diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/DefaultModelBuilder.java b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/DefaultModelBuilder.java
index f569894460..47801a7e58 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/DefaultModelBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/DefaultModelBuilder.java
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ public class DefaultModelBuilder
     {
         if ( superModel == null )
         {
-            InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream( "/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml" );
+            InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream( "/org/apache/maven/model/pom-4.0.0.xml" );
             try
             {
                 superModel = modelReader.read( is, null );
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml b/maven-model-builder/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/model/pom-4.0.0.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from maven-model-builder/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml
rename to maven-model-builder/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/model/pom-4.0.0.xml