diff --git a/maven-bom/pom.xml b/maven-bom/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f11a8524b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-bom/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>34</version>
+    <relativePath />
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-bom</artifactId>
+  <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <name>Maven Dependecies BOM</name>
+  <description>Bill Of Materials for Apache Maven dependencies</description>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <!-- Not included:
+         - apache-maven, as it delivers the binaries
+         - maven-compat, only used by apache-maven distributions to support older releases
+         - maven-slf4j-provider, only used by apache-maven distributions
+         - maven-test-support, only for internal test usage
+         - maven-wrapper, only used by apache-maven-wrapper distributions -->
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-builder-support</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-embedder</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-model-builder</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resolver-provider</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-settings-builder</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-slf4j-wrapper</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-xml</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d41452d45..34c2341aef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ under the License.
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
+    <module>maven-bom</module>
     <module>maven-test-support</module>
     <module>maven-plugin-api</module>
     <module>maven-builder-support</module>
@@ -186,43 +187,10 @@ under the License.
       <!--bootstrap-start-comment-->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-test-support</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-settings-builder</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-embedder</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-model-builder</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>maven-bom</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -231,22 +199,7 @@ under the License.
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-resolver-provider</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-builder-support</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>maven-test-support</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -254,16 +207,6 @@ under the License.
         <artifactId>maven-slf4j-provider</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-slf4j-wrapper</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
       <!--bootstrap-end-comment-->
       <!--  Plexus -->
       <dependency>