diff --git a/maven-plugin-testing-harness/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/testing/stubs/ArtifactStub.java b/maven-plugin-testing-harness/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/testing/stubs/ArtifactStub.java
index b0cad6d..91ed81b 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-testing-harness/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/testing/stubs/ArtifactStub.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-testing-harness/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/testing/stubs/ArtifactStub.java
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ public class ArtifactStub
      */
     public boolean isSnapshot()
     {
-        return Artifact.VERSION_FILE_PATTERN.matcher( version ).matches()
-            || version.endsWith( Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION );
+        return Artifact.VERSION_FILE_PATTERN.matcher( getVersion() ).matches()
+            || getVersion().endsWith( Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION );
     }
 
     /**