diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ChangeManagedDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactId.java b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ChangeManagedDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactId.java
index e8c3933ddd..ad6394e5aa 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ChangeManagedDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactId.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ChangeManagedDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactId.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.openrewrite.maven.tree.ResolvedPom;
 import org.openrewrite.semver.Semver;
 import org.openrewrite.semver.VersionComparator;
+import org.openrewrite.xml.AddToTagVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.xml.RemoveContentVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.xml.tree.Xml;
 
@@ -160,6 +161,9 @@ public Xml.Tag visitTag(Xml.Tag tag, ExecutionContext ctx) {
                                 }
                                 String resolvedNewVersion = resolveSemverVersion(ctx, newGroupId, resolvedArtifactId, getResolutionResult().getPom().getValue(versionTag.get().getValue().orElse(null)));
                                 t = changeChildTagValue(t, "version", resolvedNewVersion, ctx);
+                            } else {
+                                Xml.Tag newChild = Xml.Tag.build("<version>" + newVersion + "</version>");
+                                t = (Xml.Tag) new AddToTagVisitor<ExecutionContext>(t, newChild, new MavenTagInsertionComparator(t.getChildren())).visitNonNull(t, ctx, getCursor().getParentOrThrow());
                             }
                         } catch (MavenDownloadingException e) {
                             return e.warn(t);
diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ChangeDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactIdTest.java b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ChangeDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactIdTest.java
index 30f637ad96..0b82002828 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ChangeDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactIdTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ChangeDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactIdTest.java
@@ -567,6 +567,78 @@ void changeManagedDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactIdAndVersion() {
         );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void doesNotAddVersionNumberTagToDirectDependencyIfAbleToOnManagedDependency() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec.recipe(
+            new ChangeDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactId(
+              "com.fasterxml.jackson.core",
+              "jackson-core",
+              "org.apache.commons",
+              "commons-csv",
+              "1.14.1",
+              null
+            )
+          ),
+          //language=xml
+          pomXml(
+            """
+              <project>
+                <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+                <artifactId>project</artifactId>
+                <version>1</version>
+                <parent>
+                  <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
+                  <version>2.20.0</version>
+                </parent>
+                <dependencyManagement>
+                  <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+                      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+                    </dependency>
+                  </dependencies>
+                </dependencyManagement>
+                <dependencies>
+                  <dependency>
+                    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+                  </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+              </project>
+              """,
+            """
+              <project>
+                <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+                <artifactId>project</artifactId>
+                <version>1</version>
+                <parent>
+                  <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
+                  <version>2.20.0</version>
+                </parent>
+                <dependencyManagement>
+                  <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                      <artifactId>commons-csv</artifactId>
+                      <version>1.14.1</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                  </dependencies>
+                </dependencyManagement>
+                <dependencies>
+                  <dependency>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-csv</artifactId>
+                  </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+              </project>
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
     @Test
     void changeProfileManagedDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactId() {
         rewriteRun(
diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ChangeManagedDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactIdTest.java b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ChangeManagedDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactIdTest.java
index c0213793eb..6c5c6898f2 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ChangeManagedDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactIdTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ChangeManagedDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactIdTest.java
@@ -346,6 +346,78 @@ void changeManagedDependencyWithPropertyVersion() {
         );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void changeManagedDependencyMissingExplicitVersion() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec.recipe(
+            new ChangeManagedDependencyGroupIdAndArtifactId(
+              "com.fasterxml.jackson.core",
+              "jackson-core",
+              "org.apache.commons",
+              "commons-csv",
+              "1.14.1",
+              null
+            )
+          ),
+          //language=xml
+          pomXml(
+            """
+              <project>
+                <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+                <artifactId>project</artifactId>
+                <version>1</version>
+                <parent>
+                  <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
+                  <version>2.20.0</version>
+                </parent>
+                <dependencyManagement>
+                  <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+                      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+                    </dependency>
+                  </dependencies>
+                </dependencyManagement>
+                <dependencies>
+                  <dependency>
+                    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+                  </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+              </project>
+              """,
+            """
+              <project>
+                <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+                <artifactId>project</artifactId>
+                <version>1</version>
+                <parent>
+                  <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
+                  <version>2.20.0</version>
+                </parent>
+                <dependencyManagement>
+                  <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                      <artifactId>commons-csv</artifactId>
+                      <version>1.14.1</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                  </dependencies>
+                </dependencyManagement>
+                <dependencies>
+                  <dependency>
+                    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+                  </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+              </project>
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
     @Test
     void latestPatchMangedDependency() {
         rewriteRun(