<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
    Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
+   Modifications copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>check-dependencies-version</id>
+              <phase>validate</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>display-dependency-updates</goal>
+              </goals>
+              <configuration>
+                <!--<rulesUri>https://git.onap.org/oparent/plain/oparent/versions/src/main/resources/onap-versions/ruleset.xml</rulesUri>-->
+              </configuration>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
 
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+   Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.onap.oparent</groupId>
+    <artifactId>version</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>versions</artifactId>
+  <name>oparent/versions</name>
+</project>
 
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+   Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+-->
+<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://www.mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/xsd/rule-2.0.0.xsd">
+  <rules>
+    <!-- The following rule is given as example of how to specify the only valid version of a
+         component when display-dependency-updates is invoked.
+    -->
+    <!--
+    <rule groupId="org.onap" artifactId="oparent" comparisonMethod="maven">
+      <ignoreVersions>
+        <ignoreVersion type="regex">^((?!1.0.0).)*$</ignoreVersion>
+      </ignoreVersions>
+    </rule>
+    -->
+  </rules>
+</ruleset>