Maven check for updated dependencies in repository

Question

Is there a Maven plugin that allows you to check if there are newer versions of dependencies available in the repository?

Say, you are using dependency X with versio

Answer 1

The ideal way to do it is to set dependency versions as properties in pom.xml and then running the below command to get the updated versions for your specific/custom dependencies.

    1.8
    UTF-8
    UTF-8
    true
    1.2.3.RELEASE
    Hoxton.SR6
    2.2.1.RELEASE
    5.5.1
    1.10.0
    3.1.2
    2.9.2
    0.118.1-alpha
    3.0.6.RELEASE

mvn versions:display-property-updates


[INFO] The following version properties are referencing the newest available version:
[INFO]   ${avro.version} .............................................. 1.10.0
[INFO]   ${spring-cloud-stream-schema.version} ................. 2.2.1.RELEASE
[INFO]   ${janino.version} ............................................. 3.1.2
[INFO] The following version property updates are available:
[INFO]   ${spring-cloud-gcp.version} .......... 1.2.3.RELEASE -> 1.2.5.RELEASE
[INFO]   ${google-cloud-logging-logback.version}  0.118.1-alpha -> 0.118.2-alpha
[INFO]   ${spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka.version}  3.0.6.RELEASE -> 3.0.8.RELEASE
[INFO]   ${confluent.version} ................................. 5.5.1 -> 6.0.0
[INFO]   ${swagger.version} ................................... 2.9.2 -> 3.0.0
[INFO]   ${spring-cloud.version} .................... Hoxton.SR6 -> Hoxton.SR8
[INFO] 
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  3.572 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2020-10-06T09:35:08-07:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Another way to achieve this is by executing the command mvn versions:display-dependency-updates but the problem I face with this approach is that it also shows me updates for the nested dependencies which are not too useful for me.