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 https://www.mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/xsd/rule-2.0.0.xsd">

    <!-- 
    rules for the versions-maven-plugin
    Used when running the mvn versions:display-dependency-updates goal
    -->
    <!-- General ignore rules -->
    <ignoreVersions>
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">.*-alpha.*</ignoreVersion>
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">.*-beta.*</ignoreVersion>
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">.*-RC.*</ignoreVersion>
    </ignoreVersions>

    <!-- Specific rule for com.graphql-java:graphql-java to ignore non-standard versions -->
    <rules>
        <rule groupId="com.graphql-java" artifactId="graphql-java" comparisonMethod="maven">
            <ignoreVersions>
                <!-- Exclude versions that are not in MAJOR.MINOR or MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format -->
                <ignoreVersion type="regex">.*[^0-9.]+.*</ignoreVersion>
                <ignoreVersion type="regex">^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\..*$</ignoreVersion> <!-- Excludes versions with more than 3 numeric segments -->
            </ignoreVersions>
        </rule>
    </rules>
</ruleset>