Sample pom.xml

readme.md

This sample pom.xml uses latest maven plugins versions and some useful dependencies (tests, lombok, ...) so it's useful to bootstrap a new projet or update an existing project needing some upgrades.

Latest maven plugins : https://maven.apache.org/plugins/index.html

All versions of plugins and dependencies are handled in pluginManagement and dependencyManagement so there are easily movable in a parent for a multi modules project.

Plugin org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin with help of maven-enforcer-plugin allows to check available updates (plugins, dependencies, properties, parent, ...), generate report, automatically update your pom files. Useful commands in terminal to leverage versions-maven-plugin :

• Check all updates : mvn versions:display-parent-updates versions:display-dependency-updates versions:display-plugin-updates versions:display-property-updates -DprocessDependencyManagementTransitive=false
• Generate reports in target/site/*-updates-report.html: mvn versions:dependency-updates-report versions:plugin-updates-report versions:property-updates-report -DprocessDependencyManagementTransitive=false
• Automatically update parent and properties : mvn versions:update-parent versions:update-properties

Bash :

mvn -DprocessDependencyManagementTransitive=false \
  versions:display-parent-updates \
  versions:display-dependency-updates \
  versions:display-plugin-updates \
  versions:display-property-updates
  
mvn -DprocessDependencyManagementTransitive=false \
  versions:dependency-updates-report \
  versions:plugin-updates-report \
  versions:property-updates-report
  
mvn versions:update-parent versions:update-properties

MS Batch :

mvn -DprocessDependencyManagementTransitive=false ^
  versions:display-parent-updates ^
  versions:display-dependency-updates ^
  versions:display-plugin-updates ^
  versions:display-property-updates
  
mvn -DprocessDependencyManagementTransitive=false ^
  versions:dependency-updates-report ^
  versions:plugin-updates-report ^
  versions:property-updates-report
  
mvn versions:update-parent versions:update-properties

Standalone launch (without editing pom.xml) :
mvn org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.15.0:display-property-updates -DprocessDependencyManagementTransitive=false

pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>

    <groupId>group.dummy-id</groupId>
    <artifactId>artifact-dummy-id</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <properties>
        <java.version>17</java.version>
        <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
        <maven.version.minimum>3.8</maven.version.minimum>

        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>

        <!-- Dependencies versions -->
        <lombok.version>1.18.30</lombok.version>
        <commons-lang3.version>3.13.0</commons-lang3.version>
        <slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
        <logback.version>1.4.11</logback.version>

        <!-- Test dependencies versions -->
        <junit.version>5.10.0</junit.version>
        <assertj.version>3.24.2</assertj.version>
        <mockito.version>5.6.0</mockito.version>

        <!-- Maven plugins versions -->
        <maven-plugin.clean.version>3.3.2</maven-plugin.clean.version>
        <maven-plugin.resources.version>3.3.1</maven-plugin.resources.version>
        <maven-plugin.compiler.version>3.11.0</maven-plugin.compiler.version>
        <maven-plugin.surefire.version>3.2.1</maven-plugin.surefire.version>
        <maven-plugin.jar.version>3.3.0</maven-plugin.jar.version>
        <maven-plugin.assembly.version>3.6.0</maven-plugin.assembly.version>
        <maven-plugin.install.version>3.1.1</maven-plugin.install.version>
        <maven-plugin.release.version>3.0.1</maven-plugin.release.version>
        <maven-plugin.deploy.version>3.1.1</maven-plugin.deploy.version>
        <maven-plugin.dependency.version>3.6.1</maven-plugin.dependency.version>
        <maven-plugin.site.version>4.0.0-M11</maven-plugin.site.version>
        <maven-plugin.verifier.version>1.1</maven-plugin.verifier.version>
        <maven-plugin.failsafe.version>3.2.1</maven-plugin.failsafe.version>
        <maven-plugin.antrun.version>3.1.0</maven-plugin.antrun.version>

        <!-- Other plugins versions -->
        <versions-maven-plugin.version>2.16.1</versions-maven-plugin.version>
        <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.4.1</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
            <!-- Regular dependencies -->
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
                <version>${lombok.version}</version>
                <scope>provided</scope>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
                <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
                <version>${logback.version}</version>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
                <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
            </dependency>

            <!-- Test Dependencies -->
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
                <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
                <version>${junit.version}</version>
                <scope>test</scope>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
                <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
                <version>${assertj.version}</version>
                <scope>test</scope>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
                <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
                <version>${mockito.version}</version>
                <scope>test</scope>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </dependencyManagement>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Test Dependencies -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
            <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <pluginManagement>
            <plugins>
                <!-- Maven Plugins -->
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.clean.version}</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.dependency.version}</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.resources.version}</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.compiler.version}</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.surefire.version}</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.assembly.version}</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.jar.version}</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.install.version}</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.release.version}</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.deploy.version}</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.site.version}</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-enforcer-plugin.version}</version>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <id>enforce-maven</id>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>enforce</goal>
                            </goals>
                            <configuration>
                                <rules>
                                    <requireMavenVersion>
                                        <version>${maven.version.minimum}</version>
                                    </requireMavenVersion>
                                    <requireJavaVersion>
                                        <version>${java.version}</version>
                                    </requireJavaVersion>
                                </rules>
                            </configuration>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.antrun.version}</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-verifier-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.verifier.version}</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${maven-plugin.failsafe.version}</version>
                </plugin>

                <!-- Other plugins -->
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                    <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>${versions-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <phase>validate</phase>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>display-parent-updates</goal>
                                <goal>display-dependency-updates</goal>
                                <goal>display-plugin-updates</goal>
                                <goal>display-property-updates</goal>
                                <goal>dependency-updates-report</goal>
                                <goal>plugin-updates-report</goal>
                                <goal>property-updates-report</goal>
                            </goals>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>

        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>

            <!-- Needed to set the minimum maven version so versions-maven-plugin can correctly provide what is available -->
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>