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

Use the Versions Maven plugin

http://mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/examples/lock-snapshots.html

and

http://mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/examples/unlock-snapshots.html