diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 0d9c6ab5403cf..81afa4ffbfee5 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -97,17 +97,8 @@
         <commons-lang3.version>3.14.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.17.0</commons-codec.version>
         <classmate.version>1.7.0</classmate.version>
-        <!-- WARNING: When updating, also align other properties on this version:
-             bytebuddy.version (just below), hibernate-orm.version-for-documentation (in docs/pom.xml)
-             and both hibernate-orm.version and antlr.version in build-parent/pom.xml
-             WARNING again for diffs that don't provide enough context: when updating, see above -->
-        <hibernate-orm.version>6.5.2.Final</hibernate-orm.version>
-        <bytebuddy.version>1.14.15</bytebuddy.version> <!-- Version controlled by Hibernate ORM's needs -->
-        <hibernate-commons-annotations.version>6.0.6.Final</hibernate-commons-annotations.version> <!-- version controlled by Hibernate ORM -->
-        <hibernate-reactive.version>2.3.1.Final</hibernate-reactive.version>
-        <hibernate-validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
-        <!-- When updating, align hibernate-search.version-for-documentation in docs/pom.xml -->
-        <hibernate-search.version>7.1.1.Final</hibernate-search.version>
+        <!-- See root POM for hibernate-orm.version, hibernate-reactive.version, hibernate-validator.version,
+             hibernate-search.version, antlr.version, bytebuddy.version, hibernate-commons-annotations.version -->
         <narayana.version>7.0.1.Final</narayana.version>
         <agroal.version>2.4</agroal.version>
         <jboss-transaction-spi.version>8.0.0.Final</jboss-transaction-spi.version>
@@ -186,7 +177,6 @@
         <quarkus-spring-boot-api.version>2.1.SP1</quarkus-spring-boot-api.version>
         <mockito.version>5.12.0</mockito.version>
         <jna.version>5.8.0</jna.version><!-- should satisfy both testcontainers and mongodb -->
-        <antlr.version>4.13.0</antlr.version><!-- needs to align with same property in build-parent/pom.xml -->
         <quarkus-security.version>2.0.3.Final</quarkus-security.version>
         <keycloak.version>24.0.4</keycloak.version>
         <logstash-gelf.version>1.15.1</logstash-gelf.version>
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 622f79f6cb4c0..6ee804140ed8e 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
         <generated-dir>${project.basedir}/../target/asciidoc/generated</generated-dir>
         <code-examples-dir>${generated-dir}/examples</code-examples-dir>
         <vale.image>docker.io/jdkato/vale:v2.15.5</vale.image>
-
-        <!-- Keep these in sync with the full versions in bom/application/pom.xml -->
-        <hibernate-orm.version-for-documentation>6.5</hibernate-orm.version-for-documentation>
-        <hibernate-search.version-for-documentation>7.1</hibernate-search.version-for-documentation>
     </properties>
 
     <name>Quarkus - Documentation</name>
@@ -3016,6 +3012,34 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>parse-version-hibernate-orm</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>parse-version</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <propertyPrefix>hibernate-orm</propertyPrefix>
+                            <versionString>${hibernate-orm.version}</versionString>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>parse-version-hibernate-search</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>parse-version</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <propertyPrefix>hibernate-search</propertyPrefix>
+                            <versionString>${hibernate-search.version}</versionString>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
                 <executions>
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/_attributes.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/_attributes.adoc
index b4b1fa6683417..4eed987d1446a 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/_attributes.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/_attributes.adoc
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@
 :grpc-version: ${grpc.version}
 :protoc-version: ${protoc.version}
 :gcf-invoker-version: ${gcf-invoker.version}
-:hibernate-orm-version: ${hibernate-orm.version-for-documentation}
-:hibernate-search-version: ${hibernate-search.version-for-documentation}
+// Cannot simply use the name 'hibernate-*-version' here as it somehow gets
+// overridden to the full version, at least when building locally.
+:hibernate-orm-version-major-minor: ${hibernate-orm.majorVersion}.${hibernate-orm.minorVersion}
+:hibernate-search-version-major-minor: ${hibernate-search.majorVersion}.${hibernate-search.minorVersion}
 // .
 :quarkus-home-url: ${quarkus-home-url}
 :quarkus-org-url: https://github.com/quarkusio
@@ -49,8 +51,8 @@
 :quickstarts-blob-url: ${quickstarts-base-url}/blob/main
 :quickstarts-tree-url: ${quickstarts-base-url}/tree/main
 // .
-:hibernate-orm-docs-url: https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/{hibernate-orm-version}/userguide/html_single/Hibernate_User_Guide.html
-:hibernate-search-docs-url: https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/search/{hibernate-search-version}/reference/en-US/html_single/
+:hibernate-orm-docs-url: https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/{hibernate-orm-version-major-minor}/userguide/html_single/Hibernate_User_Guide.html
+:hibernate-search-docs-url: https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/search/{hibernate-search-version-major-minor}/reference/en-US/html_single/
 // .
 :amazon-services-guide: https://quarkiverse.github.io/quarkiverse-docs/quarkus-amazon-services/dev/index.html
 :config-consul-guide: https://quarkiverse.github.io/quarkiverse-docs/quarkus-config-extensions/dev/consul.html
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69b70f2e144d4..f0810515a9551 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,9 +66,18 @@
         <owasp-dependency-check-plugin.version>9.0.7</owasp-dependency-check-plugin.version>
 
         <!-- Dependency versions -->
+        <!-- Properties below are set in this file because they are used
+             in the BOM as well as other POMs (build-parent/pom.xml, docs/pom.xml, ...) -->
         <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>
         <kubernetes-client.version>6.13.0</kubernetes-client.version> <!-- Please check with Java Operator SDK team before updating -->
         <rest-assured.version>5.4.0</rest-assured.version>
+        <hibernate-orm.version>6.5.2.Final</hibernate-orm.version> <!-- WARNING when updating, also align the versions below -->
+        <antlr.version>4.13.0</antlr.version> <!-- version controlled by Hibernate ORM's needs -->
+        <bytebuddy.version>1.14.15</bytebuddy.version> <!-- version controlled by Hibernate ORM's needs -->
+        <hibernate-commons-annotations.version>6.0.6.Final</hibernate-commons-annotations.version> <!-- version controlled by Hibernate ORM's needs -->
+        <hibernate-reactive.version>2.3.1.Final</hibernate-reactive.version> <!-- highly sensitive to Hibernate ORM upgrades -->
+        <hibernate-validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+        <hibernate-search.version>7.1.1.Final</hibernate-search.version>
 
         <!-- Make sure to check compatibility between these 2 gRPC components before upgrade -->
         <grpc.version>1.64.0</grpc.version> <!-- when updating, verify if com.google.auth should not be updated too -->