diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8af71453..21a3df5a 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,16 @@
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+    <artifactId>slf4j-bom</artifactId>
+    <version>2.0.0-alpha6-SNAPSNOT</version>
+    <relativePath>slf4j-bom</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  
   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.0-alpha6-SNAPSNOT</version>
+
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>SLF4J</name>
@@ -96,26 +103,6 @@
 
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-
  
       <dependency>
         <groupId>log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/slf4j-bom/pom.xml b/slf4j-bom/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7598cc18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slf4j-bom/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+<?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/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+  <artifactId>slf4j-bom</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0.0-alpha6-SNAPSNOT</version>
+
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>SLF4J BOM</name>
+  <description>SLF4J Bill of materials</description>
+  <url>http://www.slf4j.org</url>
+
+  <organization>
+    <name>QOS.ch</name>
+    <url>http://www.qos.ch</url>
+  </organization>
+  <inceptionYear>2005</inceptionYear>
+
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+
+    <dependencies>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-alpha6</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-alpha6</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-alpha6</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-alpha6</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-jdk-platform-logging</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-alpha6</version>
+      </dependency>
+      
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-alpha6</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-ext</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-alpha6</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-alpha6</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-alpha6</version>
+      </dependency>
+      
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-alpha6</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>osgi-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-alpha6</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+    
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>slf4j-parent</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>