diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index acb9b8d91..b8095970d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ local.properties
 .settings/
 .gradle/
 .loadpath
+outdated-dependencies.txt
+pom.xml.versionBackup
 
 # External tool builders
 .externalToolBuilders/
diff --git a/maven-version-rules.xml b/maven-version-rules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d126d278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-version-rules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ruleset xmlns="http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/rule/2.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" comparisonMethod="maven" xsi:schemaLocation="http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/rule/2.0.0 http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/xsd/rule-2.0.0.xsd">
+	<ignoreVersions>
+    <!-- Ignore Alpha's, Beta's, release candidates and milestones -->
+		<ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*Alpha(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
+		<ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*Beta(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
+		<ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*-B(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
+		<ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*RC(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
+		<ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*EA(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>	
+		<ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*SNAPSHOT(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>	
+		<!-- Sometimes Milestone releases are fair enough for testing libs like JUnit-->
+		<ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*M(?:-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
+	</ignoreVersions>
+	
+	<rules>
+	<!-- One can add different rules in order to exclude specific version from automatic updates.  -->
+	<!-- Testing... Update groupId, artifact id and appropriate version in order to exclude from versioning plugin 
+    		<rule groupId="com.microsoft.azure" artifactId="adal4j">
+      		<ignoreVersions>
+        		<ignoreVersion>1.3.0</ignoreVersion>
+      		</ignoreVersions>
+    		</rule>
+	-->		
+	</rules>
+  
+</ruleset>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1caec83f8..cebe7dca6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -336,6 +336,16 @@
 					</dependency>
 				</dependencies>
 			</plugin>
+
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<inherited>true</inherited>
+				<configuration>
+					<outputFile>outdated-dependencies.txt</outputFile>
+					<rulesUri>file:///${session.executionRootDirectory}/maven-version-rules.xml</rulesUri>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>				
 	  
 		</plugins>
 	</build>