ruleset.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ruleset xmlns="http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/rule/2.0.0"
         comparisonMethod="maven"
         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>

    <rule groupId="org.springframework.cloud"
          artifactId="spring-cloud-starter-parent" comparisonMethod="maven">
      <ignoreVersions>
        <ignoreVersion type="regex">1.0.\d.[\w\d]+</ignoreVersion>
      </ignoreVersions>
    </rule>

  </rules>

  <ignoreVersions>
    <!-- Ignore Alpha's, Beta's, release candidates and milestones -->
    <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*Alpha(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
    <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*Beta(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
    <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*-B(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
    <!--<ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*RC(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>-->
    <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*CR(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
    <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*M(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>

    <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*(java[6,7]|jre[6,7])</ignoreVersion>
  </ignoreVersions>

</ruleset>