diff --git a/enforcer-api/pom.xml b/enforcer-api/pom.xml
index 1893e0d7..f574b796 100644
--- a/enforcer-api/pom.xml
+++ b/enforcer-api/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.enforcer</groupId>
     <artifactId>enforcer</artifactId>
-    <version>3.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>enforcer-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/enforcer-rules/pom.xml b/enforcer-rules/pom.xml
index 1655a11b..fb54579b 100644
--- a/enforcer-rules/pom.xml
+++ b/enforcer-rules/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.enforcer</groupId>
     <artifactId>enforcer</artifactId>
-    <version>3.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>enforcer-rules</artifactId>
diff --git a/enforcer-rules/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/enforcer/rules/RequireSameVersions.java b/enforcer-rules/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/enforcer/rules/RequireSameVersions.java
index 4e77e3e4..4f957665 100644
--- a/enforcer-rules/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/enforcer/rules/RequireSameVersions.java
+++ b/enforcer-rules/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/enforcer/rules/RequireSameVersions.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.enforcer.rule.api.EnforcerRuleException;
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 
 /**
@@ -51,11 +52,16 @@ public final class RequireSameVersions extends AbstractStandardEnforcerRule {
 
     private Set<String> reportPlugins = new HashSet<>();
 
+    private boolean sameModuleVersions;
+
     private final MavenProject project;
 
+    private final MavenSession session;
+
     @Inject
-    public RequireSameVersions(MavenProject project) {
+    public RequireSameVersions(MavenProject project, MavenSession session) {
         this.project = Objects.requireNonNull(project);
+        this.session = Objects.requireNonNull(session);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -85,6 +91,14 @@ public void execute() throws EnforcerRuleException {
             }
             throw new EnforcerRuleException(builder.toString());
         }
+
+        if (sameModuleVersions) {
+            MavenProject topLevelProject = session.getTopLevelProject();
+            if (!Objects.equals(topLevelProject.getVersion(), project.getVersion())) {
+                throw new EnforcerRuleException("Top level project has version " + topLevelProject.getVersion()
+                        + " but current module has different version " + project.getVersion());
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private Map<String, List<String>> collectVersionMembers(
@@ -119,7 +133,7 @@ private Map<String, List<String>> collectVersionMembers(
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return String.format(
-                "RequireSameVersions[dependencies=%s, buildPlugins=%s, reportPlugins=%s, plugins=%s, uniqueVersions=%b]",
-                dependencies, buildPlugins, reportPlugins, plugins, uniqueVersions);
+                "RequireSameVersions[dependencies=%s, buildPlugins=%s, reportPlugins=%s, plugins=%s, uniqueVersions=%b, sameModuleVersions=%b]",
+                dependencies, buildPlugins, reportPlugins, plugins, uniqueVersions, sameModuleVersions);
     }
 }
diff --git a/enforcer-rules/src/site/apt/requireSameVersions.apt.vm b/enforcer-rules/src/site/apt/requireSameVersions.apt.vm
index e4e55a7a..00a80627 100644
--- a/enforcer-rules/src/site/apt/requireSameVersions.apt.vm
+++ b/enforcer-rules/src/site/apt/requireSameVersions.apt.vm
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@
    * <<reportPlugins>> - an optional list of report plugin patterns
    
    * <<plugins>> - an optional list of both build and report plugin patterns
-    
+   
    * <<uniqueVersions>> - if SNAPSHOTs should be compared by their timestamped version or not. Default: false
+   
+   * <<sameModuleVersions>> - if set to true enforces that the current module has the same version as the top level aggregator project. Default: false. Supported since version 3.6.0
 
    []
 
diff --git a/maven-enforcer-extension/pom.xml b/maven-enforcer-extension/pom.xml
index 99786b24..be5d1cc7 100644
--- a/maven-enforcer-extension/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-enforcer-extension/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.enforcer</groupId>
     <artifactId>enforcer</artifactId>
-    <version>3.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.extensions</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-enforcer-extension</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-enforcer-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-enforcer-plugin/pom.xml
index f90a96ad..cacc3c6e 100644
--- a/maven-enforcer-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-enforcer-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.enforcer</groupId>
     <artifactId>enforcer</artifactId>
-    <version>3.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/invoker.properties b/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58b6526e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.buildResult = failure
diff --git a/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/module1/pom.xml b/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/module1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1a8ea94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/module1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.enforcer</groupId>
+    <artifactId>require-same-versions_multi-module-build</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>module1</artifactId>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/module2/pom.xml b/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/module2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3170c82d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/module2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.enforcer</groupId>
+    <artifactId>require-same-versions_multi-module-build</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>module2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/pom.xml b/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a36c063c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.enforcer</groupId>
+  <artifactId>require-same-versions_multi-module-build</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <!--
+    ! This entry is allowed
+  -->
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>first</id>
+      <name>This is the name</name>
+      <url>file:///Test</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <requireSameVersions>
+                  <sameModuleVersions>true</sameModuleVersions>
+                </requireSameVersions>
+              </rules>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  
+  <modules>
+    <module>module1</module>
+    <module>module2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/verify.groovy b/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12752bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/it/projects/require-same-versions_multi-module-build/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.text.contains( '[INFO] BUILD FAILURE' )
+assert buildLog.text.contains( '[ERROR] Rule 0: org.apache.maven.enforcer.rules.RequireSameVersions failed with message:' )
+assert buildLog.text.contains( 'Top level project has version 1.0-SNAPSHOT but current module has different version 1.1-SNAPSHOT' )
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba051d02..8ef43f6a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.enforcer</groupId>
   <artifactId>enforcer</artifactId>
-  <version>3.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Maven Enforcer</name>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     <maven.site.path>enforcer-archives/enforcer-LATEST</maven.site.path>
     <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
     <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-05-26T17:46:08Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-07-30T15:32:39Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <!-- the same as Maven 3.6.3 -->
     <resolver.version>1.4.1</resolver.version>