How can I update a property in a Maven POM?

Question

I have two top-level Maven projects, backend and frontend, that advance versions at their own individual pace. Since each has multiple modules, I d

Answer 1

The newVersion parameter is badly documented (as is most of this plugin). By checking the integration tests, I see it takes a Maven version range not a simple version number. Also, it does not allow you to provide any value - it must be a valid one that Maven can resolve. The parameter would be better if it was called constrainRange

For anyone else in future, try this:

mvn versions:update-property -Dproperty=frontend.version -DnewVersion=[0.13.2]  

If you need to update to a snapshot make sure you set the property allowSnapshots to true

mvn versions:update-property -Dproperty=frontend.version -DnewVersion=[0.13.2] -DallowSnapshots=true