Maven versions plugin: updating plugins

Question

I'm seeing some updates when I run the versions:display-plugin-updates but I found no way for the plugin to fix those. Am I just missing something?

Here's the output:

The following plugin updates are available:
  maven-checkstyle-plugin ................................ 2.16 -> 2.17
  maven-release-plugin ................................. 2.5.2 -> 2.5.3
  maven-surefire-report-plugin ......................... 2.18.1 -> 2.19
  org.codehaus.mojo:findbugs-maven-plugin .............. 3.0.2 -> 3.0.3

The following plugins do not have their version specified:
  maven-clean-plugin ........................ (from super-pom) 3.0.0
  maven-deploy-plugin ....................... (from super-pom) 2.8.2
  maven-install-plugin ...................... (from super-pom) 2.5.2

Project defines minimum Maven version as: 3.0.4
Plugins require minimum Maven version of: 3.0.4
Note: the super-pom from Maven 3.0.5 defines some of the plugin
      versions and may be influencing the plugins required minimum Maven
      version.

No plugins require a newer version of Maven than specified by the pom.

Require Maven 3.1 to use the following plugin updates:
  org.bsc.maven:maven-processor-plugin .................... 3.1.0-beta1

Is there a goal to update those plugins and/or add the ones not defined?

Answer 1

The short answer is that you need to update the versions in your pom.xml by hand.

It's not particularly onerous as it is not something that needs to be done frequently.