Maven specific version of a snapshot dependency

Question

Is there a way to get Maven to download a specific snapshot version of a dependency? I know that specifying the dependency like this will download the lastest snapshot avail

Answer 1

To use a specific snapshot version of a dependency, the referenced artifact should be installed/deployed with a unique snapshot version number. See the uniqueVersion element in the POM reference/Repository. In this case you can reference it like:

...

groupid
artifact-id
1.0.0-20090610.041042-5

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Maven repository manager servers may have additional related features, like overriding the pom.xml's uniqueVersion setting. For example see the Artifactory User Guide about this feature (additionally, you can read here some arguments against using unique snapshot version numbers).