From 1eb7a7fda45357d329e88db53db2673afa802edb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ellis <ellis@moderne.io>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:00:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] 3129: describe canonical dependency version selectors

---
 .../java/dependencies/UpgradeDependencyVersion.java         | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/dependencies/UpgradeDependencyVersion.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/dependencies/UpgradeDependencyVersion.java
index b3d41021..d5edb434 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/dependencies/UpgradeDependencyVersion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/dependencies/UpgradeDependencyVersion.java
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ public class UpgradeDependencyVersion extends ScanningRecipe<UpgradeDependencyVe
     private final String artifactId;
 
     @Option(displayName = "New version",
-            description = "An exact version number or node-style semver selector used to select the version number. ",
+            description = "An exact version number or node-style semver selector used to select the version number. " +
+                          "You can also use `latest.release` for the latest available release version, " +
+                          "`latest.integration` to include pre-release and snapshot versions, and `latest.patch` for patch updates " +
+                          "if the current version is a valid semantic version. For more details, you can look at the documentation " +
+                          "page of [version selectors](https://docs.openrewrite.org/reference/dependency-version-selectors).",
             example = "29.X")
     private final String newVersion;