Can you explain what the pros and cons are? I asked for all dependencies to be explicitly listed in the super pom in the build project and only that version used. I don't know whether Maven supports such a configuration. i.e. 1) raise an error if there is a conflict 2) raise an error for non-explicit transitive dependencies I know there are reports that can be run, but as far as I am aware nobody is doing that (or a way to enforce it). Checking it just before a release is really too late. It would mean redoing all the testing with new dependencies. It would have to be done on all dependent projects as well, e.g. the current common release is a mess as far as this concerned. Even its own internal project references are out-of-step. :-) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4062992#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...