[FIXED] how maven version working, can't update ojdbc8 version

Issue

Example code:
https://github.com/yszzu1/mvn-version-test

Question:

1. why the admin-module always using ojdbc8 19.3.0.0 ?

# mvn dependency:tree

[INFO] --- maven-dependency-plugin:3.1.2:tree (default-cli) @ admin-module ---
[INFO] org.example:admin-module:jar:3.12.0
[INFO] +- org.example:db-module:jar:3.12.0:compile
[INFO] |  \- com.oracle.database.jdbc:ojdbc8:jar:19.3.0.0:compile

as we can see that the db-module is using 19.9.0.0

2. even after upgrade the db-module pom.xml with

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>
    <artifactId>ojdbc8</artifactId>
    <version>21.1.0.0</version>
</dependency>

, the admin-module mvn dependency:tree is still showing 19.3.0.0

mvn & windows & JVM version:

# mvn --version
Apache Maven 3.8.5 (3599d3414f046de2324203b78ddcf9b5e4388aa0)
Maven home: C:\Users\shuayan\Documents\open\apache-maven-3.8.5
Java version: 1.8.0_321, vendor: Oracle Corporation, runtime: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_321\jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 11", version: "10.0", arch: "amd64", family: "windows" 

BTW: I have read these two wiki
https://www.mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/faq.html https://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1212/core/MAVEN/maven_version.htm#MAVEN401

Solution

That is how dependency management works in maven.

1. you have defined direct ojdbc8 dependency for db-module and it does work as expected
2. for admin-module the situation is "bit different":

• it depends directly on db-module, and ojdbc8 is now a transitive dependency
• it inherits ojdbc8 version from spring-boot-starter-parent (actually from spring-boot-dependencies)

if you really want to use spring-boot-starter-parent as a parent you need to configure your project in the following way:

/pom.xml:

    <properties>
        ...
        <ojdbc.version>21.1.0.0</ojdbc.version>
        <oracle-database.version>21.1.0.0</oracle-database.version>
        ...
    </properties>

/db-module/pom.xml:

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>
            <artifactId>ojdbc8</artifactId>
            <!-- omit version information -->
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

Answered By - Andrey B. Panfilov
Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (JavaFixing Admin)