version-rules.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
    Rule file for versions-maven-plugin: filters out pre-release qualifiers
    (RC, Milestone, alpha, beta, CR, snapshot, etc.) so that
    versions:display-*-updates and versions:use-latest-releases only
    consider stable GA releases.

    Usage:
        mvn versions:display-parent-updates       -Dmaven.version.rules="file:///$(pwd)/version-rules.xml"
        mvn versions:display-dependency-updates   -Dmaven.version.rules="file:///$(pwd)/version-rules.xml"
        mvn versions:display-plugin-updates       -Dmaven.version.rules="file:///$(pwd)/version-rules.xml"

    Or, to apply automatically (commit the diff and run tests after):
        mvn versions:update-parent                -Dmaven.version.rules="file:///$(pwd)/version-rules.xml" -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
        mvn versions:use-latest-releases          -Dmaven.version.rules="file:///$(pwd)/version-rules.xml" -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
-->
<ruleset xmlns="https://www.mojohaus.org/VERSIONS/RULES/2.1.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="https://www.mojohaus.org/VERSIONS/RULES/2.1.0
                             https://www.mojohaus.org/versions/versions-model/xsd/rule-2.1.0.xsd">
    <ignoreVersions>
        <!-- Pre-release qualifiers in any case combination -->
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*[.-](alpha|beta|rc|cr|m|milestone|pre|preview|dev|ea|snapshot)[.-]?\d*.*</ignoreVersion>
        <!-- Spring's milestone/RC convention: 1.2.3-M1, 1.2.3-RC1, 1.2.3-SNAPSHOT -->
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">.*-(M|RC)\d+$</ignoreVersion>
        <!-- BouncyCastle's beta-style: 1.83-beta, 1.83b -->
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">.*[.-]?b\d+$</ignoreVersion>
    </ignoreVersions>
</ruleset>