diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/plugin/PluginManagerUtil.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/plugin/PluginManagerUtil.java
index 8690e18156e8e..76316f83bcda6 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/plugin/PluginManagerUtil.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/plugin/PluginManagerUtil.java
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
 
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import io.quarkus.maven.dependency.ArtifactKey;
 import io.quarkus.maven.dependency.GACTV;
+import io.quarkus.registry.catalog.Extension;
 
 public class PluginManagerUtil {
 
@@ -95,6 +100,29 @@ public String getName(Optional<GACTV> gactv, Optional<URL> url, Optional<Path> p
                 .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("Could not determinate name for location."));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Collect all the transitive dependencies of the specified artifact.
+     *
+     * @param artifactKey the artifact key
+     * @param allExtensions all the extensions
+     * @return the set of transitive dependencies
+     */
+    public static List<ArtifactKey> getTransitives(ArtifactKey artifactKey, Map<ArtifactKey, Extension> allExtensions) {
+        Extension extension = allExtensions.get(artifactKey);
+        Map<String, Object> metadata = extension.getMetadata();
+        List<ArtifactKey> result = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        if (metadata.get("extension-dependencies") instanceof List extensionDependencies) {
+            for (Object extensionDependency : extensionDependencies) {
+                if (extensionDependency instanceof String artifactCoords) {
+                    ArtifactKey k = ArtifactKey.fromString(artifactCoords);
+                    result.add(k);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
     private String stripCliSuffix(String s) {
         Matcher m = CLI_SUFFIX.matcher(s);
         if (m.find()) {
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/plugin/PluginMangerState.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/plugin/PluginMangerState.java
index c973ed066b01d..71abd3b42c2fa 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/plugin/PluginMangerState.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/plugin/PluginMangerState.java
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 package io.quarkus.cli.plugin;
 
 import static io.quarkus.cli.plugin.PluginManagerUtil.ALIAS_SEPARATOR;
+import static io.quarkus.cli.plugin.PluginManagerUtil.getTransitives;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -173,11 +174,18 @@ public Map<String, Plugin> extensionPlugins() {
         Map<String, Plugin> extensionPlugins = new HashMap<>();
         projectRoot.map(r -> quarkusProject.get()).ifPresent(project -> {
             try {
-                Set<ArtifactKey> installed = project.getExtensionManager().getInstalled().stream()
-                        .map(ArtifactCoords::getKey).collect(Collectors.toSet());
-                for (Extension e : project.getExtensionsCatalog().getExtensions()) {
-                    if (installed.contains(e.getArtifact().getKey())) {
-                        for (String cliPlugin : ExtensionProcessor.getCliPlugins(e)) {
+                Map<ArtifactKey, Extension> allExtensions = new HashMap<>();
+                project.getExtensionsCatalog().getExtensions().forEach(e -> allExtensions.put(e.getArtifact().getKey(), e));
+
+                for (ArtifactCoords artifactCoords : project.getExtensionManager().getInstalled()) {
+                    ArtifactKey artifactKey = artifactCoords.getKey();
+                    List<ArtifactKey> allKeys = new ArrayList<>();
+                    allKeys.add(artifactKey);
+                    allKeys.addAll(getTransitives(artifactKey, allExtensions));
+
+                    for (ArtifactKey key : allKeys) {
+                        Extension extension = allExtensions.get(key);
+                        for (String cliPlugin : ExtensionProcessor.getCliPlugins(extension)) {
                             Plugin plugin = cliPlugin.contains(ALIAS_SEPARATOR) ? util.fromAlias(cliPlugin)
                                     : util.fromLocation(cliPlugin);
                             extensionPlugins.put(plugin.getName(), plugin);