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= Managing Dependencies
:description: Managing Maven dependencies
:keywords: bom, dependency management

Helidon provides a "`Bill Of Materials`" (BOM) to manage dependencies.
This is a special Maven pom file that provides dependency management.

Using the Helidon BOM allows you to use Helidon component dependencies with a single
 version: the Helidon version.

== The Helidon BOM POM

Add the following snippet to your pom.xml file in order to import the Helidon BOM.

[source,xml,subs="attributes+"]
.Import the Helidon BOM
----
<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.helidon</groupId>
            <artifactId>helidon-bom</artifactId>
            <version>{helidon-version}</version>
            <type>pom</type>
            <scope>import</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
----

== Using Helidon Component Dependencies

Once you have imported the BOM, you can declare dependencies on Helidon components
 without specifying a version.

[source,xml]
.Component dependency
----
<dependency>
    <groupId>io.helidon.webserver</groupId>
    <artifactId>helidon-webserver</artifactId>
</dependency>
----
