Recommend the use the cucumber-bom for version management

Author: mpkorstanje

cucumber-cdi2/README.md

@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ Cucumber CDI 2
 Use CDI Standalone Edition (CDI SE) API to provide dependency injection into
 steps definitions.
 
-Add the `cucumber-cdi2` dependency to your pom.xml:
+Add the `cucumber-cdi2` dependency to your `pom.xml`
+and use the [`cucumber-bom`](../cucumber-bom/README.md) for dependency management:
 
 ```xml
 <dependencies>
   [...]
     <dependency>
         <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
         <artifactId>cucumber-cdi2</artifactId>
-        <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   [...]

cucumber-deltaspike/README.md

@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ public class BellyStepdefs {
 ```
 It is not possible to use any other scope than Dependent. This means also it is not possible to share a state over two or more scenarios; every scenario starts with a clean environment.
 
-To enable this object factory, add the following dependency to your classpath:
+To enable this object factory, add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`
+and use the [`cucumber-bom`](../cucumber-bom/README.md) for dependency management:
+
 ```xml
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>

cucumber-guice/README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ standard with singleton scope and 'no scope'. This module adds Cucumber scenario
 in your test code. The rest of this documentation assumes you have at least a basic understanding of Guice. Please refer
 to the Guice wiki if necessary, see [Google Guice - Motivation](https://github.com/google/guice/wiki/Motivation)
 
-Add the `cucumber-guice` dependency to your `pom.xml`:
+Add the `cucumber-guice` dependency to your `pom.xml` and use
+the [`cucumber-bom`](../cucumber-bom/README.md) for dependency management:
 
 ```xml
 
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ Add the `cucumber-guice` dependency to your `pom.xml`:
 	<dependency>
 		<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
 		<artifactId>cucumber-guice</artifactId>
-		<version>${cucumber.version}</version>
 		<scope>test</scope>
 	</dependency>
 	[...]

cucumber-jakarta-cdi/README.md

@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ Cucumber CDI Jakarta
 Use CDI Standalone Edition (CDI SE) API to provide dependency injection in to
 steps definitions.
 
-Add the `cucumber-jakarta-cdi` dependency to your pom.xml:
+Add the `cucumber-jakarta-cdi` dependency to your `pom.xml`
+and use the [`cucumber-bom`](../cucumber-bom/README.md) for dependency management:
 
 ```xml
 <dependencies>
   [...]
     <dependency>
         <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
         <artifactId>cucumber-jakarta-cdi</artifactId>
-        <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   [...]

cucumber-java/README.md

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 Cucumber Java
 =============
 
-Provides annotation-based step definitions. To use, add the `cucumber-java` dependency to your pom.xml:
+Provides annotation-based step definitions. To use, add the `cucumber-java` dependency to your `pom.xml`
+and use the [`cucumber-bom`](../cucumber-bom/README.md) for dependency management:
 
 ```xml
 <dependencies>
   [...]
     <dependency>
         <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
         <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
-        <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   [...]

cucumber-java8/README.md

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 Cucumber Java8
 ==============
 
-Provides lambda-based step definitions. To use add the `cucumber-java8` dependency to your pom.xml:
+Provides lambda-based step definitions. To use add the `cucumber-java8` dependency to your `pom.xml`
+and use the [`cucumber-bom`](../cucumber-bom/README.md) for dependency management:
 
 ```xml
 <dependencies>
   [...]
     <dependency>
         <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
         <artifactId>cucumber-java8</artifactId>
-        <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   [...]

cucumber-junit/README.md

@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ Cucumber JUnit (Deprecated)
 > For JUnit 5 use the [Cucumber JUnit Platform Engine](../cucumber-junit-platform-engine)
 
 Use JUnit 4 to execute Cucumber scenarios. To use add the `cucumber-junit`
-dependency to your pom.xml:
+dependency to your `pom.xml` and use the [`cucumber-bom`](../cucumber-bom/README.md)
+for dependency management:
 
 ```xml
 <dependencies>
   [...]
     <dependency>
         <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
         <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
-        <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   [...]

cucumber-picocontainer/README.md

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ Cucumber PicoContainer
 
 Use PicoContainer to provide dependency injection to steps.
 
-Add the `cucumber-picocontainer` dependency to your pom.xml:
+Add the `cucumber-picocontainer` dependency to your `pom.xml`
+and use the [`cucumber-bom`](../cucumber-bom/README.md) for dependency management:
 
 ```xml
 <dependencies>
   [...]
     <dependency>
         <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
         <artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
-        <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   [...]

cucumber-spring/README.md

@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ Cucumber Spring
 Use Cucumber Spring to share state between steps in a scenario and access the
 spring application context.
 
-Add the `cucumber-spring` dependency to your `pom.xml`:
+Add the `cucumber-spring` dependency to your `pom.xml` to your `pom.xml`
+and use the [`cucumber-bom`](../cucumber-bom/README.md) for dependency management:
 
 ```xml
 <dependencies>
   [...]
     <dependency>
         <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
         <artifactId>cucumber-spring</artifactId>
-        <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   [...]

cucumber-testng/README.md

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 Cucumber TestNG 
 ==============
 
-Use TestNG to execute Cucumber scenarios. To use add the `cucumber-testng` dependency to your pom.
+Use TestNG to execute Cucumber scenarios. To use add the `cucumber-testng` dependency to your `pom.xml`
+and use the [`cucumber-bom`](../cucumber-bom/README.md) for dependency management:
 
 ```xml
 <dependencies>
   [...]
     <dependency>
         <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
         <artifactId>cucumber-testng</artifactId>
-        <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   [...]