diff --git a/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrDeploy.java b/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrDeploy.java
index 15b0c7e..2c48052 100644
--- a/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrDeploy.java
+++ b/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrDeploy.java
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
     private void updateRemoteBundleMetadata( Artifact artifact, URI repoXml, URI obrXml, String mavenRepo )
         throws MojoExecutionException
     {
-        if ( null == artifact.getFile() || artifact.getFile().isDirectory() )
+        if ( !"bundle".equals( artifact.getType() ) || null == artifact.getFile() || artifact.getFile().isDirectory() )
         {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrInstall.java b/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrInstall.java
index 9b14f73..4948852 100644
--- a/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrInstall.java
+++ b/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrInstall.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     private void updateLocalBundleMetadata( Artifact artifact, URI repoXml, URI obrXml, String mavenRepo )
         throws MojoExecutionException
     {
-        if ( null == artifact.getFile() || artifact.getFile().isDirectory() )
+        if ( !"bundle".equals( artifact.getType() ) || null == artifact.getFile() || artifact.getFile().isDirectory() )
         {
             return;
         }