pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>org.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-example</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <properties>
        <!-- JAVA COMPILE VERSION      -->
        <maven.compiler.version>3.8.0</maven.compiler.version>
        <java.version>11</java.version>

        <!-- SPOTBUGS VERSIONS       -->
        <spotbugs.plugin.version>4.0.4</spotbugs.plugin.version>
        <spotbugs.dependency.version>4.1.3</spotbugs.dependency.version>
    </properties>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
                <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${spotbugs.plugin.version}</version>
                <dependencies>
                    <!-- overwrite dependency on spotbugs if you want to specify the version of spotbugs -->
                    <dependency>
                        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
                        <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
                        <version>${spotbugs.dependency.version}</version>
                    </dependency>
                </dependencies>
            </plugin>

            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
                <configuration>
                    <release>${java.version}</release>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>


    <dependencies>

    </dependencies>

</project>