This plugin will check if any SNAPSHOT dependencies (or optionally plugins SNAPSHOT) have been updated during your project's dependencies resolution and trigger a build. You have to configure a cron expression. This plugin use maven 3 apis to update dependencies. #### Trigger configuration  #### The build cause will display which SNAPSHOTS has been downloaded:  # History ##### **Version 1.5 : 24 April 2015.** - Remove dependencies and imports from older maven plugin that used \*.aether.\* packages. ([issue \#23502](https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-23502)) ##### **Version 1.4 : 30 Dec 2011.** - Upgrade maven versions. - fix use of maven default global settings. - various fixes on reading reactors projects. ##### Version 1.3 : 13 Aug 2011. - Update for Jenkins ##### Version 1.2 : 6 Oct 2010. - Build is triggered whene maven-metadata-${repoId}.xml is downloaded ([JENKINS-7688](https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-7688)) ##### Version 1.1 : 5 Oct 2010. - Fix execution on remote nodes (plugin version 1.0 works only for jobs on master) ([JENKINS-7650](https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-7650)) - Maven Dependency Update trigger doesn't use defined settings xml or properties ([JENKINS-7660](https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-7660)) ##### Version 1.0 : 2 Oct 2010. - First release