diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/tree/ResolvedPom.java b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/tree/ResolvedPom.java
index dcebe01b02c..2969265eed7 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/tree/ResolvedPom.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/tree/ResolvedPom.java
@@ -508,7 +508,21 @@ private void mergeRequestedDependencies(List<Dependency> incomingRequestedDepend
                     //If it's empty, we ensure to create a mutable list.
                     requestedDependencies = new ArrayList<>(incomingRequestedDependencies);
                 } else {
-                    requestedDependencies.addAll(incomingRequestedDependencies);
+                    // When a child dependency has overriden a parent dependency (either version or scope)
+                    // We shouldn't add the parent definition when requested; the child takes precedence
+                    for (Dependency incReqDep : incomingRequestedDependencies) {
+                        boolean found = false;
+                        for (Dependency reqDep : requestedDependencies) {
+                            if (reqDep.getGav().getGroupId().equals(incReqDep.getGav().getGroupId())
+                                && reqDep.getArtifactId().equals(incReqDep.getArtifactId())) {
+                                found = true;
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if (!found) {
+                            requestedDependencies.add(incReqDep);
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/AddDependencyTest.java b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/AddDependencyTest.java
index 9a5249a41d9..91248547837 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/AddDependencyTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/AddDependencyTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 import org.openrewrite.DocumentExample;
 import org.openrewrite.Issue;
+import org.openrewrite.java.ChangePackage;
 import org.openrewrite.java.JavaParser;
 import org.openrewrite.test.RecipeSpec;
 import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
@@ -1283,6 +1284,186 @@ void addDependenciesOnEmptyProject() {
         );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void dependencyThatIsTransitivelyProvidedWithWrongScopeShouldBeAdded() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec
+            .parser(JavaParser.fromJavaVersion()
+              .dependsOn(
+                """
+                  package main.java.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual;
+                  public @interface NonNull {}
+                  """
+              )
+            )
+            .recipes(
+              new AddDependency("org.checkerframework", "checker-qual", "3.44.0",
+                null, null, null, "main.java.checkerframework..*", null, null, null, null,
+                true),
+              new ChangePackage("main.java.checkerframework", "org.checkerframework", true)
+            ),
+          mavenProject("parent",
+            pomXml(
+              """
+                <project>
+                    <groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+                    <version>1</version>
+                    <modules>
+                        <module>child</module>
+                    </modules>
+                    <dependencies>
+                        <!-- Has transitive dependency on org.checkerframework:checker-qual -->
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                            <version>31.1-jre</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                    </dependencies>
+                </project>
+                """
+            ),
+            mavenProject("child",
+              srcMainJava(
+                java(
+                  """
+                    import main.java.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
+                    class Foo {}
+                    """,
+                  """
+                    import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
+                    class Foo {}
+                    """
+                )
+              ),
+              pomXml(
+                """
+                  <project>
+                      <parent>
+                          <groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
+                          <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+                          <version>1</version>
+                          <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+                      </parent>
+                      <artifactId>child</artifactId>
+                      <dependencies>
+                          <dependency>
+                              <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                              <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                              <version>31.1-jre</version>
+                              <scope>test</scope>
+                          </dependency>
+                      </dependencies>
+                  </project>
+                  """,
+                """
+                  <project>
+                      <parent>
+                          <groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
+                          <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+                          <version>1</version>
+                          <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+                      </parent>
+                      <artifactId>child</artifactId>
+                      <dependencies>
+                          <dependency>
+                              <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+                              <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
+                              <version>3.44.0</version>
+                          </dependency>
+                          <dependency>
+                              <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                              <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                              <version>31.1-jre</version>
+                              <scope>test</scope>
+                          </dependency>
+                      </dependencies>
+                  </project>
+                  """
+              )
+            )
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void dependencyThatIsTransitivelyProvidedWithCorrectScopeShouldNotBeAdded() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec
+            .parser(JavaParser.fromJavaVersion()
+              .dependsOn(
+                """
+                  package main.java.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual;
+                  public @interface NonNull {}
+                  """
+              )
+            )
+            .recipes(
+              new AddDependency("org.checkerframework", "checker-qual", "3.44.0",
+                null, null, null, "main.java.checkerframework..*", null, null, null, null,
+                true),
+              new ChangePackage("main.java.checkerframework", "org.checkerframework", true)
+            ),
+          mavenProject("parent",
+            pomXml(
+              """
+                <project>
+                    <groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+                    <version>1</version>
+                    <modules>
+                        <module>child</module>
+                    </modules>
+                    <dependencies>
+                        <!-- Has transitive dependency on org.checkerframework:checker-qual -->
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                            <version>31.1-jre</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                    </dependencies>
+                </project>
+                """
+            ),
+            mavenProject("child",
+              srcTestJava(
+                java(
+                  """
+                    import main.java.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
+                    class Foo {}
+                    """,
+                  """
+                    import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
+                    class Foo {}
+                    """
+                )
+              ),
+              pomXml(
+                """
+                  <project>
+                      <parent>
+                          <groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
+                          <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+                          <version>1</version>
+                          <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+                      </parent>
+                      <artifactId>child</artifactId>
+                      <dependencies>
+                          <dependency>
+                              <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                              <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                              <version>31.1-jre</version>
+                              <scope>test</scope>
+                          </dependency>
+                      </dependencies>
+                  </project>
+                  """
+              )
+            )
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
     private AddDependency addDependency(@SuppressWarnings("SameParameterValue") String gav) {
         return addDependency(gav, null, null, null);
     }
diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/MavenParserTest.java b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/MavenParserTest.java
index 3a6cb276ec8..44e1d67106c 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/MavenParserTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/MavenParserTest.java
@@ -3202,4 +3202,62 @@ void multiModulePropertyVersionShouldAddModules() {
           )
         );
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void childDependencyDefinitionShouldTakePrecedence() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          mavenProject("parent",
+            pomXml(
+              """
+                <project>
+                    <groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+                    <version>1</version>
+                    <modules>
+                        <module>child</module>
+                    </modules>
+                    <dependencies>
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                            <version>31.1-jre</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                    </dependencies>
+                </project>
+                """
+            ),
+            mavenProject("child",
+              pomXml(
+                """
+                  <project>
+                      <parent>
+                          <groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
+                          <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+                          <version>1</version>
+                          <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+                      </parent>
+                      <artifactId>child</artifactId>
+                      <dependencies>
+                          <dependency>
+                              <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                              <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                              <version>31.1-jre</version>
+                              <scope>test</scope>
+                          </dependency>
+                      </dependencies>
+                  </project>
+                  """,
+                spec -> spec.afterRecipe(pomXml -> {
+                      MavenResolutionResult res = pomXml.getMarkers().findFirst(MavenResolutionResult.class).orElseThrow();
+                      assertThat(res.getDependencies().get(Scope.Compile)).isEmpty();
+                      assertThat(res.getDependencies().get(Scope.Runtime)).isEmpty();
+                      assertThat(res.getDependencies().get(Scope.Provided)).isEmpty();
+                      assertThat(res.getDependencies().get(Scope.Test)).isNotEmpty().anyMatch(dep -> dep.getGroupId().equals("com.google.guava") && dep.getArtifactId().equals("guava"));
+                  }
+                )
+              )
+            )
+          )
+        );
+    }
 }