diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/CoreMessageLogger.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/CoreMessageLogger.java
index 59b559f2b4d9..e71388bc999d 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/CoreMessageLogger.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/CoreMessageLogger.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		description = "Miscellaneous logging related to Hibernate ORM Core"
 )
 @MessageLogger(projectCode = "HHH")
-@ValidIdRange(max = 8000)
+@ValidIdRange(min = 1, max = 8000)
 @Internal
 public interface CoreMessageLogger extends BasicLogger {
 
diff --git a/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/post/LoggingReportTask.java b/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/post/LoggingReportTask.java
index bc01c532a1ce..45d4ec7526b1 100644
--- a/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/post/LoggingReportTask.java
+++ b/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/post/LoggingReportTask.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
 
 import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationInstance;
+import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationValue;
 import org.jboss.jandex.ClassInfo;
 import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
 import org.jboss.jandex.Index;
@@ -95,8 +96,8 @@ public void generateLoggingReport() {
 			}
 			else {
 				idRange = new IdRange(
-						idRangeAnnUsage.value( "min" ).asInt(),
-						idRangeAnnUsage.value( "max" ).asInt(),
+						asIntOrDefault( idRangeAnnUsage, "min" , 1 ),
+						asIntOrDefault( idRangeAnnUsage, "max" , 999999 ),
 						true,
 						loggerClassInfo.simpleName(),
 						subSystem
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ private IdRange calculateIdRange(AnnotationInstance msgLoggerAnnUsage, SubSystem
 
 		for ( int i = 0; i < messageAnnUsages.size(); i++ ) {
 			final AnnotationInstance msgAnnUsage = messageAnnUsages.get( i );
-			final int msgId = msgAnnUsage.value( "id" ).asInt();
+			final int msgId = asIntOrDefault( msgAnnUsage, "id", -1 );
 
 			if ( msgId < minId ) {
 				minId = msgId;
@@ -332,4 +333,13 @@ public String getLabel() {
 			return minValueText + " - " + maxValueText;
 		}
 	}
+
+	private int asIntOrDefault(AnnotationInstance instance, String param, int defaultValue) {
+		final AnnotationValue value = instance.value( param );
+		if ( value == null ) {
+			getLogger().warn( "Explicit value for [{}] was not provided at {}! ", param, instance.target() );
+			return defaultValue;
+		}
+		return value.asInt();
+	}
 }