diff -Nru resolver-2.2.2/impl-maven/src/main/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/internal/MavenModelResolver.java resolver-2.2.2.maven/impl-maven/src/main/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/internal/MavenModelResolver.java
--- resolver-2.2.2/impl-maven/src/main/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/internal/MavenModelResolver.java	2016-02-10 15:23:47.000000000 +0100
+++ resolver-2.2.2.maven/impl-maven/src/main/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/internal/MavenModelResolver.java	2016-08-09 16:37:49.946612710 +0200
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Parent;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Repository;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.FileModelSource;
@@ -182,6 +183,43 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public ModelSource resolveModel(Dependency dependency) throws UnresolvableModelException {
+        Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact( dependency.getGroupId(), dependency.getArtifactId(), "",
+                                                           "pom", dependency.getVersion() );
+
+        VersionRangeRequest versionRangeRequest = new VersionRangeRequest(artifact, repositories, null);
+
+        try {
+            VersionRangeResult versionRangeResult =
+                system.resolveVersionRange(session, versionRangeRequest);
+
+            if (versionRangeResult.getHighestVersion() == null) {
+                throw new UnresolvableModelException("No versions matched the dependency requested range '" + dependency.getVersion()
+                    + "'", dependency.getGroupId(), dependency.getArtifactId(),
+                    dependency.getVersion());
+
+            }
+
+            if (versionRangeResult.getVersionConstraint() != null
+                && versionRangeResult.getVersionConstraint().getRange() != null
+                && versionRangeResult.getVersionConstraint().getRange().getUpperBound() == null) {
+                throw new UnresolvableModelException("The requested dependency version range '" + dependency.getVersion()
+                    + "' does not specify an upper bound", dependency.getGroupId(),
+                    dependency.getArtifactId(), dependency.getVersion());
+
+            }
+
+            dependency.setVersion(versionRangeResult.getHighestVersion().toString());
+        } catch (VersionRangeResolutionException e) {
+            throw new UnresolvableModelException(e.getMessage(), dependency.getGroupId(), dependency.getArtifactId(),
+                dependency.getVersion(), e);
+        }
+
+        return resolveModel(dependency.getGroupId(), dependency.getArtifactId(), dependency.getVersion());
+    
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public void addRepository(Repository repository, boolean replace) throws InvalidRepositoryException {
 
         if (session.isIgnoreArtifactDescriptorRepositories()) {