diff --git a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/BeanArchiveProcessor.java b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/BeanArchiveProcessor.java
index 21bb7fa92bb52..7f0b09a4b42ad 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/BeanArchiveProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/BeanArchiveProcessor.java
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ private boolean isApplicationArchiveExcluded(ArcConfig config, List<ExcludeDepen
     public static boolean archiveMatches(ArtifactKey key, String groupId, Optional<String> artifactId,
             Optional<String> classifier) {
         if (Objects.equals(key.getGroupId(), groupId)
-                && artifactId.isEmpty() || Objects.equals(key.getArtifactId(), artifactId.get())) {
+                && (artifactId.isEmpty() || Objects.equals(key.getArtifactId(), artifactId.get()))) {
             if (classifier.isPresent() && Objects.equals(key.getClassifier(), classifier.get())) {
                 return true;
             } else if (!classifier.isPresent() && ArtifactCoords.DEFAULT_CLASSIFIER.equals(key.getClassifier())) {
diff --git a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/deployment/TestArchiveMatching.java b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/deployment/TestArchiveMatching.java
index 59f5e95180775..715bb7736da80 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/deployment/TestArchiveMatching.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/deployment/TestArchiveMatching.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ public void testMatch() {
         ArtifactKey key = GACT.fromString(GROUP_ID + ":" + ARTIFACT_ID);
         ArtifactKey keyWithClassifier = GACT.fromString(GROUP_ID + ":" + ARTIFACT_ID + ":" + CLASSIFIER);
 
+        assertFalse(archiveMatches(key, GROUP_ID + ".different", Optional.empty(), Optional.empty()));
+        assertTrue(archiveMatches(key, GROUP_ID, Optional.empty(), Optional.empty()));
         assertTrue(archiveMatches(key, GROUP_ID, Optional.of(ARTIFACT_ID), Optional.empty()));
         assertFalse(archiveMatches(key, GROUP_ID, Optional.of(ARTIFACT_ID), Optional.of(CLASSIFIER)));
         assertFalse(archiveMatches(key, GROUP_ID, Optional.of("test1"), Optional.empty()));