diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng8301ProjectWithoutModelVersion.java b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng8301ProjectWithoutModelVersion.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36b4c4a44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng8301ProjectWithoutModelVersion.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * 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 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-8301">MNG-8301</a>.
+ */
+class MavenITmng8301ProjectWithoutModelVersion extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase {
+    MavenITmng8301ProjectWithoutModelVersion() {
+        super("[4.0.0-beta-5,)");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void projectWithoutModelVersionCanBeBuilt() throws Exception {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources(getClass(), "/mng-8301-project-without-modelversion");
+
+        Verifier verifier = new Verifier(testDir.getAbsolutePath());
+        verifier.executeGoal("validate");
+
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+    }
+}
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..435b6585d 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(MavenITmng8301ProjectWithoutModelVersion.class, -9);
         suite.addTestSuite(MavenITmng8294ParentChecksTest.class);
         suite.addTestSuite(MavenITmng8293BomImportFromReactor.class);
         suite.addTestSuite(MavenITmng8288NoRootPomTest.class);
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-8301-project-without-modelversion/module-a/pom.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-8301-project-without-modelversion/module-a/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6057d29ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-8301-project-without-modelversion/module-a/pom.xml
@@ -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/4.1.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.1.0-beta-4.xsd">
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng8301</groupId>
+    <artifactId>m4womv</artifactId>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>module-a</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-8301-project-without-modelversion/module-b/pom.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-8301-project-without-modelversion/module-b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aba8c9ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-8301-project-without-modelversion/module-b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?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/4.1.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.1.0-beta-4.xsd">
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng8301</groupId>
+    <artifactId>m4womv</artifactId>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>module-b</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.repro</groupId>
+      <artifactId>module-a</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-8301-project-without-modelversion/pom.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-8301-project-without-modelversion/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d69745392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-8301-project-without-modelversion/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?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/4.1.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.1.0-beta-4.xsd">
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng8301</groupId>
+  <artifactId>m4womv</artifactId>
+  <!-- Maven 4 without modelVersion -->
+  <version>1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>module-a</module>
+    <module>module-b</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.13.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.4.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.3.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.5.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+</project>