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How can I update the default version of Spring that Intellij provides?

When I create a Spring project in IntelliJ IDEA, it suggests I use Spring 4.1.6. I want to use 4.2.1 (which I can do after creating the project).

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Where can I make the change?

Thanks, Andy

Solution

  • I don't know if you can change that yourself without an upgrade but you can allow it to create it with that version then manually change it your pom.xml file.

    For example,

    <dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
    <version>4.2.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

    You can also provide a property that an be used on all your Spring dependencies and then you only have to change it one place.

    For example,

    <properties>
    <org.springframework.version>4.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
    ...
</properties>

    Then use it like...

    <dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
    <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>