diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b4a53b7e..7a1d52d8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
             <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-plugin</artifactId>
             <version>3.16</version>
+            <optional>true</optional>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/s3/S3CopyArtifact.java b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/s3/S3CopyArtifact.java
index 5a498846..a9e823e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/s3/S3CopyArtifact.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/s3/S3CopyArtifact.java
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ private void setResult(@Nonnull Run<?, ?> run, boolean isOk) {
         else
             run.setResult(Result.FAILURE);
     }
+    
+    private static boolean isMavenPluginInstalled() {
+      Jenkins instance = Jenkins.getInstanceOrNull();
+      return instance != null && instance.getPlugin("maven-plugin") != null;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void perform(@Nonnull Run<?, ?> dst, @Nonnull FilePath targetDir, @Nonnull Launcher launcher, @Nonnull TaskListener listener) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
@@ -217,7 +222,7 @@ public void perform(@Nonnull Run<?, ?> dst, @Nonnull FilePath targetDir, @Nonnul
 
             excludeFilter = env.expand(excludeFilter);
 
-            if (src instanceof MavenModuleSetBuild) {
+            if (isMavenPluginInstalled() && src instanceof MavenModuleSetBuild) {
                 // Copy artifacts from the build (ArchiveArtifacts build step)
                 boolean ok = perform(src, dst, includeFilter, excludeFilter, targetDir, console);
 
@@ -335,12 +340,13 @@ public FormValidation doCheckProjectName(
             final FormValidation result;
             final Item item = new JobResolver(value).job;
             if (item != null) {
-                
-                result = item instanceof MavenModuleSet
-                       ? FormValidation.warning(Messages.CopyArtifact_MavenProject())
-                        : (item instanceof MatrixProject
-                        ? FormValidation.warning(Messages.CopyArtifact_MatrixProject())
-                        : FormValidation.ok());
+                if (isMavenPluginInstalled() && item instanceof MavenModuleSet) {
+                    result = FormValidation.warning(Messages.CopyArtifact_MavenProject());
+                } else {
+                    result = (item instanceof MatrixProject)
+                          ? FormValidation.warning(Messages.CopyArtifact_MatrixProject())
+                          : FormValidation.ok();
+                }
             }
             else if (value.indexOf('$') >= 0) {
                 result = FormValidation.warning(Messages.CopyArtifact_ParameterizedName());