title: Max Dependency Updates author: Andrzej Jarmoniuk date: 2022-10-27

Max Dependency Updates

This Maven Enforcer rule checks if the number of dependency updates does not exceed the given threshold.

The following parameters are supported by this rule:

Parameter	Default	Description
`maxUpdates`	`0`	The total maximum allowed number of dependency updates.
`processDependencies`	`true`	Whether to process the dependencies section of the project.
`processDependencyManagement`	`true`	Whether to process the dependencyManagement section of the project.
`processDependencyManagementTransitive`	`true`	Whether to process the dependencyManagement part transitive or not. In case of type `pom` and scope `import`, this means by default to report also the imported dependencies. If the parameter is set to false the report will only show updates of the imported pom itself.
`processPluginDependencies`	`true`	Whether to process the dependencies sections of plugins.
`processPluginDependenciesInPluginManagement`	`true`	Whether to process the dependencies sections of plugins which are defined in pluginManagement.
`ignoreMinorUpdates`	`false`	Whether minor updates should be ignored. Default `false`. Note: when true, will also assume that `ignoreIncrementalUpdates` and `ignoreSubIncrementalUpdates` are also `true`.
`ignoreIncrementalUpdates`	`false`	Whether incremental updates should be ignored. Default `false`. Note: when true, will also assume that `ignoreSubIncrementalUpdates` is also `true`.
`ignoreSubIncrementalUpdates`	`false`	Whether sub-incremental updates should be ignored. Default `false`.
`dependencyIncludes`	`*`	List of dependency inclusion patterns. Only dependencies matching all the patterns will be considered. The wildcard (`*`) can be used as the only, first, last or both characters in each token. The version token does support version ranges.
`dependencyExcludes`	(empty)	List of dependency exclusion patterns. Only dependencies matching none of the patterns will be considered. The wildcard (`*`) can be used as the only, first, last or both characters in each token. The version token does support version ranges.
`dependencyManagementIncludes`	`*`	List of dependency management inclusion patterns. Only dependencies matching all the patterns will be considered. The wildcard (`*`) can be used as the only, first, last or both characters in each token. The version token does support version ranges.
`dependencyManagementExcludes`	(empty)	List of dependency management exclusion patterns. Only dependencies matching none of the patterns will be considered. The wildcard (`*`) can be used as the only, first, last or both characters in each token. The version token does support version ranges.
`pluginDependencyIncludes`	`*`	List of plugin dependency inclusion patterns. Only dependencies matching all the patterns will be considered. The wildcard (`*`) can be used as the only, first, last or both characters in each token. The version token does support version ranges.
`pluginDependencyExcludes`	(empty)	List of plugin dependency exclusion patterns. Only dependencies matching none of the patterns will be considered. The wildcard (`*`) can be used as the only, first, last or both characters in each token. The version token does support version ranges.
`pluginManagementDependencyIncludes`	`*`	List of plugin management dependency inclusion patterns. Only dependencies matching all the patterns will be considered. The wildcard (`*`) can be used as the only, first, last or both characters in each token. The version token does support version ranges.
`pluginManagementDependencyExcludes`	(empty)	List of plugin management dependency exclusion patterns. Only dependencies matching none of the patterns will be considered. The wildcard (`*`) can be used as the only, first, last or both characters in each token. The version token does support version ranges.
`serverId`	`serverId`	settings.xml's server id for the URL. This is used when Wagon needs extra authentication information.
`rulesUri`		URI of a ruleSet file containing the rules that control how to compare version numbers. The URI could be either a Wagon URI or a classpath URI (e.g. classpath:///package/sub/package/rules.xml).
`ruleSet`		Allows specifying the `RuleSet` object describing rules on artifact versions to ignore when considering updates. See: Using the ruleSet element in the POM

Note: Inclusion/exclusion parameters like dependencyIncludes, dependencyExcludes, etc. work the same way as parameters of the same name of the versions:display-dependency-updates goal of the plugin.

The parameters accept a list of extended GAV patterns, meaning patterns of:

groupId:artifactId:version:type:classifier:scope

of which only groupId is obligatory. On top of that, all of the components can be replaced with the asterisk (*) character in which case it will match all values.

So, e.g. both of the below patterns:

org.codehaus.mojo
org.codehaus.mojo:*

will match all artifacts with groupId org.codehaus.mojo.

Below a rundimentary example of using the enforcer rule.

The below example specifies a rule which will not allow any updates except for updates of localhost:dummy-api. It will also ignore all sub-incremental updates.

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    ...
    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.5.0</version>
                <goals>
                    <goal>enforce</goal>
                </goals>
                <configuration>
                    <rules>
                        <maxDependencyUpdates>
                            <maxUpdates>0</maxUpdates>
                            <dependencyExcludes>
                                <dependencyExclude>localhost:dummy-api</dependencyExclude>
                            </dependencyExcludes>
                            <ignoreSubIncrementalUpdates>true</ignoreSubIncrementalUpdates>
                        </maxDependencyUpdates>
                    </rules>
                </configuration>
                <dependencies>
                    <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.versions</groupId>
                        <artifactId>versions-enforcer</artifactId>
                        <version>2.18.0</version>
                    </dependency>
                </dependencies>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>