diff --git a/maven/src/it/use-generics/invoker.properties b/maven/src/it/use-generics/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27e586ee24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven/src/it/use-generics/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+############################################################################
+# Hibernate Tools, Tooling for your Hibernate Projects #
+# #
+# Copyright 2018-2025 Red Hat, Inc. #
+# #
+# Licensed 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. #
+############################################################################
+invoker.goals = generate-resources
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven/src/it/use-generics/pom.xml b/maven/src/it/use-generics/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f86642218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven/src/it/use-generics/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+ org.hibernate.tool.maven.test
+ use-generics
+ 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+
+
+ com.h2database
+ h2
+ @h2.version@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.hibernate.tool
+ hibernate-tools-maven
+ @project.version@
+
+
+ Entity generation
+ generate-sources
+
+ hbm2java
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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diff --git a/maven/src/it/use-generics/setup.bsh b/maven/src/it/use-generics/setup.bsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4b5a472c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven/src/it/use-generics/setup.bsh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate Tools, Tooling for your Hibernate Projects
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018-2025 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.Statement;
+
+String JDBC_CONNECTION = "jdbc:h2:" + basedir + "/test";
+String CREATE_PERSON_TABLE =
+ "create table PERSON (ID int not null, NAME varchar(20), primary key (ID))";
+String CREATE_ITEM_TABLE =
+ "create table ITEM (ID int not null, NAME varchar(20), OWNER_ID int not null, " +
+ " primary key (ID), foreign key (OWNER_ID) references PERSON(ID))";
+
+Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(JDBC_CONNECTION);
+Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
+statement.execute(CREATE_PERSON_TABLE);
+statement.execute(CREATE_ITEM_TABLE);
+statement.close();
+connection.close();
diff --git a/maven/src/it/use-generics/src/main/resources/hibernate.properties b/maven/src/it/use-generics/src/main/resources/hibernate.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32da3e5d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven/src/it/use-generics/src/main/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+############################################################################
+# Hibernate Tools, Tooling for your Hibernate Projects #
+# #
+# Copyright 2018-2025 Red Hat, Inc. #
+# #
+# Licensed 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. #
+############################################################################
+hibernate.connection.driver_class=org.h2.Driver
+hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:h2:./test
+hibernate.default_catalog=TEST
+hibernate.default_schema=PUBLIC
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diff --git a/maven/src/it/use-generics/verify.bsh b/maven/src/it/use-generics/verify.bsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddc33e4437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven/src/it/use-generics/verify.bsh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate Tools, Tooling for your Hibernate Projects
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018-2025 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+
+File personEntity = new File(basedir, "target/generated-sources/Person.java");
+if (!personEntity.isFile()) {
+ throw new FileNotFoundException("Could not find generated Java file: " + personEntity);
+}
+byte[] raw = Files.readAllBytes(personEntity.toPath());
+if (!new String(raw).contains("Set- ")) {
+ throw new RuntimeException("The generated Java file should use generics");
+}
+
+
diff --git a/maven/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/maven/GenerateJavaMojo.java b/maven/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/maven/GenerateJavaMojo.java
index f496301d02..f8b3e35056 100644
--- a/maven/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/maven/GenerateJavaMojo.java
+++ b/maven/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/maven/GenerateJavaMojo.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class GenerateJavaMojo extends AbstractGenerationMojo {
private boolean ejb3;
/** Code will contain JDK 5 constructs such as generics and static imports. */
- @Parameter(defaultValue = "false")
+ @Parameter(defaultValue = "true")
private boolean jdk5;
/** A path used for looking up user-edited templates. */