I have never had to decide which exact Maven version (Java build tool) to use in team and on CI server when developing in Java. Most of the times you can safely

I have never had to decide which exact Maven version (Java build tool) to use in team and on CI server when developing in Java. Most of the times you can safely use any version of Java that is higher than currently required in project. My team wasted a lot of time finding version of node/npm/yarn that works on CI and on all developer machines. Purging whole node_modules and installing everything again used to be weekly occurrence. It is much better now but poor design of JS ecosystem still makes me nervous when I have to update node, npm or bigger dependency.