Github user danielsoro commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/tomee/pull/232 Hey @cesarhernandezgt, What do you think to use that approach: https://github.com/apache/tomee/blob/master/maven/tomee-webapp-archetype/pom.xml#L45 Than you can use the version from the parent and keep the version aligned with that TomEE uses. https://github.com/apache/tomee/blob/master/pom.xml#L108
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