diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index c916f5f..af657e3 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.shadow)
     alias(libs.plugins.runtime)
     alias(libs.plugins.gitarchive.tomarkdown).apply(false)
+    alias(libs.plugins.versions)
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -218,6 +219,30 @@ tasks.register<org.openrndr.extra.gitarchiver.GitArchiveToMarkdown>("gitArchiveT
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
 
+tasks {
+
+    dependencyUpdates {
+
+        gradleReleaseChannel = "current"
+
+        val nonStableKeywords = listOf("alpha", "beta", "rc")
+
+        fun isNonStable(
+            version: String
+        ) = nonStableKeywords.any {
+            version.lowercase().contains(it)
+        }
+
+        rejectVersionIf {
+            isNonStable(candidate.version) && !isNonStable(currentVersion)
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
+
 class Openrndr {
     val openrndrVersion = libs.versions.openrndr.get()
     val orxVersion = libs.versions.orx.get()
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 336e973..627decc 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ kotlin-jvm = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 shadow = { id = "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow", version = "8.1.1" }
 runtime = { id = "org.beryx.runtime", version = "1.13.0" }
 gitarchive-tomarkdown = { id = "org.openrndr.extra.gitarchiver.tomarkdown", version.ref = "orx" }
+versions = { id = "com.github.ben-manes.versions", version = "0.49.0" }