Prevent wildcard versions in your Gradle project. These undermine deterministic and hermetic builds and are generally considered bad practice.

build.gradle

allprojects {
  afterEvaluate { project ->
    project.configurations.all {
      resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
        def requested = details.requested
        if (requested.version.contains('+')) {
          throw new GradleException("Wildcard dependency forbidden: ${requested.group}:${requested.name}:${requested.version}")
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

@plastiv Good point.