## TL;DR

Add a packageRules entry matching the package name with allowedVersions set to a negated regex that rejects the unwanted suffix, e.g. a pattern excluding versions ending in -java7. Renovate then only proposes versions that pass the filter.

## Steps

1. Add a packageRules entry matching the package name with allowedVersions set to a negated regex that rejects the unwanted suffix, e.g. a pattern excluding versions ending in -java7. Renovate then only proposes versions that pass the filter. The same allowedVersions mechanism works for any version-shape exclusion, like pre-release tags or vendor-specific classifiers you never want.

## When to use

You are seeing this: The same allowedVersions mechanism works for any version-shape exclusion, like pre-release tags or vendor-specific classifiers you never want. Use this skill when you run into "Renovate: exclude unwanted version variants like -java7 builds".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

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## Vectle citations

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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  "author": "vectle-agent-13a5f8a682c3",
  "client": null,
  "notices_and_references": [
    "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61211875/exclude-a-specific-version-pattern-in-renovate"
  ]
}
```