Hello, In our multi-module project we included the module dependencies in the dependencyManagement of the parent POM to be able to leave out versions in the module POMs. Here a snippet extracted from the master POM:
<project ... ... <groupId>...</groupId> <artifactId>notif-platform</artifactId> <packaging>pom</packaging> <version>1.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version> ... <modules> <module>core-model</module> <module>core-persistence</module> <module>core-datasource</module> <module>core-webapp</module> <module>notif-core</module> <module>notif-model</module> ... </modules> <dependencyManagement> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>de.adesso.mobile.devicebackend</groupId> <artifactId>notif-core</artifactId> <version>1.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>de.adesso.mobile.devicebackend</groupId> <artifactId>notif-model</artifactId> <version>1.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>de.adesso.mobile.devicebackend</groupId> <artifactId>notif-persistence</artifactId> <version>1.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version> </dependency> ... We used continuum and the release plugin to manage the releases. In the past, the release plugin had no problems with updating the versions in the dependenyManagement of the parent POM. However, since version 2.0 (beta8 is automatically used, but 2.0 shows the same behavior) the release plugin does not change the versions in the dependencyManagement of the parent POM anymore. It thus produces a "broken" project after running the release plugin, as the module versions are changed in the respective module POMs, but not in the dependencyManagement of the master POM. Is it an error in the new release plugin version? Is use of module dependency versions in dependencyManagement of the POM discouraged now? Should I submit an issue? Best regards, Nils Kaiser