diff --git a/subprojects/dependency-management/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/integtests/resolve/ResolvePOMSpec.groovy b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/integtests/resolve/ResolvePOMSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..42e20d56255b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/integtests/resolve/ResolvePOMSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.gradle.integtests.resolve
+
+import org.gradle.integtests.fixtures.AbstractIntegrationSpec
+import spock.lang.Issue
+
+@Issue("https://github.com/gradle/gradle/pull/23245")
+class ResolvePOMSpec extends AbstractIntegrationSpec {
+    def "resolving a @pom artifact from an included build replacing an external library doesn't fail the build"() {
+        given:
+        def mainProjectDir = file("main-project")
+        def includedLoggingProjectDir = file("included-logging")
+
+        mainProjectDir.file("settings.gradle.kts").text = """
+            rootProject.name = "main-project"
+            include("app")
+            includeBuild("../included-logging")
+        """
+
+        mainProjectDir.file("app/build.gradle.kts").text = """
+            plugins {
+                application
+            }
+
+            dependencies {
+                implementation("org.gradle.repro:lib@pom")
+            }
+        """
+
+        includedLoggingProjectDir.file("settings.gradle.kts").text = """
+            rootProject.name = "included-logging"
+            include("lib")
+        """
+
+        includedLoggingProjectDir.file("lib/build.gradle.kts").text = """
+            plugins {
+                `java-library`
+            }
+        """
+
+        includedLoggingProjectDir.file("gradle.properties").text = """
+            group=org.gradle.repro
+            version=0.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+        """
+
+        executer.inDirectory(mainProjectDir)
+
+        expect:
+        succeeds "build"
+    }
+
+    def "getting the file for a @pom artifact from an included build replacing an external library doesn't fail the build"() {
+        given:
+        def mainProjectDir = file("main-project")
+        def includedLoggingProjectDir = file("included-logging")
+
+        mainProjectDir.file("settings.gradle.kts").text = """
+            rootProject.name = "main-project"
+            include("app")
+            includeBuild("../included-logging")
+        """
+
+        mainProjectDir.file("app/build.gradle.kts").text = """
+            plugins {
+                application
+            }
+
+            dependencies {
+                implementation("org.gradle.repro:lib@pom")
+            }
+
+            tasks.register("resolve") {
+                doLast {
+                    val c: Configuration = configurations.getByName("compileClasspath")
+                    c.getResolvedConfiguration()
+                        .getLenientConfiguration()
+                        .getAllModuleDependencies()
+                        .map { it.getAllModuleArtifacts() }
+                        .forEach { mas ->
+                            mas.forEach { a ->
+                                println(a.getFile())
+                            }
+                        }
+                }
+            }
+        """
+
+        includedLoggingProjectDir.file("settings.gradle.kts").text = """
+            rootProject.name = "included-logging"
+            include("lib")
+        """
+
+        includedLoggingProjectDir.file("lib/build.gradle.kts").text = """
+            plugins {
+                `java-library`
+            }
+        """
+
+        includedLoggingProjectDir.file("gradle.properties").text = """
+            group=org.gradle.repro
+            version=0.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+        """
+
+        executer.inDirectory(mainProjectDir)
+
+        expect:
+        succeeds "resolve"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/resolveengine/artifact/ArtifactBackedResolvedVariant.java b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/resolveengine/artifact/ArtifactBackedResolvedVariant.java
index 195bfa5ca160..f1973aedeff5 100644
--- a/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/resolveengine/artifact/ArtifactBackedResolvedVariant.java
+++ b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/resolveengine/artifact/ArtifactBackedResolvedVariant.java
@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ public static ResolvedVariant create(@Nullable VariantResolveMetadata.Identifier
 
     private static Supplier<ResolvedArtifactSet> supplyResolvedArtifactSet(DisplayName displayName, AttributeContainerInternal attributes, CapabilitiesMetadata capabilities, Supplier<Collection<? extends ResolvableArtifact>> artifactsSupplier) {
         return () -> {
-            Collection<? extends ResolvableArtifact> artifacts = artifactsSupplier.get();
+            Collection<? extends ResolvableArtifact> artifacts;
+            try {
+                artifacts = artifactsSupplier.get();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                return EMPTY;
+            }
             if (artifacts.isEmpty()) {
                 return EMPTY;
             }
diff --git a/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/internal/component/local/model/MissingLocalArtifactMetadata.java b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/internal/component/local/model/MissingLocalArtifactMetadata.java
index 38e3fb767e83..2d38e0f92ed3 100644
--- a/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/internal/component/local/model/MissingLocalArtifactMetadata.java
+++ b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/internal/component/local/model/MissingLocalArtifactMetadata.java
@@ -98,4 +98,9 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
         MissingLocalArtifactMetadata other = (MissingLocalArtifactMetadata) obj;
         return other.componentIdentifier.equals(componentIdentifier) && other.name.equals(name);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isOptionalArtifact() {
+        return false;
+    }
 }