version-rules.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ruleset
        xmlns="http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/rule/2.0.0" 
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        comparisonMethod="maven" 
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/rule/2.0.0 http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/xsd/rule-2.0.0.xsd">
    <ignoreVersions>
        <!-- Ignore Alphas, Betas, release candidates and milestones -->
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*Alpha(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*a(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*Beta(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*-B(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*RC(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*CR(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*M(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
    </ignoreVersions>
    <rules>
    </rules>
</ruleset>