How do I get my Eclipse-Maven project to automatically update its classpath when I change a dependency in my pom.xml file?

Question

I’m using Eclipse Mars with Maven (v 3.3). When I update a dependency in my pom (change the version), my Eclipse-Maven project doesn’t pick it up, even when I right click m

Answer 1

What you wrote, should work. Did you check this:

• does "pure" mvn install from terminal see your changes in POM?

• maybe some Maybe plugin is buggy, cached some dependencies in target, and mvn clean install is needed

• you can run Eclipse in a new workspace, and import your project there, sometimes it helps in case of such strange problems

• instead of importing Maven project to Eclipse via m2eclipse, you can try to create Eclipse files via the old mvn eclipse:eclipse and see what happens then

• does it work well when you try to import your Maven project to other IDE, the free IntelliJ Community Edition for example?