diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/resolvers/ResolveDependenciesMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/resolvers/ResolveDependenciesMojo.java
index be09c9afb..3d728c4f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/resolvers/ResolveDependenciesMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/resolvers/ResolveDependenciesMojo.java
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ public class ResolveDependenciesMojo extends AbstractResolveMojo {
     @Parameter(property = "mdep.outputScope", defaultValue = "true")
     protected boolean outputScope;
 
+    /**
+     * If the output file shouldn't contain color markers.
+     *
+     * @since 3.5.1
+     */
+    @Parameter(property = "mdep.skipColors", defaultValue = "true")
+    protected boolean skipColors;
+
     /**
      * Only used to store results for integration test validation
      */
@@ -168,7 +176,13 @@ public String getOutput(boolean outputAbsoluteArtifactFilename, boolean theOutpu
         }
         sb.append(System.lineSeparator());
 
-        return sb.toString();
+        String output = sb.toString();
+
+        if (skipColors) {
+            output = MessageUtils.stripAnsiCodes(output);
+        }
+
+        return output;
     }
 
     private StringBuilder buildArtifactListOutput(