diff --git a/generators/java/generators/build-tool/generator.ts b/generators/java/generators/build-tool/generator.ts
index 9f0e7dcb803e..1ccca6df8eec 100644
--- a/generators/java/generators/build-tool/generator.ts
+++ b/generators/java/generators/build-tool/generator.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export default class BuildToolGenerator extends BaseApplicationGenerator {
         };
 
         source.addJavaDefinition = (definition, options) => {
-          const { dependencies, versions } = definition;
+          const { dependencies, versions, mavenDefinition } = definition;
           if (dependencies) {
             source.addJavaDependencies!(
               dependencies.filter(dep => {
@@ -128,9 +128,12 @@ export default class BuildToolGenerator extends BaseApplicationGenerator {
               });
             }
             if (application.buildToolGradle) {
-              source.addGradleDependencyCatalogVersions?.(versions, options);
+              source.addGradleDependencyCatalogVersions!(versions, options);
             }
           }
+          if (application.buildToolMaven && mavenDefinition) {
+            source.addMavenDefinition!(mavenDefinition);
+          }
         };
 
         source.addJavaDefinitions = (
diff --git a/generators/java/types.d.ts b/generators/java/types.d.ts
index 1089ad4359a2..6f8ade8896d2 100644
--- a/generators/java/types.d.ts
+++ b/generators/java/types.d.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { RequireOneOrNone } from 'type-fest';
 import { BaseApplication } from '../base-application/types.js';
 import { GradleApplication, GradleNeedleOptions } from '../gradle/types.js';
 import { EditFileCallback } from '../base/api.js';
+import { MavenDefinition } from '../maven/types.js';
 import { JavaAnnotation } from './support/add-java-annotation.ts';
 
 export type JavaDependencyVersion = {
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ export type JavaDependency = JavaArtifact & JavaArtifactVersion;
 export type JavaDefinition = {
   versions?: JavaDependencyVersion[];
   dependencies?: JavaDependency[];
+  mavenDefinition?: MavenDefinition;
 };
 
 export type JavaNeedleOptions = GradleNeedleOptions;
diff --git a/generators/spring-data-relational/generator.ts b/generators/spring-data-relational/generator.ts
index b2eff890df3a..dc4be83b0e76 100644
--- a/generators/spring-data-relational/generator.ts
+++ b/generators/spring-data-relational/generator.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ export default class SqlGenerator extends BaseApplicationGenerator<SpringBootGen
       },
       addDependencies({ application, source }) {
         const { reactive, javaDependencies, packageFolder } = application;
+        const { prodDatabaseType, devDatabaseTypeH2Any } = application as any;
+        const dbDefinitions = getDatabaseTypeMavenDefinition(prodDatabaseType, {
+          inProfile: devDatabaseTypeH2Any ? 'prod' : undefined,
+          javaDependencies,
+        });
 
         source.addJavaDefinitions?.(
           {
@@ -148,6 +153,7 @@ export default class SqlGenerator extends BaseApplicationGenerator<SpringBootGen
               { groupId: 'jakarta.persistence', artifactId: 'jakarta.persistence-api' },
               { groupId: 'org.springframework.boot', artifactId: 'spring-boot-starter-data-r2dbc' },
             ],
+            mavenDefinition: dbDefinitions.r2dbc,
           },
           {
             condition: !reactive,
@@ -159,6 +165,7 @@ export default class SqlGenerator extends BaseApplicationGenerator<SpringBootGen
               { groupId: 'org.springframework.security', artifactId: 'spring-security-data' },
               { scope: 'annotationProcessor', groupId: 'org.hibernate.orm', artifactId: 'hibernate-jpamodelgen' },
             ],
+            mavenDefinition: { dependencies: [{ inProfile: 'IDE', groupId: 'org.hibernate.orm', artifactId: 'hibernate-jpamodelgen' }] },
           },
           {
             dependencies: [
@@ -169,29 +176,15 @@ export default class SqlGenerator extends BaseApplicationGenerator<SpringBootGen
               { scope: 'test', groupId: 'org.testcontainers', artifactId: 'junit-jupiter' },
               { scope: 'test', groupId: 'org.testcontainers', artifactId: 'testcontainers' },
             ],
+            mavenDefinition: dbDefinitions.jdbc,
           },
         );
 
-        if (application.buildToolMaven) {
-          const { prodDatabaseType, devDatabaseTypeH2Any } = application as any;
-
-          const inProfile = devDatabaseTypeH2Any ? 'prod' : undefined;
-          if (!reactive) {
-            source.addMavenDefinition?.({
-              dependencies: [{ inProfile: 'IDE', groupId: 'org.hibernate.orm', artifactId: 'hibernate-jpamodelgen' }],
-            });
-          }
-          if (devDatabaseTypeH2Any) {
-            const h2Definitions = getH2MavenDefinition({ prodDatabaseType, packageFolder });
-            source.addMavenDefinition?.(h2Definitions.jdbc);
-            if (reactive) {
-              source.addMavenDefinition?.(h2Definitions.r2dbc);
-            }
-          }
-          const dbDefinitions = getDatabaseTypeMavenDefinition(prodDatabaseType, { inProfile, javaDependencies });
-          source.addMavenDefinition?.(dbDefinitions.jdbc);
+        if (devDatabaseTypeH2Any && application.buildToolMaven) {
+          const h2Definitions = getH2MavenDefinition({ prodDatabaseType, packageFolder });
+          source.addMavenDefinition?.(h2Definitions.jdbc);
           if (reactive) {
-            source.addMavenDefinition?.(dbDefinitions.r2dbc);
+            source.addMavenDefinition?.(h2Definitions.r2dbc);
           }
         }
       },