diff --git a/httpcore5-bom/pom.xml b/httpcore5-bom/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcd0cb6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/httpcore5-bom/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+   ====================================================================
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+   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
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+   KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
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+   ====================================================================
+
+   This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+   individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
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+ -->
+ <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">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.core5</groupId>
+    <artifactId>httpcore5-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>5.5-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>httpcore5-bom</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>Apache HttpComponents Core BOM</name>
+  <inceptionYear>2026</inceptionYear>
+  <description>Bill of Materials for Apache HttpComponents Core</description>
+  <url>https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core-5.5.x/</url>
+  <properties>
+    <!-- A BOM has no bytecode to check. -->
+    <animal.sniffer.skip>true</animal.sniffer.skip>
+  </properties>
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.core5</groupId>
+        <artifactId>httpcore5</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.core5</groupId>
+        <artifactId>httpcore5-h2</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.core5</groupId>
+        <artifactId>httpcore5-jackson3</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.core5</groupId>
+        <artifactId>httpcore5-reactive</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.core5</groupId>
+        <artifactId>httpcore5-testing</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ad256384..0cb76e587 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <modules>
+    <module>httpcore5-bom</module>
     <module>httpcore5</module>
     <module>httpcore5-h2</module>
     <module>httpcore5-reactive</module>