diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/models/xml/internal/attr/CommonPluralAttributeProcessing.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/models/xml/internal/attr/CommonPluralAttributeProcessing.java
index b77deb2305a8..4369e7b19b2a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/models/xml/internal/attr/CommonPluralAttributeProcessing.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/models/xml/internal/attr/CommonPluralAttributeProcessing.java
@@ -201,8 +201,7 @@ public static void applyPluralAttributeStructure(
 	private static FetchMode interpretFetchMode(JaxbPluralFetchModeImpl fetchMode) {
 		return switch ( fetchMode ) {
 			case JOIN -> FetchMode.JOIN;
-			case SELECT -> FetchMode.SELECT;
-			case SUBSELECT -> FetchMode.SELECT;
+			case SELECT, SUBSELECT -> FetchMode.SELECT;
 		};
 	}
 
@@ -211,15 +210,16 @@ private static void applyOrderColumn(
 			MutableMemberDetails memberDetails,
 			XmlDocumentContext xmlDocumentContext) {
 		final JaxbOrderColumnImpl jaxbOrderColumn = jaxbPluralAttribute.getOrderColumn();
-		if ( jaxbOrderColumn == null ) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		final OrderColumnJpaAnnotation orderColumnAnn = (OrderColumnJpaAnnotation) memberDetails.applyAnnotationUsage(
-				JpaAnnotations.ORDER_COLUMN,
-				xmlDocumentContext.getModelBuildingContext()
-		);
+		if ( jaxbOrderColumn != null
+			|| jaxbPluralAttribute.getClassification() == LimitedCollectionClassification.LIST ) {
+			final OrderColumnJpaAnnotation orderColumnAnn = (OrderColumnJpaAnnotation) memberDetails.applyAnnotationUsage(
+					JpaAnnotations.ORDER_COLUMN,
+					xmlDocumentContext.getModelBuildingContext()
+			);
 
-		orderColumnAnn.apply( jaxbOrderColumn, xmlDocumentContext );
+			if ( jaxbOrderColumn != null ) {
+				orderColumnAnn.apply( jaxbOrderColumn, xmlDocumentContext );
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/boot/models/hbm/collections/list/ListTests.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/boot/models/hbm/collections/list/ListTests.java
index 786b28d278af..b65b9b205d21 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/boot/models/hbm/collections/list/ListTests.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/boot/models/hbm/collections/list/ListTests.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import org.hibernate.mapping.BasicValue;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.Component;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.KeyValue;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.List;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.ManyToOne;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.PersistentClass;
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ void testXml(DomainModelScope domainModelScope) {
 		final PersistentClass rootBinding = domainModelScope.getDomainModel().getEntityBinding( Root.class.getName() );
 		validateTags( rootBinding.getProperty( "tags" ) );
 		validateCategories( rootBinding.getProperty( "categories" ) );
+		validateAdmins( rootBinding.getProperty( "admins" ) );
+		validateAdmins2( rootBinding.getProperty( "admins2" ) );
 	}
 
 	private void validateTags(Property tags) {
@@ -58,9 +61,6 @@ private void validateCategories(Property categories) {
 			else if ( "owner".equals( subProperty.getName() ) ) {
 				validateCategoryOwner( subProperty );
 			}
-			else if ( "admins".equals( subProperty.getName() ) ) {
-				validateAdmins( subProperty );
-			}
 			else {
 				fail( "Unexpected Category property :" + subProperty.getName() );
 			}
@@ -80,16 +80,41 @@ private void validateCategoryOwner(Property owenerProperty) {
 
 	}
 
-	private void validateAdmins(Property adminsProperty) {
-		assertThat( adminsProperty.getColumns() ).hasSize( 1 );
-		assertThat( adminsProperty.getColumns().get( 0 ).getName() ).isEqualTo( "root_fk" );
+	private void validateAdmins(Property property) {
+		// mapped as many-to-many
+		assertThat( property.getColumns() ).isEmpty();
 
-		final List listValue = (List) adminsProperty.getValue();
+		final List listValue = (List) property.getValue();
 		assertThat( listValue.getCollectionTable().getName() ).isEqualTo( "root_admins" );
 
+		final KeyValue foreignKey = listValue.getKey();
+		assertThat( foreignKey.getColumns() ).hasSize( 1 );
+		assertThat( foreignKey.getColumns().get( 0 ).getName() ).isEqualTo( "root_fk" );
+
+		final BasicValue indexValue = (BasicValue) listValue.getIndex();
+		assertThat( indexValue.getColumns() ).hasSize( 1 );
+
+		final ManyToOne element = (ManyToOne) listValue.getElement();
+		assertThat( element.getReferencedEntityName() ).isEqualTo( User.class.getName() );
+	}
+
+	private void validateAdmins2(Property property) {
+		// mapped as one-to-many
+		assertThat( property.getColumns() ).isEmpty();
+
+		final List listValue = (List) property.getValue();
+		assertThat( listValue.getColumns() ).isEmpty();
+		assertThat( listValue.getCollectionTable().getName() ).isEqualTo( "root_admins2" );
+
+		// key
+		final KeyValue foreignKey = listValue.getKey();
+		assertThat( foreignKey.getColumns() ).hasSize( 1 );
+		assertThat( foreignKey.getColumns().get( 0 ).getName() ).isEqualTo( "root_fk" );
+
 		final BasicValue indexValue = (BasicValue) listValue.getIndex();
 		assertThat( indexValue.getColumns() ).hasSize( 1 );
 
 		final ManyToOne element = (ManyToOne) listValue.getElement();
+		assertThat( element.getReferencedEntityName() ).isEqualTo( User.class.getName() );
 	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/hbm/list/mapping.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/hbm/list/mapping.xml
index d2145aa86834..b20905ee91fa 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/hbm/list/mapping.xml
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/hbm/list/mapping.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
             </one-to-many>
 
             <many-to-many name="admins" classification="LIST" target-entity="User">
-                <order-column/>
                 <join-table name="root_admins">
                     <join-column name="root_fk"/>
                     <inverse-join-column name="user_fk"/>
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@
             </many-to-many>
 
             <element-collection name="tags" classification="LIST" target-class="java.lang.String">
-                <order-column/>
                 <column name="txt"/>
                 <collection-table>
                     <join-column name="root_fk"/>