Maven 2 - define dependency version from transitive dependency version

Question

I\'ll explain the question with my real situation.

I use logback 1.0.1 for logging, and it includes SLF4J 1.6.4 as a dependency. I also use the SLF4J API bridges for

Answer 1

Not in a very beautiful way :/

There is the maven enforcer plugin: http://maven.apache.org/enforcer/enforcer-rules/

so you can ban the transitive dependencies and include the version you want: http://maven.apache.org/enforcer/enforcer-rules/bannedDependencies.html

If you use a property for the good version you dont need to mess around in the enforcer plugin version.