diff --git a/src/Command/PluginCommand.php b/src/Command/PluginCommand.php
index 3bf567d1..dd3460b8 100644
--- a/src/Command/PluginCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/PluginCommand.php
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ protected function _generateFiles(
 
                 if (!$this->isVendor) {
                     $vendorFiles = [
-                        '.gitignore.twig', 'README.md.twig', 'composer.json.twig', 'phpunit.xml.dist.twig',
+                        '.gitignore.twig', 'README.md.twig', 'phpunit.xml.dist.twig',
                         'bootstrap.php.twig', 'schema.sql.twig',
                     ];
 
diff --git a/tests/comparisons/Plugin/SimpleExample/composer.json b/tests/comparisons/Plugin/SimpleExample/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a29c635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/comparisons/Plugin/SimpleExample/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    "name": "your-name-here/simple-example",
+    "description": "SimpleExample plugin for CakePHP",
+    "type": "cakephp-plugin",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "require": {
+        "php": ">=8.1",
+        "cakephp/cakephp": "^5.0"
+    },
+    "require-dev": {
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.1"
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "SimpleExample\\": "src/"
+        }
+    },
+    "autoload-dev": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "SimpleExample\\Test\\": "tests/",
+            "Cake\\Test\\": "vendor/cakephp/cakephp/tests/"
+        }
+    }
+}