diff --git a/src/it/compare-mono/verify.groovy b/src/it/compare-mono/verify.groovy
index fcf257c..6a1de16 100644
--- a/src/it/compare-mono/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/compare-mono/verify.groovy
@@ -54,3 +54,11 @@ assert buildinfoFile.isFile()
 String buildinfo = buildinfoFile.text
 
 assert buildinfo.contains( "mvn.rebuild-args=-Dmaven.session.versionFilter=e(org.slf4j:slf4j-api:(1.7.36,))" )
+
+// check existence of build log
+File buildLogFile = new File( basedir, "build.log" );
+assert buildLogFile.isFile()
+
+String buildLog = buildLogFile.text
+assert buildLog.contains("[WARNING] The artifact org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36 is stemming from a local install to your local Maven repository. Please ensure that this is intended. If not, consider removing this artifact and rebuilding. and that your locally installed artifact from")
+assert buildLog.contains("slf4j-api-1.7.36.jar matches public reference from remote.")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/CompareMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/CompareMojo.java
index 9c5ca01..6ddfcd3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/CompareMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/CompareMojo.java
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ private File downloadOrCreateReferenceBuildinfo(boolean mono, Map<Artifact, Stri
         ReferenceBuildinfoUtil rmb =
                 new ReferenceBuildinfoUtil(getLog(), referenceDir, artifacts, repoSystem, repoSession, rtInformation);
 
-        return rmb.downloadOrCreateReferenceBuildinfo(repo, project, buildinfoFile, mono);
+        return rmb.downloadOrCreateReferenceBuildinfo(repo, project, buildinfoFile, mono, repoSession, remoteRepos);
     }
 
     private void compareWithReference(Map<Artifact, String> artifacts, File referenceBuildinfo)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/ReferenceBuildinfoUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/ReferenceBuildinfoUtil.java
index b3a69df..013fdf9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/ReferenceBuildinfoUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/ReferenceBuildinfoUtil.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.jar.Attributes;
@@ -48,6 +49,13 @@
 import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectResult;
+import org.eclipse.aether.collection.DependencyCollectionException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.Dependency;
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyNode;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.ArtifactRepository;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.LocalRepository;
 import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
 import org.eclipse.aether.repository.WorkspaceReader;
 import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactRequest;
@@ -100,7 +108,12 @@ class ReferenceBuildinfoUtil {
     }
 
     File downloadOrCreateReferenceBuildinfo(
-            RemoteRepository repo, MavenProject project, File buildinfoFile, boolean mono)
+            RemoteRepository repo,
+            MavenProject project,
+            File buildinfoFile,
+            boolean mono,
+            RepositorySystemSession repoSession,
+            List<RemoteRepository> remoteRepos)
             throws MojoExecutionException {
         File referenceBuildinfo = downloadReferenceBuildinfo(repo, project, buildinfoFile);
 
@@ -179,9 +192,12 @@ File downloadOrCreateReferenceBuildinfo(
 
                 for (Map.Entry<Artifact, String> entry : artifacts.entrySet()) {
                     Artifact artifact = entry.getKey();
-                    String prefix = entry.getValue();
+
+                    checkForLocalResolution(repoSession, remoteRepos, artifact);
+
                     File referenceFile = referenceArtifacts.get(artifact);
                     if (referenceFile != null) {
+                        String prefix = entry.getValue();
                         bi.printFile(prefix, artifact.getGroupId(), referenceFile);
                     }
                 }
@@ -199,6 +215,61 @@ File downloadOrCreateReferenceBuildinfo(
         return referenceBuildinfo;
     }
 
+    public void checkForLocalResolution(
+            RepositorySystemSession repoSession, List<RemoteRepository> remoteRepos, Artifact artifact) {
+
+        try {
+            CollectRequest collectRequest = new CollectRequest(new Dependency(artifact, null), null);
+            CollectResult collectResult = repoSystem.collectDependencies(repoSession, collectRequest);
+
+            for (DependencyNode child : collectResult.getRoot().getChildren()) {
+                checkDependenciesForLocalResolution(repoSession, child, remoteRepos);
+            }
+
+        } catch (ArtifactResolutionException | DependencyCollectionException e) {
+            log.warn("Checking for potential local artifact resolution not possible " + e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void checkDependenciesForLocalResolution(
+            RepositorySystemSession repoSession, DependencyNode child, List<RemoteRepository> remoteRepos)
+            throws ArtifactResolutionException {
+        // check for every dependency in the dependency tree
+        if (!child.getChildren().isEmpty()) {
+            for (DependencyNode node : child.getChildren()) {
+                checkDependenciesForLocalResolution(repoSession, node, remoteRepos);
+            }
+        } else {
+            printWarningForLocalRepositoryArtifactResolution(repoSession, child, remoteRepos);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* An artifact stemming from a local repo is most likely an issue during release builds. See #146. */
+    private void printWarningForLocalRepositoryArtifactResolution(
+            RepositorySystemSession repoSession, DependencyNode child, List<RemoteRepository> remoteRepos)
+            throws ArtifactResolutionException {
+        Artifact defaultArtifact = child.getDependency().getArtifact();
+        ArtifactRequest artifactRequest = new ArtifactRequest();
+        artifactRequest.setArtifact(defaultArtifact);
+        artifactRequest.setRepositories(remoteRepos);
+        ArtifactResult artifactResult = repoSystem.resolveArtifact(repoSession, artifactRequest);
+        Artifact artifact = artifactResult.getArtifact();
+        ArtifactRepository resultRepo = artifactResult.getRepository();
+
+        if (resultRepo instanceof LocalRepository) {
+            log.warn(String.format(
+                    "The artifact %s:%s:%s is stemming from a local install to your local Maven repository. "
+                            + "Please ensure that this is intended. "
+                            + "If not, consider removing this artifact and rebuilding "
+                            + "and that your locally installed artifact from %s matches public reference from remote.",
+                    artifact.getGroupId(),
+                    artifact.getArtifactId(),
+                    artifact.getVersion(),
+                    // if the artifact was resolved successfully, there is a file we can access
+                    artifact.getFile().getAbsolutePath()));
+        }
+    }
+
     private ReproducibleEnv extractEnv(File file, Artifact artifact) {
         log.debug("Guessing java.version and os.name from jar " + file);
         try (JarFile jar = new JarFile(file)) {