diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/AbstractAotMojo.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/AbstractAotMojo.java
index 89287a2985ca..1c5397d3776c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/AbstractAotMojo.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/AbstractAotMojo.java
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractAotMojo extends AbstractDependencyFilterMojo {
 
 	@Override
 	public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+		if (this.project.getPackaging().equals("pom")) {
+			getLog().debug("process-*aot goals could not be applied to pom project.");
+			return;
+		}
 		if (this.skip) {
 			getLog().debug("Skipping AOT execution as per configuration");
 			return;