diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/ResolutionCache.scala b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/ResolutionCache.scala
index 26b85b0b7..a480c8ed3 100644
--- a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/ResolutionCache.scala
+++ b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/ResolutionCache.scala
@@ -88,5 +88,5 @@ private[sbt] object ResolutionCache {
   private val Name = "sbt-resolution-cache"
 
   // use sbt-specific extra attributes so that resolved xml files do not get overwritten when using different Scala/sbt versions
-  private val ResolvedPattern = "[organisation]/[module]/" + Resolver.PluginPattern + "[revision]/[artifact].[ext]"
+  private val ResolvedPattern = "[organisation]/[module]/" + Resolver.PluginPattern + "([branch]/)[revision]/[artifact].[ext]"
 }