diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18185-pomPublishVersions.yml b/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18185-pomPublishVersions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49e811c6dc03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18185-pomPublishVersions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+title: Published POMs now include resolved dependency versions, fixing ambiguous/missing version problems.
+type: fixed
+authors:
+  - name: David Smiley
+links:
+  - name: SOLR-18185
+    url: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-18185
diff --git a/gradle/maven/defaults-maven.gradle b/gradle/maven/defaults-maven.gradle
index ea20f908ad15..418a60ea1d8c 100644
--- a/gradle/maven/defaults-maven.gradle
+++ b/gradle/maven/defaults-maven.gradle
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ configure(subprojects.findAll {it.path in rootProject.published}) {prj ->
 
           pom(configurePom)
 
+          // Publish resolved/locked dependency versions instead of declared catalog versions
+          versionMapping {
+            usage('java-api') { fromResolutionOf('runtimeClasspath') }
+            usage('java-runtime') { fromResolutionResult() }
+          }
+
           // Remove the internal :platform dependency from dependencyManagement in POMs
           pom.withXml {
             def root = asNode()