maven-version-rules.xml

<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 https://www.mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/xsd/rule-2.0.0.xsd">
    <rules>
        <rule groupId="org.slf4j" comparisonMethod="maven">
            <ignoreVersions>
                <ignoreVersion type="regex">.*-(alpha|beta)[0-9\.-]*</ignoreVersion>
            </ignoreVersions>
        </rule>
    </rules>
</ruleset>