diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4720DependencyManagementExclusionMergeTest.java b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4720DependencyManagementExclusionMergeTest.java
index 34810b4b3..e9af6ab68 100644
--- a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4720DependencyManagementExclusionMergeTest.java
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4720DependencyManagementExclusionMergeTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
  * This is a test set for <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-4720">MNG-4720</a>.
  *
  * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ * @author Ddiier Loiseau
  */
 public class MavenITmng4720DependencyManagementExclusionMergeTest extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase {
 
@@ -39,11 +40,13 @@ public MavenITmng4720DependencyManagementExclusionMergeTest() {
     /**
      * Verify the effective exclusions applied during transitive dependency resolution when both the regular
      * dependency section and dependency management declare exclusions for a particular dependency.
+     * <p>
+     * By default, the dependency management of transitive dependencies is now taken into account.
      *
      * @throws Exception in case of failure
      */
     @Test
-    public void testit() throws Exception {
+    public void testitWithTransitiveDependencyManager() throws Exception {
         File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources(getClass(), "/mng-4720");
 
         Verifier verifier = newVerifier(testDir.getAbsolutePath());
@@ -63,7 +66,45 @@ public void testit() throws Exception {
 
         assertFalse(classpath.toString(), classpath.contains("b-0.1.jar"));
 
-        // should better have been excluded as well, now it's a matter of backward-compat
+        // dependency management in a excludes d
+        if (matchesVersionRange("[4.0.0-beta-5,)")) {
+            assertFalse(classpath.toString(), classpath.contains("d-0.1.jar"));
+        } else {
+            assertTrue(classpath.toString(), classpath.contains("d-0.1.jar"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify the effective exclusions applied during transitive dependency resolution when both the regular
+     * dependency section and dependency management declare exclusions for a particular dependency.
+     * <p>
+     * This tests the same behaviour with dependency manager transitivity disabled.
+     *
+     * @throws Exception in case of failure
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testitWithTransitiveDependencyManagerDisabled() throws Exception {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources(getClass(), "/mng-4720");
+
+        Verifier verifier = newVerifier(testDir.getAbsolutePath());
+        verifier.setAutoclean(false);
+        verifier.deleteArtifacts("org.apache.maven.its.mng4720");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("-s");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("settings.xml");
+        verifier.filterFile("settings-template.xml", "settings.xml", "UTF-8");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("-Dmaven.resolver.dependencyManagerTransitivity=false");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("validate");
+        verifier.execute();
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+
+        List<String> classpath = verifier.loadLines("target/classpath.txt", "UTF-8");
+
+        assertTrue(classpath.toString(), classpath.contains("a-0.1.jar"));
+        assertTrue(classpath.toString(), classpath.contains("c-0.1.jar"));
+
+        assertFalse(classpath.toString(), classpath.contains("b-0.1.jar"));
+
+        // backward-compat: dependency management is ignored except in root pom
         assertTrue(classpath.toString(), classpath.contains("d-0.1.jar"));
     }
 }
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng7982DependencyManagementTransitivityTest.java b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng7982DependencyManagementTransitivityTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f88712b5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng7982DependencyManagementTransitivityTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.maven.it;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.verifier.Verifier;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.verifier.util.ResourceExtractor;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+/**
+ * This is a test set for <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7982">MNG-7982</a>.
+ *
+ * @author Didier Loiseau
+ */
+public class MavenITmng7982DependencyManagementTransitivityTest extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase {
+
+    public MavenITmng7982DependencyManagementTransitivityTest() {
+        super("[4.0.0-beta-5,)");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify the effective dependency versions determined when using the transitive dependency management (default).
+     * <p>
+     * By default, the dependency management of transitive dependencies should be taken into account.
+     *
+     * @throws Exception in case of failure
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testitWithTransitiveDependencyManager() throws Exception {
+        File testDir =
+                ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources(getClass(), "/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management");
+
+        Verifier verifier = newVerifier(testDir.getAbsolutePath());
+        verifier.deleteArtifacts("org.apache.maven.its.mng7982");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("-s");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("settings.xml");
+        verifier.filterFile("settings-template.xml", "settings.xml", "UTF-8");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("verify");
+        verifier.execute();
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+
+        List<String> bClasspath = verifier.loadLines("b/target/classpath.txt", "UTF-8");
+        assertTrue(bClasspath.toString(), bClasspath.contains("a-1.jar"));
+        assertFalse(bClasspath.toString(), bClasspath.contains("a-2.jar"));
+
+        List<String> cClasspath = verifier.loadLines("c/target/classpath.txt", "UTF-8");
+        assertTrue(cClasspath.toString(), cClasspath.contains("b-1.jar"));
+        assertFalse(cClasspath.toString(), cClasspath.contains("a-1.jar"));
+        assertTrue(cClasspath.toString(), cClasspath.contains("a-2.jar"));
+
+        List<String> dClasspath = verifier.loadLines("d/target/classpath.txt", "UTF-8");
+        assertTrue(dClasspath.toString(), dClasspath.contains("c-1.jar"));
+        assertTrue(dClasspath.toString(), dClasspath.contains("b-1.jar"));
+        assertFalse(dClasspath.toString(), dClasspath.contains("a-1.jar"));
+        assertTrue(dClasspath.toString(), dClasspath.contains("a-2.jar"));
+
+        List<String> eClasspath = verifier.loadLines("e/target/classpath.txt", "UTF-8");
+        assertTrue(eClasspath.toString(), eClasspath.contains("d-1.jar"));
+        assertTrue(eClasspath.toString(), eClasspath.contains("c-1.jar"));
+        assertTrue(eClasspath.toString(), eClasspath.contains("b-1.jar"));
+        assertFalse(eClasspath.toString(), eClasspath.contains("a-1.jar"));
+        assertTrue(eClasspath.toString(), eClasspath.contains("a-2.jar"));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify the effective dependency versions determined when disabling the transitive dependency management (Maven 2/3 behavior).
+     * <p>
+     * When transitivity is disabled, the dependency management of transitive dependencies should is ignored.
+     *
+     * @throws Exception in case of failure
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testitWithTransitiveDependencyManagerDisabled() throws Exception {
+        File testDir =
+                ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources(getClass(), "/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management");
+
+        Verifier verifier = newVerifier(testDir.getAbsolutePath());
+        verifier.deleteArtifacts("org.apache.maven.its.mng7982");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("-s");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("settings.xml");
+        verifier.filterFile("settings-template.xml", "settings.xml", "UTF-8");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("verify");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("-Dmaven.resolver.dependencyManagerTransitivity=false");
+        verifier.execute();
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+
+        List<String> bClasspath = verifier.loadLines("b/target/classpath.txt", "UTF-8");
+        assertTrue(bClasspath.toString(), bClasspath.contains("a-1.jar"));
+        assertFalse(bClasspath.toString(), bClasspath.contains("a-2.jar"));
+
+        List<String> cClasspath = verifier.loadLines("c/target/classpath.txt", "UTF-8");
+        assertTrue(cClasspath.toString(), cClasspath.contains("b-1.jar"));
+        assertFalse(cClasspath.toString(), cClasspath.contains("a-1.jar"));
+        assertTrue(cClasspath.toString(), cClasspath.contains("a-2.jar"));
+
+        List<String> dClasspath = verifier.loadLines("d/target/classpath.txt", "UTF-8");
+        assertTrue(dClasspath.toString(), dClasspath.contains("c-1.jar"));
+        assertTrue(dClasspath.toString(), dClasspath.contains("b-1.jar"));
+        // dependency management of c is ignored
+        assertTrue(dClasspath.toString(), dClasspath.contains("a-1.jar"));
+        assertFalse(dClasspath.toString(), dClasspath.contains("a-2.jar"));
+
+        List<String> eClasspath = verifier.loadLines("e/target/classpath.txt", "UTF-8");
+        assertTrue(eClasspath.toString(), eClasspath.contains("d-1.jar"));
+        assertTrue(eClasspath.toString(), eClasspath.contains("c-1.jar"));
+        assertTrue(eClasspath.toString(), eClasspath.contains("b-1.jar"));
+        // dependency management of c is ignored
+        assertTrue(dClasspath.toString(), dClasspath.contains("a-1.jar"));
+        assertFalse(dClasspath.toString(), dClasspath.contains("a-2.jar"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/TestSuiteOrdering.java b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/TestSuiteOrdering.java
index 021521519..c9cca4cf5 100644
--- a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/TestSuiteOrdering.java
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/TestSuiteOrdering.java
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ public TestSuiteOrdering() {
          * the tests are to finishing. Newer tests are also more likely to fail, so this is
          * a fail fast technique as well.
          */
+        suite.addTestSuite(MavenITmng7982DependencyManagementTransitivityTest.class);
         suite.addTestSuite(MavenITmng8294ParentChecksTest.class);
         suite.addTestSuite(MavenITmng8293BomImportFromReactor.class);
         suite.addTestSuite(MavenITmng8288NoRootPomTest.class);
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources-filtered/bootstrap.txt b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources-filtered/bootstrap.txt
index 3dc9e2335..b2542cf9a 100644
--- a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources-filtered/bootstrap.txt
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources-filtered/bootstrap.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #4     mv bootstrap.txt tmp.txt && cat tmp.txt | sort -u > bootstrap.txt && rm tmp.txt
 #5
 com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:1.3.9
+com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.16
+com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.19.1
 com.google.guava:guava:10.0.1
 com.google.guava:guava:16.0.1
 com.thoughtworks.qdox:qdox:2.0-M9
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-ear-plugin:${stubPluginVersion}
 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-ear-plugin:3.2.0
 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-ejb-plugin:${stubPluginVersion}
 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-ejb-plugin:3.1.0
+org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin:3.0.0
 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:3.3.0
 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:${stubPluginVersion}
 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:3.0.1
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-plugin-plugin:3.6.0
 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-plugin-plugin:3.9.0
 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-rar-plugin:${stubPluginVersion}
 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:3.0.0-M5
+org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-remote-resources-plugin:1.7.0
 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:${stubPluginVersion}
 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:3.2.0
 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:3.3.0
@@ -151,6 +155,8 @@ org.apache.maven:maven-script-ant:2.1.0
 org.apache.maven:maven-settings-builder:3.1.1
 org.apache.maven:maven-settings:3.1.1
 org.apache.maven.plugin-testing:maven-plugin-testing-harness:3.3.0
+org.checkerframework:checker-qual:3.21.2
+org.checkerframework:checker-qual:3.35.0
 org.codehaus.gmavenplus:gmavenplus-plugin:1.11.0
 org.codehaus.modello:modello-maven-plugin:2.1.1
 org.codehaus.mojo:build-helper-maven-plugin:3.2.0
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/b/pom.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..365ddc94c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?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>
+  <modelVersion>4.1.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent />
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+  <artifactId>b</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+      <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+      <version>1</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/c/pom.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/c/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c86e26b28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/c/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?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>
+  <modelVersion>4.1.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent />
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+  <artifactId>c</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+        <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+        <version>2</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+      <artifactId>b</artifactId>
+      <version>1</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/d/pom.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/d/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d17a26c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/d/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?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>
+  <modelVersion>4.1.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent />
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+  <artifactId>d</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+      <artifactId>c</artifactId>
+      <version>1</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/e/pom.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/e/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7b3c7c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/e/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?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>
+  <modelVersion>4.1.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent />
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+  <artifactId>e</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+      <artifactId>d</artifactId>
+      <version>1</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/pom.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79c3d253e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?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 root="true">
+  <modelVersion>4.1.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-7982</name>
+  <description>Verify that the effective versions selected during transitive dependency resolution
+    are those coming from the dependency management of the transitive dependencies.</description>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <compileClassPath>target/classpath.txt</compileClassPath>
+          <significantPathLevels>1</significantPathLevels>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>resolve</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/.gitattributes b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3bce59d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.pom    text eol=lf
+maven-metadata.xml    text eol=lf
+
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/1/a-1-build.pom b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/1/a-1-build.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..214648ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/1/a-1-build.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?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>
+    <modelVersion>4.1.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent />
+
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+    <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+    <name>a1</name>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/1/a-1.jar b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/1/a-1.jar
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diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/1/a-1.pom b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/1/a-1.pom
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+  <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+  <name>a1</name>
+  <description>Verify that the effective versions selected during transitive dependency resolution
+    are those coming from the dependency management of the transitive dependencies.</description>
+</project>
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diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/2/a-2-build.pom b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/2/a-2-build.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2ef62ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/2/a-2-build.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?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>
+    <modelVersion>4.1.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent />
+
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+    <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+    <version>2</version>
+    <name>a2</name>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/2/a-2.jar b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/2/a-2.jar
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new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec85447f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/2/a-2.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+  <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+  <version>2</version>
+  <name>a2</name>
+  <description>Verify that the effective versions selected during transitive dependency resolution
+    are those coming from the dependency management of the transitive dependencies.</description>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/maven-metadata.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..def664a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng7982/a/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<metadata xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/METADATA/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/METADATA/1.1.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/repository-metadata-1.1.0.xsd">
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng7982</groupId>
+  <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+  <versioning>
+    <release>1</release>
+    <versions>
+      <version>2</version>
+      <version>1</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20241006201419</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/settings-template.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/settings-template.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c985d1a68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-7982-transitive-dependency-management/settings-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<settings>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>maven-core-it-repo</id>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>maven-core-it</id>
+          <url>@baseurl@/repo</url>
+          <releases>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <activeProfiles>
+    <activeProfile>maven-core-it-repo</activeProfile>
+  </activeProfiles>
+</settings>