diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/AddManagedDependency.java b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/AddManagedDependency.java
index 8cef451465..d54da62f95 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/AddManagedDependency.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/AddManagedDependency.java
@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@
 import org.openrewrite.xml.tree.Xml;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
@@ -182,6 +185,10 @@ public String getInstanceNameSuffix() {
     public static class Scanned {
         boolean usingType;
         List<SourceFile> rootPoms = new ArrayList<>();
+        // Populated by callers (e.g. UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersion.getScanner) when
+        // addToRootPom=true and a transitive was found in a non-root pom under a reactor root.
+        // Keyed by the reactor root's GAV; values are the coordinates the writer should pin there.
+        Map<ResolvedGroupArtifactVersion, Set<GroupArtifact>> reactorRootTransitives = new HashMap<>();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersion.java b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersion.java
index 38ecc66006..caf39b2ff1 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersion.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersion.java
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.openrewrite.*;
 import org.openrewrite.maven.table.MavenMetadataFailures;
+import org.openrewrite.maven.tree.GroupArtifact;
 import org.openrewrite.maven.tree.MavenResolutionResult;
 import org.openrewrite.maven.tree.ResolvedDependency;
+import org.openrewrite.maven.tree.ResolvedGroupArtifactVersion;
 import org.openrewrite.semver.Semver;
 import org.openrewrite.xml.tree.Xml;
 
@@ -169,7 +171,37 @@ public AddManagedDependency.Scanned getInitialValue(ExecutionContext ctx) {
 
     @Override
     public TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> getScanner(AddManagedDependency.Scanned acc) {
-        return addManagedDependency().getScanner(acc);
+        TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> addManagedDependencyScanner = addManagedDependency().getScanner(acc);
+        if (!Boolean.TRUE.equals(addToRootPom)) {
+            return addManagedDependencyScanner;
+        }
+        // When adding to the reactor root, record for each root the coordinates any pom under it
+        // holds transitively. The visitor phase reads this map to write the pins in one place
+        // instead of the pom that happens to hold each transitive.
+        return new MavenIsoVisitor<ExecutionContext>() {
+            @Override
+            public Xml.Document visitDocument(Xml.Document document, ExecutionContext ctx) {
+                addManagedDependencyScanner.visit(document, ctx);
+                MavenResolutionResult mrr = getResolutionResult();
+                Set<ResolvedDependency> matchingDependencies = mrr.findDependencies(groupId, artifactId, null)
+                        .stream()
+                        .filter(ResolvedDependency::isTransitive)
+                        .collect(toCollection(LinkedHashSet::new));
+                if (matchingDependencies.isEmpty()) {
+                    return document;
+                }
+                MavenResolutionResult current = mrr;
+                while (current.parentPomIsProjectPom()) {
+                    current = current.getParent();
+                }
+                ResolvedGroupArtifactVersion rootGav = current.getPom().getGav();
+                Set<GroupArtifact> coords = acc.reactorRootTransitives.computeIfAbsent(rootGav, k -> new LinkedHashSet<>());
+                for (ResolvedDependency dep : matchingDependencies) {
+                    coords.add(new GroupArtifact(dep.getGroupId(), dep.getArtifactId()));
+                }
+                return document;
+            }
+        };
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -177,6 +209,27 @@ public TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> getVisitor(AddManagedDependency.Scanned
         return new MavenIsoVisitor<ExecutionContext>() {
             @Override
             public Xml.Document visitDocument(Xml.Document document, ExecutionContext ctx) {
+                if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(addToRootPom)) {
+                    // Only fire on the reactor root; write every coordinate recorded against it by
+                    // the scanner. Skip non-root poms even if they hold the transitive - the point
+                    // of addToRootPom is to centralize the pin.
+                    MavenResolutionResult mrr = getResolutionResult();
+                    if (mrr.parentPomIsProjectPom()) {
+                        return document;
+                    }
+                    Set<GroupArtifact> coords = acc.reactorRootTransitives.get(mrr.getPom().getGav());
+                    if (coords == null || coords.isEmpty()) {
+                        return document;
+                    }
+                    Xml.Document d = document;
+                    for (GroupArtifact coord : coords) {
+                        d = (Xml.Document) addManagedDependency(coord.getGroupId(), coord.getArtifactId())
+                                .getVisitor(acc)
+                                .visitNonNull(d, ctx);
+                    }
+                    return d;
+                }
+
                 Set<ResolvedDependency> matchingDependencies = getResolutionResult().findDependencies(groupId, artifactId, null)
                         .stream()
                         .filter(ResolvedDependency::isTransitive)
diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersionTest.java b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersionTest.java
index e07e648ff0..8b2c8dcb91 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersionTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersionTest.java
@@ -381,4 +381,71 @@ void doesNotAddManagedDependencyToChildModuleWhenInheritedFromParent() {
           )
         );
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void addsManagedDependencyToReactorRootWhenAddToRootPomAndOnlyChildHoldsTheTransitive() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec.recipe(new UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersion(
+            "com.fasterxml*", "jackson-core", "2.12.5", null, null, null, null, null, null, true, null)),
+          mavenProject("parent",
+            pomXml(
+              """
+              <project>
+                  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+                  <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+                  <version>1.0.0</version>
+                  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+                  <modules>
+                      <module>child</module>
+                  </modules>
+              </project>
+              """,
+              """
+              <project>
+                  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+                  <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+                  <version>1.0.0</version>
+                  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+                  <modules>
+                      <module>child</module>
+                  </modules>
+                  <dependencyManagement>
+                      <dependencies>
+                          <dependency>
+                              <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+                              <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+                              <version>2.12.5</version>
+                          </dependency>
+                      </dependencies>
+                  </dependencyManagement>
+              </project>
+              """
+            ),
+            mavenProject("child",
+              pomXml(
+                """
+                <project>
+                    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+                    <parent>
+                        <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.0.0</version>
+                    </parent>
+                    <artifactId>child</artifactId>
+                    <dependencies>
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>org.openrewrite</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>rewrite-java</artifactId>
+                            <version>7.0.0</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                    </dependencies>
+                </project>
+                """
+              )
+            )
+          )
+        );
+    }
 }