Exclude a package from updating in composer

Question

Whenever I try to add a new package using composer like \"composer require packagename/package\" or use \"composer.phar update\", I am getting all the

Answer 1

1. run this command and see what is your package version:

   composer show -i
   

2. go to composer.json and edit which package you want never change by composer update and write version correctly for that :

   "jacopo/laravel-authentication-acl": "1.3.*", 
   

   change to :

   "jacopo/laravel-authentication-acl": "1.3.11",
   

Done! now if you run composer update this package not update.