diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
index 1fa03f9..dd811f9 100644
--- a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
         // Tests that don't run stable and need to be fixed
         // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         // suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0108SnapshotUpdateTest.class ); -- MNG-3137
+        suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4463DependencyManagementImportVersionRanges.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng7112ProjectsWithNonRecursiveTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng7128BlockExternalHttpReactorTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng6511OptionalProjectSelectionTest.class );
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4463DependencyManagementImportVersionRanges.java b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4463DependencyManagementImportVersionRanges.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b2defb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4463DependencyManagementImportVersionRanges.java
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.maven.it;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * Integration tests for <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-4463">MNG-4463</a>.
+ *
+ * @author Christian Schulte
+ */
+public class MavenITmng4463DependencyManagementImportVersionRanges
+    extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
+{
+
+    public MavenITmng4463DependencyManagementImportVersionRanges()
+    {
+        super( "[4.0.0-alpha-1,)" );
+    }
+
+    public void testInclusiveUpperBoundResolvesToHighestVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-4463/inclusive-upper-bound" );
+        final Verifier verifier = newVerifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath(), "remote" );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+
+        final List<String> artifacts = verifier.loadLines( "target/compile.txt", "UTF-8" );
+        assertTrue( artifacts.toString(), artifacts.contains( "org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-api:jar:3.0" ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testExclusiveUpperBoundResolvesToHighestVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-4463/exclusive-upper-bound" );
+        final Verifier verifier = newVerifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath(), "remote" );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+
+        List<String> artifacts = verifier.loadLines( "target/compile.txt", "UTF-8" );
+        assertTrue( artifacts.toString(), artifacts.contains( "org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-api:jar:3.0" ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testFailureWithoutUpperBound()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-4463/no-upper-bound" );
+        final Verifier verifier = newVerifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath(), "remote" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+            verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+            verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+            fail( "Expected 'VerificationException' not thrown." );
+        }
+        catch ( final VerificationException e )
+        {
+            final List<String> lines = verifier.loadFile( new File( testDir, "log.txt" ), false );
+            assertTrue( "Expected error message not found.",
+                        indexOf( lines, ".*dependency version range.*does not specify an upper bound.*" ) >= 0 );
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            verifier.resetStreams();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int indexOf( final List<String> logLines, final String regex )
+    {
+        final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile( regex );
+
+        for ( int i = 0, l0 = logLines.size(); i < l0; i++ )
+        {
+            if ( pattern.matcher( logLines.get( i ) ).matches() )
+            {
+                return i;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4463/exclusive-upper-bound/pom.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4463/exclusive-upper-bound/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54404ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4463/exclusive-upper-bound/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?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.mng4463</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-4463</name>
+  <description>
+    Tests that importing dependency management using version ranges
+    with exclusive upper bound resolves to the highest version.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
+        <version>(,3.0.1)</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <compileArtifacts>target/compile.txt</compileArtifacts>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4463/inclusive-upper-bound/pom.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4463/inclusive-upper-bound/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e91b01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4463/inclusive-upper-bound/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?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.mng4463</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-4463</name>
+  <description>
+    Tests that importing dependency management using version ranges
+    with inclusive upper bound resolves to the highest version.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
+        <version>(,3.0]</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <compileArtifacts>target/compile.txt</compileArtifacts>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4463/no-upper-bound/pom.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4463/no-upper-bound/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53ec4e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4463/no-upper-bound/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?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.mng4463</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-4463</name>
+  <description>
+    Tests that importing dependency management using version ranges
+    without upper bound fails.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
+        <version>(3.0,)</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>