From f864b69ce0d2b2a8882c2cf5a6e9d44296642f4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylwester Lachiewicz <slachiewicz@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:05:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Stop pinning a version in the README snippet

---
 README.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63a34d68..523ed96c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ If you hit `NoClassDefFoundError` on any of those after upgrading, add:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
   <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
-  <version>3.0.2</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
+Check the badge above for the current version.
+
 **Pick the `plexus-xml` line carefully:**
 
 - **`plexus-xml` 3.x** is the straight extraction from `plexus-utils` 4 — same classes, same packages. This is what you want for Maven 3 compatibility.
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ If you hit `NoClassDefFoundError` on any of those after upgrading, add:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
   <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-  <version>4.1.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

From 9ddf8db66ea5b67e133c267ebf6c3eb38901ebf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylwester Lachiewicz <slachiewicz@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:09:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Point at plexus-xml for the plexus-xml version

---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 523ed96c..cc695a9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ If you hit `NoClassDefFoundError` on any of those after upgrading, add:
 </dependency>
 ```
 
-Check the badge above for the current version.
+Take the version from [plexus-xml on Central](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-xml) — the `3.x` line, for the reason below.
 
 **Pick the `plexus-xml` line carefully:**