mvn-version-rules.xml

<ruleset comparisonMethod="maven"
  xmlns="http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/rule/2.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/rule/2.0.0 http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/xsd/rule-2.0.0.xsd">

  <ignoreVersions>
    <!-- Contains version names that should not be used in pom.xml -->
    <ignoreVersion type="regex">.*[-_\.](jboss|jenkins|redhat|patch|alpha|beta|RC)[-_.]?[0-9]*</ignoreVersion>
    <ignoreVersion type="regex">.*\.M\d+</ignoreVersion>
  </ignoreVersions>

</ruleset>