diff --git a/maven-all/version-collision/pom.xml b/maven-all/version-collision/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bbd17a789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-all/version-collision/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>maven-all</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>version-collision</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <modules>
+        <module>project-a</module>
+        <module>project-b</module>
+        <module>project-collision</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <!--comment section below to provoke version collision in project-collision module-->
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                <version>29.0-jre</version>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
+    <!-- uncomment section below to ban the use of transitive dependencies -->
+    <!--    <build>-->
+    <!--        <plugins>-->
+    <!--            <plugin>-->
+    <!--                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>-->
+    <!--                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>-->
+    <!--                <version>3.0.0-M3</version>-->
+    <!--                <executions>-->
+    <!--                    <execution>-->
+    <!--                        <id>enforce-banned-dependencies</id>-->
+    <!--                        <goals>-->
+    <!--                            <goal>enforce</goal>-->
+    <!--                        </goals>-->
+    <!--                        <configuration>-->
+    <!--                            <rules>-->
+    <!--                                <banTransitiveDependencies/>-->
+    <!--                            </rules>-->
+    <!--                        </configuration>-->
+    <!--                    </execution>-->
+    <!--                </executions>-->
+    <!--            </plugin>-->
+    <!--        </plugins>-->
+    <!--    </build>-->
+</project>
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diff --git a/maven-all/version-collision/project-a/pom.xml b/maven-all/version-collision/project-a/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b7af7e963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-all/version-collision/project-a/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>version-collision</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>project-a</artifactId>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <version>22.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
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diff --git a/maven-all/version-collision/project-b/pom.xml b/maven-all/version-collision/project-b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b0f50aeb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-all/version-collision/project-b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>version-collision</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>project-b</artifactId>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <version>29.0-jre</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
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diff --git a/maven-all/version-collision/project-collision/pom.xml b/maven-all/version-collision/project-collision/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bec0ed54a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-all/version-collision/project-collision/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>version-collision</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>project-collision</artifactId>
+
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+            <artifactId>project-a</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <!-- uncomment to exclude guava transitive artifact from module -->
+            <!--            <exclusions>-->
+            <!--                <exclusion>-->
+            <!--                    <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>-->
+            <!--                    <artifactId>guava</artifactId>-->
+            <!--                </exclusion>-->
+            <!--            </exclusions>-->
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+            <artifactId>project-b</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
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diff --git a/maven-all/version-collision/project-collision/src/test/java/com/baeldung/version/collision/VersionCollisionUnitTest.java b/maven-all/version-collision/project-collision/src/test/java/com/baeldung/version/collision/VersionCollisionUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de0b3a7776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-all/version-collision/project-collision/src/test/java/com/baeldung/version/collision/VersionCollisionUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.version.collision;
+
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+public class VersionCollisionUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void whenVersionCollisionDoesNotExist_thenShouldCompile() {
+        assertThat(Futures.immediateVoidFuture(), notNullValue());
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/maven-modules/pom.xml b/maven-modules/pom.xml
index 56e0bd2bdc..c4d8c253df 100644
--- a/maven-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-modules/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         <module>maven-war-plugin</module>
         <module>maven-profiles</module>
         <module>versions-maven-plugin</module>
+        <module>version-collision</module>
     </modules>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-modules/version-collision/child-module/pom.xml b/maven-modules/version-collision/child-module/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7784bc5953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/version-collision/child-module/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>version-collision</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>child-module</artifactId>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+            <version>3.3.9</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
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diff --git a/maven-modules/version-collision/pom.xml b/maven-modules/version-collision/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a38fd0edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/version-collision/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>maven-all</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>version-collision</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>child-module</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
+            <version>2.7</version>
+            <!--uncomment section below to exclude commons-lang3 artifact to prevent version collision-->
+            <!--            <exclusions>-->
+            <!--                <exclusion>-->
+            <!--                    <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>-->
+            <!--                    <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>-->
+            <!--                </exclusion>-->
+            <!--            </exclusions>-->
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <!--uncomment section below to use dependencyManagement to prevent version collision-->
+    <!--    <dependencyManagement>-->
+    <!--        <dependencies>-->
+    <!--            <dependency>-->
+    <!--                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>-->
+    <!--                <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>-->
+    <!--                <version>3.4</version>-->
+    <!--            </dependency>-->
+    <!--        </dependencies>-->
+    <!--    </dependencyManagement>-->
+</project>
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