diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8fab2f03ab..d399eefd8d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 <?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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <!-- This module was also published with a richer model, Gradle metadata,  -->
+  <!-- which should be used instead. Do not delete the following line which  -->
+  <!-- is to indicate to Gradle or any Gradle module metadata file consumer  -->
+  <!-- that they should prefer consuming it instead. -->
+  <!-- do_not_remove: published-with-gradle-metadata -->
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
@@ -196,7 +201,12 @@
         <groupId>org.moditect</groupId>
         <artifactId>moditect-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
-    </plugins>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>de.jjohannes</groupId>
+        <artifactId>gradle-module-metadata-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+     </plugins>
   </build>
 
   <profiles>
diff --git a/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x b/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
index a785db4852..747aa63716 100644
--- a/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
@@ -1129,3 +1129,7 @@ David Bidorff (bidorffOL@github)
   * Reported, contributed fix for #2719: `FAIL_ON_IGNORED_PROPERTIES` does not throw
     on `READONLY` properties with an explicit name
   (2.12.0)
+
+Jendrik Johannes (jjohannes@github)
+  * Contributed #2726: Add Gradle Module Metadata for version alignment with Gradle 6
+  (2.12.0)
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index c4cb5a1c46..59cf75d48f 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 #2719: `FAIL_ON_IGNORED_PROPERTIES` does not throw on `READONLY` properties with
   an explicit name
  (reported, fix contributed by David B)
+#2726: Add Gradle Module Metadata for version alignment with Gradle 6
+ (contributed by Jendrik J)
 #2732: Allow `JsonNode` auto-convert into `ArrayNode` if duplicates found (for XML)
 #2733: Allow values of "untyped" auto-convert into `List` if duplicates found (for XML)
 - Add `BeanDeserializerBase.isCaseInsensitive()`
 - Some refactoring of `CollectionDeserializer` to solve CSV array handling issues
-- Add Gradle Module Metadata for version alignment with Gradle 6
 
 2.11.1 (not yet released)