diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 10e84765..8dc5bc0b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -355,6 +355,25 @@ http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-m1-m2.html
                         <heritrix.hostname>localhost</heritrix.hostname>
                     </systemPropertyVariables>
                 </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.18.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <ruleSet>
+                        <ignoreVersions>
+                            <ignoreVersion>
+                                <type>regex</type>
+                                <version>.*[.-](m|M|alpha|beta|rc|RC)-?\d+.*</version>
+                            </ignoreVersion>
+                            <ignoreVersion>
+                                <type>regex</type>
+                                <version>^200\d{5}.*</version>
+                            </ignoreVersion>
+                        </ignoreVersions>
+                    </ruleSet>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
 		</plugins>      
 	</build>