diff --git a/publish-maven.gradle b/publish-maven.gradle
index 3c59efd7..110ce5b7 100644
--- a/publish-maven.gradle
+++ b/publish-maven.gradle
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ install {
 
 def customizePom(pom, gradleProject) {
 	pom.whenConfigured { generatedPom ->
+
+		// sort to make pom dependencies order consistent to ease comparison of older poms
+		generatedPom.dependencies = generatedPom.dependencies.sort { dep ->
+			"$dep.scope:$dep.groupId:$dep.artifactId"
+		}
+
+		def managedVersions = dependencyManagement.managedVersions
+		generatedPom.dependencies.findAll{dep -> !dep.version }.each { dep ->
+			dep.version = managedVersions["${dep.groupId}:${dep.artifactId}"]
+		}
 		// respect 'optional' and 'provided' dependencies
 		gradleProject.optionalDeps.each { dep ->
 			generatedPom.dependencies.find { it.artifactId == dep.name }?.optional = true