diff --git a/compat/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java b/compat/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java
index b7cc1d90811b..b8ca5288843c 100644
--- a/compat/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java
+++ b/compat/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java
@@ -22,12 +22,16 @@
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
+import org.apache.maven.model.DependencyManagement;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.ArtifactModelSource;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.DefaultModelBuildingRequest;
@@ -262,7 +266,7 @@ private Model loadPom(
                                 RequestTraceHelper.interpretTrace(false, request.getTrace()));
                     }
                 }
-                model = modelResult.getEffectiveModel();
+                model = stripInheritedDependencyManagement(modelResult);
             } catch (ModelBuildingException e) {
                 for (ModelProblem problem : e.getProblems()) {
                     if (problem.getException() instanceof UnresolvableModelException unresolvableModelException) {
@@ -300,6 +304,54 @@ private boolean withinSameGav(Artifact a1, Artifact a2) {
                 && Objects.equals(a1.getVersion(), a2.getVersion());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Strips parent-inherited {@code <dependencyManagement>} entries from the effective model.
+     * Only entries directly declared in the POM (or from its own BOM imports) are kept.
+     * This prevents {@code TransitiveDependencyManager} from propagating parent-inherited
+     * management rules through the transitive dependency graph (gh-12302).
+     */
+    private Model stripInheritedDependencyManagement(ModelBuildingResult modelResult) {
+        Model model = modelResult.getEffectiveModel();
+        DependencyManagement effectiveDm = model.getDependencyManagement();
+        if (effectiveDm == null || effectiveDm.getDependencies().isEmpty()) {
+            return model;
+        }
+
+        // Collect depMgmt declared by parent POMs in the lineage
+        Map<String, String> parentManagedVersions = new HashMap<>();
+        List<String> modelIds = modelResult.getModelIds();
+        for (int i = 1; i < modelIds.size(); i++) {
+            Model rawParent = modelResult.getRawModel(modelIds.get(i));
+            if (rawParent != null && rawParent.getDependencyManagement() != null) {
+                for (Dependency d : rawParent.getDependencyManagement().getDependencies()) {
+                    parentManagedVersions.putIfAbsent(d.getManagementKey(), d.getVersion());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (parentManagedVersions.isEmpty()) {
+            return model;
+        }
+
+        List<Dependency> ownDeps = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Dependency d : effectiveDm.getDependencies()) {
+            String parentVersion = parentManagedVersions.get(d.getManagementKey());
+            if (parentVersion == null || !parentVersion.equals(d.getVersion())) {
+                ownDeps.add(d);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (ownDeps.size() == effectiveDm.getDependencies().size()) {
+            return model;
+        }
+
+        Model result = model.clone();
+        DependencyManagement newDm = new DependencyManagement();
+        newDm.setDependencies(ownDeps);
+        result.setDependencyManagement(newDm);
+        return result;
+    }
+
     private Properties toProperties(Map<String, String> dominant, Map<String, String> recessive) {
         Properties props = new Properties();
         if (recessive != null) {
diff --git a/impl/maven-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/impl/resolver/DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java b/impl/maven-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/impl/resolver/DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java
index 88d168cccf84..de880843a4a7 100644
--- a/impl/maven-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/impl/resolver/DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java
+++ b/impl/maven-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/impl/resolver/DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.maven.impl.resolver;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@
 import org.apache.maven.api.di.Inject;
 import org.apache.maven.api.di.Named;
 import org.apache.maven.api.di.Singleton;
+import org.apache.maven.api.model.Dependency;
+import org.apache.maven.api.model.DependencyManagement;
 import org.apache.maven.api.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.api.services.ModelBuilder;
 import org.apache.maven.api.services.ModelBuilderException;
@@ -242,7 +245,7 @@ private Model loadPom(
                                 RequestTraceHelper.interpretTrace(false, request.getTrace()));
                     }
                 }
-                model = modelResult.getEffectiveModel();
+                model = stripInheritedDependencyManagement(modelResult);
             } catch (ModelBuilderException e) {
                 for (ModelProblem problem :
                         e.getResult().getProblemCollector().problems().toList()) {
@@ -281,6 +284,45 @@ private boolean withinSameGav(Artifact a1, Artifact a2) {
                 && Objects.equals(a1.getVersion(), a2.getVersion());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Strips parent-inherited {@code <dependencyManagement>} entries from the effective model.
+     * Only entries directly declared in the POM (or from its own BOM imports) are kept.
+     * This prevents {@code TransitiveDependencyManager} from propagating parent-inherited
+     * management rules through the transitive dependency graph (gh-12302).
+     */
+    private Model stripInheritedDependencyManagement(ModelBuilderResult modelResult) {
+        Model model = modelResult.getEffectiveModel();
+        DependencyManagement effectiveDm = model.getDependencyManagement();
+        if (effectiveDm == null || effectiveDm.getDependencies().isEmpty()) {
+            return model;
+        }
+
+        Model parentModel = modelResult.getParentModel();
+        DependencyManagement parentDm = parentModel != null ? parentModel.getDependencyManagement() : null;
+        if (parentDm == null || parentDm.getDependencies().isEmpty()) {
+            return model;
+        }
+
+        Map<String, String> parentManagedVersions = new HashMap<>();
+        for (Dependency d : parentDm.getDependencies()) {
+            parentManagedVersions.put(d.getManagementKey(), d.getVersion());
+        }
+
+        List<Dependency> ownDeps = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Dependency d : effectiveDm.getDependencies()) {
+            String parentVersion = parentManagedVersions.get(d.getManagementKey());
+            if (parentVersion == null || !parentVersion.equals(d.getVersion())) {
+                ownDeps.add(d);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (ownDeps.size() == effectiveDm.getDependencies().size()) {
+            return model;
+        }
+
+        return model.withDependencyManagement(effectiveDm.withDependencies(ownDeps));
+    }
+
     private Map<String, String> toProperties(Map<String, String> dominant, Map<String, String> recessive) {
         Map<String, String> props = new HashMap<>();
         if (recessive != null) {
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITgh12302TransitiveDepMgmtVersionDowngradeTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITgh12302TransitiveDepMgmtVersionDowngradeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ba89c4df6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITgh12302TransitiveDepMgmtVersionDowngradeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * 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.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * Integration test for <a href="https://github.com/apache/maven/issues/12302">gh-12302</a>.
+ *
+ * <p>Verifies that {@code TransitiveDependencyManager} does not silently downgrade
+ * dependency versions when an intermediate POM's {@code <dependencyManagement>}
+ * declares a lower version of a transitive dependency.
+ *
+ * <p>Dependency graph:
+ * <pre>
+ *   root (test project)
+ *     └── module-a:1.0 (parent = parent-a:1.0)
+ *           └── module-b:1.0
+ *                 └── lib-c:2.0
+ *
+ *   parent-a has &lt;dependencyManagement&gt; managing lib-c to 1.0
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * <p>Expected: lib-c resolves to 2.0 (declared by module-b).
+ * <br>Actual (bug): lib-c is downgraded to 1.0 by parent-a's dependencyManagement
+ * because {@code TransitiveDependencyManager} has {@code deriveUntil = Integer.MAX_VALUE},
+ * collecting managed versions from every POM in the graph.
+ */
+public class MavenITgh12302TransitiveDepMgmtVersionDowngradeTest extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase {
+
+    MavenITgh12302TransitiveDepMgmtVersionDowngradeTest() {
+        super("[4.0.0-rc-3,)");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTransitiveDependencyManagerDoesNotDowngradeVersions() throws Exception {
+        File testDir = extractResources("/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade");
+
+        Verifier verifier = newVerifier(testDir.getAbsolutePath());
+        verifier.setAutoclean(false);
+        verifier.deleteDirectory("target");
+        verifier.deleteArtifacts("org.apache.maven.its.gh12302");
+        verifier.filterFile("settings-template.xml", "settings.xml");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("--settings");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("settings.xml");
+        verifier.addCliArgument("validate");
+        verifier.execute();
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+
+        List<String> classpath = verifier.loadLines("target/classpath.txt");
+
+        // lib-c should resolve to 2.0 (as declared by module-b), not 1.0
+        // (managed by parent-a's dependencyManagement).
+        // With the TransitiveDependencyManager bug, lib-c gets downgraded to 1.0.
+        assertTrue(
+                classpath.contains("lib-c-2.0.jar"),
+                "lib-c should be version 2.0 (declared by module-b), not downgraded: " + classpath);
+        assertFalse(
+                classpath.contains("lib-c-1.0.jar"),
+                "lib-c should NOT be downgraded to 1.0 by parent-a's dependencyManagement: " + classpath);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eb2f79c4a8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?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>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.gh12302</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: gh-12302</name>
+  <description>Verify that TransitiveDependencyManager does not downgrade dependency versions
+    when an intermediate POM's dependencyManagement declares a lower version.</description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.gh12302</groupId>
+      <artifactId>module-a</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <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/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/.gitattributes b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d6420ce595a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.pom    text eol=lf
+maven-metadata.xml    text eol=lf
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/lib-c/1.0/lib-c-1.0.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/lib-c/1.0/lib-c-1.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee3ce6555d83
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diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/lib-c/1.0/lib-c-1.0.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/lib-c/1.0/lib-c-1.0.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c969e383a7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/lib-c/1.0/lib-c-1.0.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.gh12302</groupId>
+  <artifactId>lib-c</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/lib-c/2.0/lib-c-2.0.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/lib-c/2.0/lib-c-2.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee3ce6555d83
Binary files /dev/null and b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/lib-c/2.0/lib-c-2.0.jar differ
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/lib-c/2.0/lib-c-2.0.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/lib-c/2.0/lib-c-2.0.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5aa08a8cbc19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/lib-c/2.0/lib-c-2.0.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.gh12302</groupId>
+  <artifactId>lib-c</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/module-a/1.0/module-a-1.0.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/module-a/1.0/module-a-1.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee3ce6555d83
Binary files /dev/null and b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/module-a/1.0/module-a-1.0.jar differ
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/module-a/1.0/module-a-1.0.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/module-a/1.0/module-a-1.0.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c8d0bf728ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/module-a/1.0/module-a-1.0.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.gh12302</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-a</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>module-a</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.gh12302</groupId>
+      <artifactId>module-b</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/module-b/1.0/module-b-1.0.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/module-b/1.0/module-b-1.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee3ce6555d83
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diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/module-b/1.0/module-b-1.0.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/module-b/1.0/module-b-1.0.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40e8134d7e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/module-b/1.0/module-b-1.0.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.gh12302</groupId>
+  <artifactId>module-b</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.gh12302</groupId>
+      <artifactId>lib-c</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/parent-a/1.0/parent-a-1.0.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/parent-a/1.0/parent-a-1.0.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d0c192914b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/repo/org/apache/maven/its/gh12302/parent-a/1.0/parent-a-1.0.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.gh12302</groupId>
+  <artifactId>parent-a</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.gh12302</groupId>
+        <artifactId>lib-c</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/settings-template.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/settings-template.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c25336565b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/gh-12302-transitive-dep-mgmt-version-downgrade/settings-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?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>