diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba50a10..497cc63 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@
org.codehaus.mojo
versions-maven-plugin
2.7
+
+ ${project.baseUri}/src/main/config/versions-maven-rules.xml
+
diff --git a/src/main/config/versions-maven-rules.xml b/src/main/config/versions-maven-rules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6e9a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/config/versions-maven-rules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+
+
+ .*-(alpha|beta)(.*)?
+
+