diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloader.java b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloader.java
index f22ef5f8604..e2aa807856a 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloader.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloader.java
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ byte[] sendRequest(HttpSender.Request request) throws Throwable {
             return Failsafe.with(retryPolicy).get(() -> {
                 try (HttpSender.Response response = httpSender.send(request)) {
                     if (!response.isSuccessful()) {
-                        throw new HttpSenderResponseException(null, response.getCode());
+                        throw new HttpSenderResponseException(null, response.getCode(),
+                                new String(response.getBodyAsBytes()));
                     }
                     return response.getBodyAsBytes();
                 }
@@ -733,13 +734,17 @@ public MavenRepository normalizeRepository(MavenRepository originalRepository, M
                     sendRequest(request.build());
                     normalized = repository.withUri(httpsUri).withKnownToExist(true);
                 } catch (Throwable t) {
-                    ctx.getResolutionListener().repositoryAccessFailed(httpsUri, t);
                     if (t instanceof HttpSenderResponseException) {
                         HttpSenderResponseException e = (HttpSenderResponseException) t;
                         // response was returned from the server, but it was not a 200 OK. The server therefore exists.
                         if (e.getResponseCode() != null) {
                             normalized = repository.withUri(httpsUri);
                         }
+                        if (!"Directory listing forbidden".equals(e.getBody())) {
+                            ctx.getResolutionListener().repositoryAccessFailed(httpsUri, t);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        ctx.getResolutionListener().repositoryAccessFailed(httpsUri, t);
                     }
                     if (normalized == null) {
                         if (!httpsUri.equals(originalUrl)) {
@@ -857,9 +862,13 @@ public static class HttpSenderResponseException extends Exception {
         @Nullable
         private final Integer responseCode;
 
-        public HttpSenderResponseException(@Nullable Throwable cause, @Nullable Integer responseCode) {
+        private final String body;
+
+        public HttpSenderResponseException(@Nullable Throwable cause, @Nullable Integer responseCode,
+                                           String body) {
             super(cause);
             this.responseCode = responseCode;
+            this.body = body;
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloaderTest.java b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloaderTest.java
index 29466213242..3fdb4a97303 100755
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloaderTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloaderTest.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.*;
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
@@ -74,6 +75,16 @@ public MockResponse dispatch(RecordedRequest recordedRequest) {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void ossSonatype() {
+        InMemoryExecutionContext ctx = new InMemoryExecutionContext();
+        MavenRepository ossSonatype = new MavenRepository("oss", "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots",
+          null, "true", false, null, null, null);
+        MavenRepository repo = new MavenPomDownloader(ctx).normalizeRepository(ossSonatype,
+          MavenExecutionContextView.view(ctx), null);
+        assertThat(requireNonNull(repo).getUri()).isEqualTo(ossSonatype.getUri());
+    }
+
     @Issue("https://github.com/openrewrite/rewrite/issues/3908")
     @Test
     void centralIdOverridesDefaultRepository() {