Add dependency management in pom.xml. And most library version resolved automatically.
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.atlassian.jira</groupId>
<artifactId>jira-project</artifactId>
<version>${jira.version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
After that you don’t need specify version for jira dependencies. Example:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.atlassian.plugin</groupId>
<artifactId>atlassian-spring-scanner-annotation</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>