Maven managed dependencies - resolving ${project.version} from parent pom

Question

How is placeholder ${project.version} resolved for managed properties from parent pom? I\'ve expected that it is resolved globally, so when the parent pom has

Answer 1

You have to skip <version> tag in child, but keep the <parent><version> ... </parent> tag.

http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-pom.html#Project_Inheritance

One factor to note is that these variables are processed after inheritance as outlined above. This means that if a parent project uses a variable, then its definition in the child, not the parent, will be the one eventually used.