org.openrewrite.gradle.UpgradeDependencyVersion does not support dynamic versions

What version of OpenRewrite are you using?

I am using

• OpenRewrite BOM v3.22.0
• Maven/Gradle plugin v7.24.0
• rewrite-gradle (via the BOM listed above)

How are you running OpenRewrite?

I am using the Gradle plugin, and my project is a multi module project.

I've recreated the issue in this repo: https://github.com/sleylandcole-ccc/openrewrite-upgrade-dependency-exact-version. There is a recipe module which contains a recipe to upgrade the Jackson Core dependency to 2.20.+.

The consumer project has a dependency on Jackson Core 2.18.5. You can run the recipe against this module: ./gradlew :consumer:rewriteRun

What is the smallest, simplest way to reproduce the problem?

See repo linked above

What did you expect to see?

This behaviour was described in a Slack message from @shanman190 (here).

I expected the version to be set to 2.20.+ as per the recipe

implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.20.+")

What did you see instead?

The version was unchanged

implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.18.5")

What is the full stack trace of any errors you encountered?

No errors

Are you interested in contributing a fix to OpenRewrite?

Depending on the amount of work, I could potentially contribute a fix. I will need some guidance on what to change as I haven't contributed to OpenRewrite before.

Start with org.openrewrite.gradle.UpgradeDependencyVersion and reproduce the issue using the linked example repository with ./gradlew :consumer:rewriteRun. Trace why the recipe leaves 2.18.5 unchanged when targeting 2.20.+, then add coverage showing that the dependency version becomes 2.20.+.