sortpom wrongly reports the xml element <artifactId>

I have a pom file dependency:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>

There are no issues reported. But as soon as I add an exclusions block to it:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
  <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
</dependency>

sortpom complains:

--- sortpom-maven-plugin:2.8.0:verify (default) @ project ---
Verifying file /home/user/Repos/project/pom.xml
The xml element <artifactId> should be placed before <groupId>
The file /home/user/Repos/project/pom.xml is not sorted

I believe the pom file is actually sorted correctly. I have checked the exclusion example in the maven official guide and it got groupId placed before the artifactId

sortpom doesn’t complain about this block

<parent>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <version>2.0.4.RELEASE</version>
  <relativePath></relativePath>
</parent>

[vimal4david]

@Ekryd - Thanks for the prompt fix. The problem is solved.

[Ekryd]

Please have a look at the 2.9.0 version of SortPom. The problem should be solved.