diff --git a/plugin/pom.xml b/plugin/pom.xml
index 23326a1..1fd0667 100644
--- a/plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin/pom.xml
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jandex</artifactId>
+            <version>${version.jandex}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!-- Dependency tree generation -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
@@ -164,9 +170,9 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jandex</artifactId>
-            <version>${version.jandex}</version>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/wildfly/channelplugin/AbstractChannelMojo.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/wildfly/channelplugin/AbstractChannelMojo.java
index c3a2035..b4adfcf 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/wildfly/channelplugin/AbstractChannelMojo.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/wildfly/channelplugin/AbstractChannelMojo.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ protected void initChannelSession() throws MojoExecutionException {
                         channelFilePath = Path.of(mavenSession.getExecutionRootDirectory()).resolve(channelFilePath);
                     }
                     getLog().info("Reading channel file " + channelFilePath);
-                    channels.add(ChannelMapper.from(channelFilePath.toUri().toURL()));
+                    String yaml = Files.readString(channelFilePath);
+                    channels.addAll(ChannelMapper.fromString(yaml));
                 }
             }
             if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(channelGAV)) {
@@ -140,6 +142,8 @@ protected void initChannelSession() throws MojoExecutionException {
             }
         } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
             throw new MojoExecutionException("Can't parse the channel or manifest file path", e);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException("Can't read channel metadata file", e);
         }
 
         if (!remoteRepositories.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/wildfly/channelplugin/AbstractChannelMojoTestCase.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/wildfly/channelplugin/AbstractChannelMojoTestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b63c2c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/wildfly/channelplugin/AbstractChannelMojoTestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package org.wildfly.channelplugin;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactResult;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class AbstractChannelMojoTestCase {
+
+    @TempDir
+    File tempDir;
+
+    private final RepositorySystem repositorySystem = Mockito.mock(RepositorySystem.class);
+
+    private AbstractChannelMojo mojo;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void before() throws Exception {
+        // Prepare test resources as local files
+        Path channelFile = prepareResource("multiple-channels.yaml");
+        Path manifestFile = prepareResource("manifest.yaml");
+
+        // Mock RepositorySystem, the resolveArtifact() method must return a valid manifest file because this is needed
+        // for ChannelSession init.
+        ArtifactResult artifactResult = new ArtifactResult(new ArtifactRequest());
+        artifactResult.setArtifact(new DefaultArtifact(null, null, null, null, null, Collections.emptyMap(),
+                manifestFile.toFile()));
+        Mockito.when(repositorySystem.resolveArtifact(Mockito.any(), Mockito.any()))
+                .thenReturn(artifactResult);
+
+        // Initialize a concrete instance of the AbstractChannelMojo class
+        mojo = new AbstractChannelMojo() {
+            @Override
+            public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+
+            }
+        };
+        mojo.channelFile = channelFile.toString();
+        mojo.remoteRepositories = Collections.emptyList();
+        mojo.repositorySystem = repositorySystem;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMultipleChannelsInFile() throws Exception {
+        mojo.initChannelSession();
+
+        Assertions.assertThat(mojo.channels.size()).isEqualTo(2);
+        Assertions.assertThat(mojo.channels).extracting("manifestCoordinate.artifactId").containsAll(
+                List.of("eap-8.0", "eap-xp-5.0"));
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("ResultOfMethodCallIgnored")
+    private Path prepareResource(String resourceName) throws IOException {
+        tempDir.mkdir();
+        Path targetFile = tempDir.toPath().resolve(resourceName);
+        InputStream resource = getClass().getResourceAsStream(resourceName);
+        Assertions.assertThat(resource).isNotNull().withFailMessage("Resource not found: " + resourceName);
+        Files.copy(resource, targetFile);
+        return targetFile;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/resources/org/wildfly/channelplugin/manifest.yaml b/plugin/src/test/resources/org/wildfly/channelplugin/manifest.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..499b5dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/test/resources/org/wildfly/channelplugin/manifest.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+schemaVersion: 1.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/resources/org/wildfly/channelplugin/multiple-channels.yaml b/plugin/src/test/resources/org/wildfly/channelplugin/multiple-channels.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fb105e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/test/resources/org/wildfly/channelplugin/multiple-channels.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+schemaVersion: "2.0.0"
+name: "eap-xp-5.0-channel"
+repositories:
+  - id: "Brew"
+    url: "https://download.eng.bos.redhat.com/brewroot/repos/jb-eap-8.0-maven-build/latest/maven/"
+manifest:
+  maven:
+    groupId: "org.jboss.eap.channels"
+    artifactId: "eap-xp-5.0"
+    version: "1.0.0"
+noStreamStrategy: "none"
+---
+schemaVersion: "2.0.0"
+name: "eap-8.0-channel"
+repositories:
+  - id: "Brew"
+    url: "https://download.eng.bos.redhat.com/brewroot/repos/jb-eap-8.0-maven-build/latest/maven/"
+manifest:
+  maven:
+    groupId: "org.jboss.eap.channels"
+    artifactId: "eap-8.0"
+    version: "1.0.0"
+noStreamStrategy: "none"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 769c540..ae98f5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
 
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+                <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+                <version>5.11.0</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
+
             <!-- Maven plugin test tooling -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.soebes.itf.jupiter.extension</groupId>