maven-version-rules.xml

<ruleset comparisonMethod="maven"
	xmlns="http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/rule/2.0.0"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	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">
	<rules>
		<rule groupId="javax.servlet" comparisonMethod="maven">
			<ignoreVersions>
				<ignoreVersion type="regex">.*\-b\d+</ignoreVersion>
			</ignoreVersions>
		</rule>
	</rules>
</ruleset>