Does anybody know if Intellij IDEA supports dependency versi

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Does anybody know if Intellij IDEA supports dependency version update hints for gradle I can see vulnerability fix suggestions but not version updates

Javier · Answer

Yeah it supports them and recently I have seen them on version catalogs but I think it was on Android Studio and not yet on IDEA

aaverin · Answer

I think it works for Android but I would love to see that for Spring Boot too We are not yet on toml version catalogs but plan to migrate our backend to it too

Javier · Answer

Not related to IntelliJ but I highly recommend renovate to upgrade dependencies

aaverin · Answer

Yes that s the plan update dependencies manually in the controlled manner with testing integrate version catalogs integrate renovate

aaverin · Answer

I am now on the first step and was hoping to avoid the task of manually checking every dependency we have smiley

Sam · Answer

Code gt Analyze Code gt Run inspection by name gt Check for new dependency versions ok hand

aaverin · Answer

nice idea but didn t give me any results somehow like its nothing to update while I am pretty sure that I have some dependencies that are at least a few months behind

Sam · Answer

Huh that s strange It works great for me Perhaps there s something it doesn t like about the way you are specifying your dependencies or repositories thinking face

aaverin · Answer

we are not using dependency management from spring boot but doesn t seem to be the cause of it

aaverin · Answer

I went into Dependencies tab and ran analysis again Many packages give me this

aaverin · Answer

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aaverin · Answer

While there are plenty of new version in Maven

aaverin · Answer

Ok I see why <https www jetbrains com help idea package search build system support limitations html> ```For Gradle only a top level dependencies block is supported in the build script Dependencies set from other places such as a subprojects block in the root build script are not supported ```

aaverin · Answer

So Package Search is basically useless if you have submodules in the project and who doesn t

Javier · Answer

subprojects block is not recommended

aaverin · Answer

I don t have subprojects block but I do have other modules in the project and Package Search doesn t work there too

aaverin · Answer

only works on my root gradle file