Example client module showing Serenity dependency issues via maven-enforcer-plugin. Just run mvn compile

pom.xml

<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <!-- Inherit defaults from Spring Boot -->
  <parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>1.2.1.RELEASE</version>
  </parent>

  <groupId>com.example</groupId>
  <artifactId>issues</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>

  <name>Example issues project</name>
  <description>Showing dependency issues.</description>

  <properties>
    <java.version>1.7</java.version>

    <!-- build settings -->
    <mavenMinVersion>3.2.3</mavenMinVersion>

    <!-- DEPENDENCY VERSIONS -->

    <!-- test dependency versions -->
    <extraEnforcerRulesVersion>1.0-beta-3</extraEnforcerRulesVersion>
    <cucumberCoreVersion>1.2.2</cucumberCoreVersion>
    <cucumberGherkinVersion>2.12.2</cucumberGherkinVersion>
    <cucumberHtmlVersion>0.2.3</cucumberHtmlVersion>
    <cucumberJavaVersion>1.2.2</cucumberJavaVersion>
    <cucumberJunitVersion>1.2.2</cucumberJunitVersion>
    <cucumberJvmVersion>1.0.3</cucumberJvmVersion>
    <serenityVersion>1.0.24</serenityVersion>
    <serenityCucumberVersion>1.0.5</serenityCucumberVersion>

    <!-- PLUGIN VERSIONS -->
    <!-- lifecycle related -->
    <cleanPluginVersion>2.6.1</cleanPluginVersion>
    <compilerPluginVersion>3.2</compilerPluginVersion>
    <dependencyPluginVersion>2.9</dependencyPluginVersion>
    <enforcerPluginVersion>1.3.1</enforcerPluginVersion>
    <jarPluginVersion>2.5</jarPluginVersion>
    <resourcesPluginVersion>2.7</resourcesPluginVersion>

    <!-- test related -->
    <failsafePluginVersion>2.18.1</failsafePluginVersion>
    <surefirePluginVersion>2.18.1</surefirePluginVersion>
  </properties>

  <prerequisites>
    <maven>${mavenMinVersion}</maven>
  </prerequisites>

  <build>
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>${cleanPluginVersion}</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>${compilerPluginVersion}</version>
          <configuration>
            <source>${java.version}</source>
            <target>${java.version}</target>
            <compilerArgs>
              <arg>-Xlint:unchecked</arg>
              <arg>-Werror</arg>
            </compilerArgs>
          </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>${dependencyPluginVersion}</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>${enforcerPluginVersion}</version>
          <dependencies>
            <dependency>
              <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
              <artifactId>extra-enforcer-rules</artifactId>
              <version>${extraEnforcerRulesVersion}</version>
            </dependency>
          </dependencies>
          <executions>
            <execution>
              <id>enforcer</id>
              <goals>
                <goal>enforce</goal>
              </goals>
              <configuration>
                <!--
                  Quick links to rules:
                  1) http://maven.apache.org/enforcer/enforcer-rules/index.html
                  2) http://mojo.codehaus.org/extra-enforcer-rules/
                -->
                <rules>
                  <!-- main rules -->
                  <requireMavenVersion>
                    <version>${mavenMinVersion}</version>
                  </requireMavenVersion>
                  <requireJavaVersion>
                    <version>${java.version}</version>
                  </requireJavaVersion>
                  <requireNoRepositories>
                    <message>Best Practice is to never define repositories in pom.xml (use a repository manager instead)</message>
                  </requireNoRepositories>
                  <requirePluginVersions>
                    <phases>compile</phases>
                  </requirePluginVersions>
                  <requireUpperBoundDeps />
                  <DependencyConvergence />
                  <bannedDependencies>
                    <!-- these are the banned deps; "exclude" is confusing! -->
                    <excludes>
                      <exclude>commons-logging</exclude>
                      <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
                      <exclude>org.apache.logging.log4j:*</exclude>
                    </excludes>
                    <includes>
                    </includes>
                  </bannedDependencies>
                  <banTransitiveDependencies>
                    <!-- these are the trans deps to allow/ignore when occur -->
                    <excludes>
                      <exclude>org.springframework.boot:*:*</exclude>
                    </excludes>
                    <includes>
                    </includes>
                  </banTransitiveDependencies>

                  <!-- extra rules -->
                  <banCircularDependencies />
                  <banDuplicateClasses>
                    <findAllDuplicates>true</findAllDuplicates>
                    <dependencies>
                      <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.apache.tomcat*</groupId>
                        <ignoreClasses>
                          <ignoreClass>*</ignoreClass>
                        </ignoreClasses>
                      </dependency>
                      <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.aspectj*</groupId>
                        <ignoreClasses>
                          <ignoreClass>*</ignoreClass>
                        </ignoreClasses>
                      </dependency>
                    </dependencies>
                  </banDuplicateClasses>
                  <enforceBytecodeVersion>
                    <maxJdkVersion>1.7</maxJdkVersion>
                  </enforceBytecodeVersion>
                </rules>
              </configuration>
            </execution>
          </executions>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>${failsafePluginVersion}</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>${jarPluginVersion}</version>
          <configuration>
            <archive>
              <index>true</index>
              <manifest>
                <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
              </manifest>
              <manifestEntries>
                <url>${project.url}</url>
                <Build-Number>${BUILD_NUMBER}</Build-Number>
              </manifestEntries>
            </archive>
          </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>${resourcesPluginVersion}</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>${surefirePluginVersion}</version>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>

    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

  <dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>

      <!-- Cucumber -->
      <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
        <version>${cucumberCoreVersion}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-html</artifactId>
        <version>${cucumberHtmlVersion}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
        <version>${cucumberJavaVersion}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-jvm-deps</artifactId>
        <version>${cucumberJvmVersion}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
        <version>${cucumberJunitVersion}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>gherkin</artifactId>
        <version>${cucumberGherkinVersion}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>

      <!-- Serenity -->
      <dependency>
        <groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
        <artifactId>core</artifactId>
        <version>${serenityVersion}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
        <artifactId>serenity-junit</artifactId>
        <version>${serenityVersion}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
        <artifactId>serenity-cucumber</artifactId>
        <version>${serenityCucumberVersion}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
  </dependencyManagement>

  <dependencies>
    <!-- Spring -->
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
      <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>

    <!-- Cucumber -->
    <dependency>
      <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
      <artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
      <artifactId>cucumber-html</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
      <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
      <artifactId>cucumber-jvm-deps</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
      <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
      <artifactId>gherkin</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <!-- Serenity -->
    <dependency>
      <groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
      <artifactId>core</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
      <artifactId>serenity-junit</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
      <artifactId>serenity-cucumber</artifactId>
    </dependency>

  </dependencies>  
</project>