Plugin: updater-maven

Updates the version declared in a Maven pom.xml file. It is useful for Java projects that keep their canonical version in Maven metadata.

Installation

Binary

semrel plugin install @semrel/updater-maven

semrel plugin install downloads the binary to .semrel/plugins/ and updates .semrel.lock. Commit .semrel.lock to pin the version for your team.

Docker

Pre-built, signed multi-platform images (linux/amd64, linux/arm64) are published on every release:

docker pull ghcr.io/semrels/updater-maven:latest

Verify the image signature with cosign:

cosign verify ghcr.io/semrels/updater-maven:latest \
  --certificate-identity-regexp 'https://github.com/SemRels/updater-maven/.github/workflows/release.yml.*' \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com

Configuration

version: 1
plugins:
  - uses: @semrel/updater-maven
    args:
      file: pom.xml

Environment Variables

Name	Required	Default	Description
`SEMREL_PLUGIN_FILE`	no	`pom.xml`	Maven POM file to update.

Release Context Variables

SEMREL_NEXT_VERSION
SEMREL_CURRENT_VERSION
SEMREL_TAG_NAME
SEMREL_DRY_RUN

Behavior

For a 1.4.0 release, the updater can replace <version>1.3.2</version> with <version>1.4.0</version> in pom.xml.

Source

SemRels/updater-maven