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Is there a Maven plugin that allows you to check if there is a newer version of Maven itself?

Say, you are using Maven 3.3.3 and now a new version of Maven 3.3.9 is released. I'd like to know that there is a new version available.

The question Maven check for updated dependencies in repository deals with showing any dependency updates. That is not this question. However, please see the comments for this question of how an answer in Maven check for updated dependencies in repository solves the problem.

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  • Actually, that question does answer this. You just need to check the `maven-plugin-api` dependency which is released for every Maven release. There is a 1-1 correlation between `maven-plugin-api` and releases of Maven. – Tunaki Dec 01 '15 at 20:44
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    @Tunaki none of the answers in the linked question make that clear. I would have never guessed that. Can you turn your comment into an answer for this question? – Nathan Dec 01 '15 at 21:15
  • Well it will just repeat the linked answer. It is better to leave this as a duplicate. – Tunaki Dec 01 '15 at 21:18
  • I also think this is not really a duplicate, your comment/answer was not easy to guess from the linked question. – A_Di-Matteo Dec 01 '15 at 21:39
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    What about [checking Maven Central via REST API](http://search.maven.org/#api) ? Or [subscribe to the announcement mail list](http://maven.apache.org/mail-lists.html).. – khmarbaise Dec 02 '15 at 08:28

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