diff --git a/api/maven-api-metadata/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-metadata/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1488f692220e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/maven-api-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<?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 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">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-14-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>maven-api-metadata</artifactId>
+
+  <name>Maven 4 API :: Repository Metadata</name>
+  <description>Maven 4 API - Immutable Repository Metadata model.</description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-xml-impl</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
+        <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>plugin</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>velocity</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <velocityBasedir>${project.basedir}/../../src/mdo</velocityBasedir>
+              <version>1.2.0</version>
+              <models>
+                <model>src/main/mdo/metadata.mdo</model>
+              </models>
+              <templates>
+                <template>model.vm</template>
+              </templates>
+              <params>
+                <param>packageModelV4=org.apache.maven.api.metadata</param>
+              </params>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>plugin-doc</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>xdoc</goal>
+              <goal>xsd</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <version>1.2.0</version>
+              <models>
+                <model>src/main/mdo/metadata.mdo</model>
+              </models>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>**/package-info.java</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/api/maven-api-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/metadata/package-info.java b/api/maven-api-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/metadata/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68e28d951cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/maven-api-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/metadata/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// CHECKSTYLE_OFF: RegexpHeader
+/**
+ * Maven Repository Metadata model.
+ */
+package org.apache.maven.api.metadata;
diff --git a/maven-repository-metadata/src/main/mdo/metadata.mdo b/api/maven-api-metadata/src/main/mdo/metadata.mdo
similarity index 100%
rename from maven-repository-metadata/src/main/mdo/metadata.mdo
rename to api/maven-api-metadata/src/main/mdo/metadata.mdo
diff --git a/api/maven-api-metadata/src/site/apt/index.apt b/api/maven-api-metadata/src/site/apt/index.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a3f76ef0a6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/maven-api-metadata/src/site/apt/index.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+~~ 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.
+
+ -----
+ Introduction
+ -----
+ Guillaume Nodet
+ -----
+ 2024-04-04
+ -----
+
+Maven 4 API - Repository Metadata Model
+
+ This is the immutable model for Repository Metadata in <<<org.apache.maven.api.metadata>>> package.
+
+ The following are generated from this model:
+
+   * {{{./apidocs/index.html}Java sources}} with <<<Builder>>> inner classes for immutable instances creation.
+
diff --git a/api/maven-api-metadata/src/site/site.xml b/api/maven-api-metadata/src/site/site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ffe43d07c30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/maven-api-metadata/src/site/site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?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 xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.8.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.8.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/decoration-1.8.0.xsd">
+
+  <edit>${project.scm.url}</edit>
+
+  <body>
+    <menu name="Overview">
+      <item name="Introduction" href="index.html"/>
+      <item name="Javadocs" href="apidocs/index.html"/>
+      <item name="Source Xref" href="xref/index.html"/>
+      <!--item name="FAQ" href="faq.html"/-->
+    </menu>
+
+    <menu ref="parent"/>
+    <menu ref="reports"/>
+  </body>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 86a89a19af5d..5af8c9886555 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     <module>maven-api-plugin</module>
     <module>maven-api-settings</module>
     <module>maven-api-toolchain</module>
+    <module>maven-api-metadata</module>
     <module>maven-api-core</module>
     <module>maven-api-spi</module>
   </modules>
diff --git a/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml b/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
index 38c62f62bd59..5a5c785bcc5b 100644
--- a/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ under the License.
   <description>Per-directory local and remote repository metadata.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-api-metadata</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
@@ -56,12 +60,12 @@ under the License.
         <configuration>
           <version>1.2.0</version>
           <models>
-            <model>src/main/mdo/metadata.mdo</model>
+            <model>../api/maven-api-metadata/src/main/mdo/metadata.mdo</model>
           </models>
           <params>
             <param>forcedIOModelVersion=1.1.0</param>
             <param>packageModelV3=org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata</param>
-            <param>packageModelV4=org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.v4</param>
+            <param>packageModelV4=org.apache.maven.api.metadata</param>
             <param>packageToolV4=org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.io</param>
           </params>
           <velocityBasedir>${project.basedir}/../src/mdo</velocityBasedir>
@@ -75,10 +79,9 @@ under the License.
             <configuration>
               <version>1.2.0</version>
               <models>
-                <model>src/main/mdo/metadata.mdo</model>
+                <model>../api/maven-api-metadata/src/main/mdo/metadata.mdo</model>
               </models>
               <templates>
-                <template>model.vm</template>
                 <template>reader-stax.vm</template>
                 <template>writer-stax.vm</template>
               </templates>
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ under the License.
             <configuration>
               <version>1.1.0</version>
               <models>
-                <model>src/main/mdo/metadata.mdo</model>
+                <model>../api/maven-api-metadata/src/main/mdo/metadata.mdo</model>
               </models>
               <templates>
                 <template>model-v3.vm</template>
diff --git a/maven-repository-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/MetadataTest.java b/maven-repository-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/MetadataTest.java
index b2d6d7842bc4..b5ed73132ff0 100644
--- a/maven-repository-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/MetadataTest.java
+++ b/maven-repository-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/MetadataTest.java
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void testRoundtrip() throws Exception {
         System.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.class.getName(), WstxInputFactory.class.getName());
         System.setProperty(XMLOutputFactory.class.getName(), WstxOutputFactory.class.getName());
 
-        Metadata source = new Metadata(org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.v4.Metadata.newBuilder(
+        Metadata source = new Metadata(org.apache.maven.api.metadata.Metadata.newBuilder(
                         createMetadataFromArtifact(artifact).getDelegate(), true)
                 .modelEncoding("UTF-16")
                 .build());
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a0bb13ea7f36..bb8aaf6579ce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -278,6 +278,11 @@ under the License.
         <artifactId>maven-api-di</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-api-metadata</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-di</artifactId>