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Maven update dependencies in POM

Are there any preexisting Maven plugins or commands to update the dependencies in the POM? Example: (if this was in my POM)

<dependency>
    <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
    <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
    <version>2.3</version>
</dependency>

Is there a command or plugin I can run to get it to update the dependency to: 

<dependency>
    <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
    <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
    <version>2.4</version>
</dependency>
Solution

  • Try the maven-versions-plugin, in particular, the versions:use-latest-versions goal.

    Command:

    mvn versions:use-latest-versions