diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/Entity/Migration.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Entity/Migration.php
index 0d7e3c81f606..094713d1d16e 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/src/Entity/Migration.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Entity/Migration.php
@@ -585,8 +585,11 @@ class Migration extends ConfigEntityBase implements MigrationInterface, Requirem
     parent::calculateDependencies();
     $this->calculatePluginDependencies($this->getSourcePlugin());
     $this->calculatePluginDependencies($this->getDestinationPlugin());
-    // Add dependencies on required migration dependencies.
-    foreach ($this->getMigrationDependencies()['required'] as $dependency) {
+
+    // Add hard dependencies on required migrations.
+    $dependencies = $this->getEntityManager()->getStorage($this->entityTypeId)
+      ->getVariantIds($this->getMigrationDependencies()['required']);
+    foreach ($dependencies as $dependency) {
       $this->addDependency('config', $this->getEntityType()->getConfigPrefix() . '.' . $dependency);
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/MigrationStorage.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/MigrationStorage.php
index 93c371bd3224..e43496e3649d 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/src/MigrationStorage.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/MigrationStorage.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class MigrationStorage extends ConfigEntityStorage implements MigrateBuildDepend
    * @return string[]
    *   The expanded list of IDs.
    */
-  protected function getVariantIds(array $ids) {
+  public function getVariantIds(array $ids) {
     // Re-index the array numerically, since we need to limit the loop by size.
     $ids = array_values($ids);
 
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Entity/MigrationTest.php b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Entity/MigrationTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd37ac44ce16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Entity/MigrationTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Tests\migrate\Kernel\Entity\MigrationTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\migrate\Kernel\Entity;
+
+use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\migrate\Entity\Migration;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the Migration entity.
+ *
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\migrate\Entity\Migration
+ * @group migrate
+ */
+class MigrationTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static $modules = ['migrate'];
+
+  /**
+   * @covers ::calculateDependencies
+   */
+  public function testCalculateDependencies() {
+    $fixture_migrations = [
+      'd6_node__article' => 'd6_node',
+      'd6_node__page' => 'd6_node',
+      'd6_variables' => 'd6_variables',
+    ];
+
+    foreach ($fixture_migrations as $id => $template) {
+      $values = [
+        'id' => $id,
+        'template' => $template,
+        'source' => [
+          'plugin' => 'empty',
+        ],
+        'destination' => [
+          'plugin' => 'null',
+        ],
+        'migration_tags' => []
+      ];
+      Migration::create($values)->save();
+    }
+
+    $values = [
+      'migration_dependencies' => [
+        'required' => [
+          'd6_node:*',
+          'd6_variables'
+        ]
+      ],
+      'source' => [
+        'plugin' => 'empty',
+      ],
+      'destination' => [
+        'plugin' => 'null',
+      ],
+    ];
+
+    $migration = new Migration($values, 'migration');
+    $expected = [
+      'migrate.migration.d6_node__article',
+      'migrate.migration.d6_node__page',
+      'migrate.migration.d6_variables'
+    ];
+    $migration->calculateDependencies();
+    $this->assertEquals($expected, $migration->getDependencies()['config']);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/migration_templates/d6_node_revision.yml b/core/modules/node/migration_templates/d6_node_revision.yml
index c22e62a856de..e7f3b544b214 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/migration_templates/d6_node_revision.yml
+++ b/core/modules/node/migration_templates/d6_node_revision.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,3 @@ process:
 
 destination:
   plugin: entity_revision:node
-migration_dependencies:
-  required:
-    - d6_node:*
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/builder/d6/Node.php b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/builder/d6/Node.php
index ca978426bfa3..99f8d45a6b65 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/builder/d6/Node.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/builder/d6/Node.php
@@ -41,9 +41,17 @@ class Node extends CckBuilder {
       $node_type = $row->getSourceProperty('type');
       $values = $template;
       $values['id'] = $template['id'] . '__' . $node_type;
+
       $label = $template['label'];
       $values['label'] = $this->t("@label (@type)", ['@label' => $label, '@type' => $node_type]);
       $values['source']['node_type'] = $node_type;
+
+      // If this migration is based on the d6_node_revision template, it should
+      // explicitly depend on the corresponding d6_node variant.
+      if ($template['id'] == 'd6_node_revision') {
+        $values['migration_dependencies']['required'][] = 'd6_node__' . $node_type;
+      }
+
       $migration = Migration::create($values);
 
       if (isset($fields[$node_type])) {