[JENKINS-4617]

we are looking for dependencies since the last successful build
and not since the last previous not failed build

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractBuild.java

@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBuild<P extends AbstractProject<P,R>,R extends Abs
             if (upstreamCulprits) {
                 // If we have dependencies since the last successful build, add their authors to our list
                 if (getPreviousNotFailedBuild() != null) {
-                    Map <AbstractProject,AbstractBuild.DependencyChange> depmap = getDependencyChanges(getPreviousNotFailedBuild());
+                    Map <AbstractProject,AbstractBuild.DependencyChange> depmap = getDependencyChanges(getPreviousSuccessfulBuild());
                     for (AbstractBuild.DependencyChange dep : depmap.values()) {
                         for (AbstractBuild<?,?> b : dep.getBuilds()) {
                             for (Entry entry : b.getChangeSet()) {