVersionsJavaIntegTest.groovy b/platforms/software/maven/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/MavenPublishResolvedVersionsJavaIntegTest.groovy
index 878e13144785..733b5e6e5476 100644
--- a/platforms/software/maven/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/MavenPublishResolvedVersionsJavaIntegTest.groovy
+++ b/platforms/software/maven/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/MavenPublishResolvedVersionsJavaIntegTest.groovy
@@ -546,6 +546,61 @@ class MavenPublishResolvedVersionsJavaIntegTest extends MavenPublishResolvedVers
         }
     }
 
+    @Issue("https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/28225")
+    def "maps version of dependency with artifact"() {
+        given:
+        mavenRepo.module("org", "foo", "2.1").artifact(classifier: "cls").publish()
+
+        settingsFile << "rootProject.name = 'producer'"
+        buildFile << """
+            plugins {
+                id("java-library")
+                id("maven-publish")
+            }
+
+            ${mavenTestRepository()}
+
+            group = "org.example"
+            version = "1.0"
+
+            dependencies {
+                implementation "org:foo:2.+:cls"
+            }
+
+            publishing {
+                publications {
+                    mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
+                        from components.java
+                        versionMapping {
+                            usage('java-api') {
+                                fromResolutionOf('runtimeClasspath')
+                            }
+                            usage('java-runtime') {
+                                fromResolutionResult()
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                ${mavenTestRepository()}
+            }
+        """
+
+        when:
+        succeeds("publish")
+
+        then:
+        def pom = mavenRepo.module("org.example", "producer", "1.0").parsedPom
+
+        def dependencies = pom.scopes.runtime.dependencies.values()
+        dependencies.size() == 1
+
+        def dependency = dependencies[0]
+        dependency.groupId == "org"
+        dependency.artifactId == "foo"
+        dependency.version == "2.1"
+        dependency.classifier == "cls"
+    }
+
 }
 
 class MavenPublishJavaLibraryRuntimeLastResolvedVersionsJavaIntegTest extends MavenPublishResolvedVersionsJavaFixture {
diff --git a/platforms/software/maven/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/internal/publication/MavenComponentParser.java b/platforms/software/maven/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/internal/publication/MavenComponentParser.java
index 996939afdb29..ca4f55f39942 100644
--- a/platforms/software/maven/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/internal/publication/MavenComponentParser.java
+++ b/platforms/software/maven/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/internal/publication/MavenComponentParser.java
@@ -320,15 +320,15 @@ private void convertDependency(ModuleDependency dependency, Consumer<MavenDepend
             Set<ExcludeRule> allExcludeRules = getExcludeRules(globalExcludes, dependency);
 
             if (dependency.getArtifacts().isEmpty()) {
-                ResolvedCoordinates coordinates = resolveDependency(dependency);
+                ResolvedCoordinates coordinates = resolveDependency(dependency, true);
                 collector.accept(newDependency(coordinates, null, null, scope, allExcludeRules, optional));
                 return;
             }
 
-            // If the dependency has artifacts, do not map the coordinates.
+            // If the dependency has artifacts, only map the coordinates to component-level precision.
             // This is so we match the Gradle behavior where an explicit artifact on a dependency
             // that would otherwise map to different coordinates resolves to the declared coordinates.
-            ResolvedCoordinates coordinates = convertDeclaredCoordinates(dependency.getGroup(), dependency.getName(), dependency.getVersion());
+            ResolvedCoordinates coordinates = resolveDependency(dependency, false);
             for (DependencyArtifact artifact : dependency.getArtifacts()) {
                 ResolvedCoordinates artifactCoordinates = coordinates;
                 if (!artifact.getName().equals(dependency.getName())) {
@@ -375,15 +375,22 @@ private void convertDependencyConstraint(DependencyConstraint dependency, Consum
         }
 
         private void convertImportDependencyConstraint(ModuleDependency dependency, Consumer<MavenDependency> collector) {
-            ResolvedCoordinates identifier = resolveDependency(dependency);
+            ResolvedCoordinates identifier = resolveDependency(dependency, true);
             collector.accept(newDependency(identifier, "pom", null, "import", Collections.emptySet(), false));
         }
 
-        private ResolvedCoordinates resolveDependency(ModuleDependency dependency) {
+        private ResolvedCoordinates resolveDependency(ModuleDependency dependency, boolean variantPrecision) {
             if (dependency instanceof ProjectDependency) {
                 return variantDependencyResolver.resolveVariantCoordinates((ProjectDependency) dependency, warnings);
             } else if (dependency instanceof ExternalDependency) {
-                ResolvedCoordinates identifier = variantDependencyResolver.resolveVariantCoordinates((ExternalDependency) dependency, warnings);
+
+                ResolvedCoordinates identifier;
+                if (variantPrecision) {
+                    identifier = variantDependencyResolver.resolveVariantCoordinates((ExternalDependency) dependency, warnings);
+                } else {
+                    identifier = componentDependencyResolver.resolveComponentCoordinates((ExternalDependency) dependency);
+                }
+
                 if (identifier != null) {
                     return identifier;
                 }