diff --git a/apache-maven/pom.xml b/apache-maven/pom.xml
index 857e2d88cc14..d46aa209cd43 100644
--- a/apache-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/pom.xml
@@ -220,6 +220,46 @@ under the License.
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>eu.maveniverse.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>bom-builder3</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>skinny-bom</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>build-bom</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <bomGroupId>org.apache.maven</bomGroupId>
+              <bomArtifactId>maven-bom</bomArtifactId>
+              <bomVersion>${project.version}</bomVersion>
+              <bomClassifier>skinny</bomClassifier>
+              <bomName>Maven Dependencies Skinny BOM</bomName>
+              <bomDescription>Bill Of Materials for Apache Maven - Maven JARS only</bomDescription>
+              <outputFilename>maven-skinny-bom.xml</outputFilename>
+              <attach>true</attach>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>fat-bom</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>build-bom</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <bomGroupId>org.apache.maven</bomGroupId>
+              <bomArtifactId>maven-bom</bomArtifactId>
+              <bomVersion>${project.version}</bomVersion>
+              <bomClassifier>fat</bomClassifier>
+              <bomName>Maven Dependencies Fat BOM</bomName>
+              <bomDescription>Bill Of Materials for Apache Maven - All dependencies</bomDescription>
+              <outputFilename>maven-fat-bom.xml</outputFilename>
+              <useDependencies>true</useDependencies>
+              <attach>true</attach>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/maven-api-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/impl/model/DefaultModelValidator.java b/maven-api-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/impl/model/DefaultModelValidator.java
index 8867a8257357..56f3fde5f3f4 100644
--- a/maven-api-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/impl/model/DefaultModelValidator.java
+++ b/maven-api-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/impl/model/DefaultModelValidator.java
@@ -471,7 +471,13 @@ public void validateFileModel(
             }
 
             validate20RawDependencies(
-                    problems, m.getDependencies(), "dependencies.dependency.", EMPTY, validationLevel, request);
+                    problems,
+                    m.getDependencies(),
+                    "dependencies.dependency.",
+                    EMPTY,
+                    isModelVersion41OrMore,
+                    validationLevel,
+                    request);
 
             validate20RawDependenciesSelfReferencing(
                     problems, m, m.getDependencies(), "dependencies.dependency", request);
@@ -482,6 +488,7 @@ public void validateFileModel(
                         m.getDependencyManagement().getDependencies(),
                         "dependencyManagement.dependencies.dependency.",
                         EMPTY,
+                        isModelVersion41OrMore,
                         validationLevel,
                         request);
             }
@@ -539,6 +546,7 @@ public void validateFileModel(
                         profile.getDependencies(),
                         prefix,
                         "dependencies.dependency.",
+                        isModelVersion41OrMore,
                         validationLevel,
                         request);
 
@@ -548,6 +556,7 @@ public void validateFileModel(
                             profile.getDependencyManagement().getDependencies(),
                             prefix,
                             "dependencyManagement.dependencies.dependency.",
+                            isModelVersion41OrMore,
                             validationLevel,
                             request);
                 }
@@ -982,6 +991,7 @@ private void validate20RawDependencies(
             List<Dependency> dependencies,
             String prefix,
             String prefix2,
+            boolean is41OrBeyond,
             int validationLevel,
             ModelBuilderRequest request) {
         Severity errOn30 = getSeverity(validationLevel, ModelValidator.VALIDATION_LEVEL_MAVEN_3_0);
@@ -1002,7 +1012,8 @@ private void validate20RawDependencies(
                             key,
                             "must be 'pom' to import the managed dependencies.",
                             dependency);
-                } else if (dependency.getClassifier() != null
+                } else if (!is41OrBeyond
+                        && dependency.getClassifier() != null
                         && !dependency.getClassifier().isEmpty()) {
                     addViolation(
                             problems,
diff --git a/maven-bom/pom.xml b/maven-bom/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 164027d419c9..000000000000
--- a/maven-bom/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,209 +0,0 @@
-<?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</groupId>
-    <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-    <version>33</version>
-    <relativePath />
-  </parent>
-
-  <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-  <artifactId>maven-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>4.0.0-beta-5-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-  <name>Maven Dependencies BOM</name>
-  <description>Bill Of Materials for Apache Maven dependencies</description>
-  <url>https://maven.apache.org/ref/${project.version}/${project.artifactId}</url>
-
-  <scm>
-    <connection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven.git</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>maven-4.0.0-beta-3</tag>
-    <url>https://github.com/apache/maven/tree/${project.scm.tag}/${project.artifactId}</url>
-  </scm>
-  <issueManagement>
-    <system>jira</system>
-    <url>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG</url>
-  </issueManagement>
-  <ciManagement>
-    <system>Jenkins</system>
-    <url>https://ci-maven.apache.org/job/Maven/job/maven-box/job/maven/</url>
-  </ciManagement>
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <site>
-      <id>apache.website</id>
-      <url>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/website/components/${maven.site.path}</url>
-    </site>
-    <downloadUrl>https://maven.apache.org/download.html</downloadUrl>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
-  <properties>
-    <maven.site.path>ref/4-LATEST/${project.artifactId}</maven.site.path>
-  </properties>
-
-  <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-wrapper, only used by apache-maven-wrapper distributions -->
-    <dependencies>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-builder-support</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-embedder</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-api-core</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-api-meta</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-api-model</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-api-settings</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-api-spi</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-api-toolchain</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-api-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-api-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-model-builder</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-resolver-provider</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-settings-builder</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-toolchain-model</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-toolchain-builder</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-logging</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-xml-impl</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-  </dependencyManagement>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <topSiteURL>${project.distributionManagement.site.url}/..</topSiteURL>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>rat-check</id>
-            <phase>none</phase>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ca7b86abf65..2642063ab94f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
-    <!-- when upgrading parent, also upgrade maven-bom's parent -->
     <version>43</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@ under the License.
     <module>apache-maven</module>
     <module>maven-toolchain-model</module>
     <module>maven-toolchain-builder</module>
-    <module>maven-bom</module>
     <module>maven-docgen</module>
   </modules>