How the version is picked

[vaageeshbhat]

When I use plugin config without version then which version is picked by spring boot app?

<plugin>
  <groupId>io.github.ascopes</groupId>
  <artifactId>protobuf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <phase>generate-sources</phase>
      <goals>
        <goal>generate</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>

[ascopes]

If you mean the plugin version, you need to provide a version in your POM or parent POM, otherwise it is down to Maven as to how it handles it (as far as I am aware, it is erroneous to omit it).

The most recent version is 3.2.2

[ascopes]

(That is unless Spring Boot has included this in their parent POM, I am not aware of that happening though!)

[vaageeshbhat]

Ahh.. somehow 1.2.0 picked in my spring boot project. Didn't find much information when I run mvn help:effective-pom

[ascopes]

Ah, maybe you had that cached somewhere? I'd definitely recommend pinning the version explicitly though if possible!