Force re-download of release dependency using Maven

Question

I\'m working on a project with dependency X. X, in turn, depends on Y.

I used to explicitly include Y in my project\'s pom. However, it was not used and to make thin

Answer 1

Deleting the ~/.m2/repository will solve your problem. But, if you still need to keep the old ~/.m2/repository you can just change the maven local path temporarily.

If you are working on IntelliJ just go to Maven Settings and change the Local Repository path to somewhere else. You may need to tick the override checkbox near there.