diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/wildfly/plugin/dev/DevMojo.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/wildfly/plugin/dev/DevMojo.java
index 8bace083..13d1640f 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/wildfly/plugin/dev/DevMojo.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/wildfly/plugin/dev/DevMojo.java
@@ -314,7 +314,10 @@ public class DevMojo extends AbstractServerStartMojo {
     /**
      * Set to {@code true} if you want to delete the existing server referenced from the {@code provisioningDir} and provision a
      * new one,
-     * otherwise {@code false}.
+     * otherwise {@code false}. When { @code discover-provisioning-info } is set to {@code true}, this option is enforced to be
+     * {@code true}.
+     * When discovery of Galleon provisioning information is enabled, a change to the application source code
+     * could imply re-provisioning of the server.
      */
     @Parameter(alias = "overwrite-provisioned-server", defaultValue = "false", property = PropertyNames.WILDFLY_PROVISIONING_OVERWRITE_PROVISIONED_SERVER)
     private boolean overwriteProvisionedServer;
@@ -386,8 +389,8 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
         } else {
             if (isDiscoveryEnabled()) {
                 if (!overwriteProvisionedServer) {
-                    throw new MojoExecutionException(
-                            "When layer discovery is enabled, overwriteProvisionedServer must be set to true");
+                    overwriteProvisionedServer = true;
+                    getLog().info("Layer discovery has been enabled, overwriteProvisionedServer has been set to true");
                 }
             } else {
                 context = startServer(ServerType.STANDALONE);
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9320cb1d..32db856d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
         <!-- galleon properties -->
         <version.org.jboss.galleon>5.2.0.Final</version.org.jboss.galleon>
-        <version.org.wildfly.glow>1.0.0.Alpha1</version.org.wildfly.glow>
+        <version.org.wildfly.glow>1.0.0.Alpha4</version.org.wildfly.glow>
         <plugin.fork.embedded>true</plugin.fork.embedded>
         <!-- used by tests -->
         <version.org.jboss.logging.slf4j-jboss-logging>1.2.1.Final</version.org.jboss.logging.slf4j-jboss-logging>