Maven 2 - different dependency versions in test and compile

In Maven 3, you can trick maven by adding a dot after groupId

<dependency>
  <groupId>groupId.</groupId>
  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
  <version>version1</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
  <version>version2</version>
  <scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>

The sequence matters here. need to have test first and then compile.

Maven 3:

Maven 3 will attempt to obtain the nearest dependency, effectively ensuring that only one of the compile or test scoped dependency is used for both the compile and test phases.

(Thanks Vineet Reynolds)

Maven 2 (OLD):

try to define 2 different <dependency> tags with different versions and scopes. Use tag <scope>test</scope> inside dependency for tests and <scope>compile</scope> for compilation.