diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a5994ef..93b4df3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ jobs:
         id: tests
         run: ./mvnw -U -B -ntp verify
 
+      - name: Verify external BOM consumption
+        run: bash scripts/verify-bom-consumer.sh
+
       - name: Print failing test reports
         if: failure() && steps.tests.outcome == 'failure'
         shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 71ef4f9..1c0b635 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ jobs:
             || { echo "Tag $GITHUB_REF_NAME does not match Maven version $PROJECT_VERSION." >&2; exit 1; }
           echo "value=$PROJECT_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
+      - name: Verify external BOM consumption
+        run: bash scripts/verify-bom-consumer.sh
+
       - name: Verify and publish the exact release reactor
         env:
           PLATFORM_ACCEPTANCE_WORK_DIRECTORY: ${{ runner.temp }}/featureframework-platform-acceptance
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8831104..28d6550 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -215,7 +215,10 @@
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${flatten.plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration><flattenMode>resolveCiFriendliesOnly</flattenMode></configuration>
+                <configuration>
+                    <flattenMode>resolveCiFriendliesOnly</flattenMode>
+                    <updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
+                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution><id>flatten</id><phase>process-resources</phase><goals><goal>flatten</goal></goals></execution>
                     <execution><id>flatten-clean</id><phase>clean</phase><goals><goal>clean</goal></goals></execution>
diff --git a/scripts/verify-bom-consumer.sh b/scripts/verify-bom-consumer.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e09efdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/verify-bom-consumer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repository_root="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+cd "$repository_root"
+
+version="$(
+  ./mvnw -q -ntp -DforceStdout help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version \
+    | awk '/^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/ { print; exit }'
+)"
+if [[ -z "$version" ]]; then
+  echo "Unable to resolve the FeatureFramework project version." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+local_repository="$(mktemp -d)"
+consumer_directory="$(mktemp -d)"
+cleanup() {
+  rm -rf "$local_repository" "$consumer_directory"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+./mvnw -B -ntp \
+  -pl featureframework-bom -am \
+  -DskipTests \
+  -Dmaven.repo.local="$local_repository" \
+  install
+
+parent_pom="$local_repository/nl/hauntedmc/featureframework/featureframework-parent/$version/featureframework-parent-$version.pom"
+bom_pom="$local_repository/nl/hauntedmc/featureframework/featureframework-bom/$version/featureframework-bom-$version.pom"
+
+for installed_pom in "$parent_pom" "$bom_pom"; do
+  if [[ ! -f "$installed_pom" ]]; then
+    echo "Expected installed consumer POM was not created: $installed_pom" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if grep -Fq "\${revision}" "$installed_pom"; then
+    echo "Installed consumer POM still contains an unresolved \${revision}: $installed_pom" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+cat >"$consumer_directory/pom.xml" <<EOF
+<?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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>nl.hauntedmc.featureframework.acceptance</groupId>
+    <artifactId>bom-consumer</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0</version>
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>nl.hauntedmc.featureframework</groupId>
+                <artifactId>featureframework-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>$version</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>nl.hauntedmc.featureframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>featureframework-theme-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
+EOF
+
+effective_pom="$consumer_directory/effective-pom.xml"
+./mvnw -B -ntp \
+  -f "$consumer_directory/pom.xml" \
+  -Dmaven.repo.local="$local_repository" \
+  help:effective-pom \
+  -Doutput="$effective_pom"
+
+if ! awk -v expected="$version" '
+  /<artifactId>featureframework-theme-api<\/artifactId>/ { candidate = 1; next }
+  candidate && /<version>/ {
+    value = $0
+    sub(/^.*<version>/, "", value)
+    sub(/<\/version>.*$/, "", value)
+    if (value == expected) {
+      found = 1
+    }
+    candidate = 0
+  }
+  END { exit found ? 0 : 1 }
+' "$effective_pom"; then
+  echo "External BOM consumer did not receive featureframework-theme-api:$version from dependency management." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Verified external consumption of featureframework-bom:$version."