diff --git a/src/practices/Java/JavaDependenciesVersionMajorLevel.ts b/src/practices/Java/JavaDependenciesVersionMajorLevel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b142baf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/practices/Java/JavaDependenciesVersionMajorLevel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { PracticeContext } from '../../contexts/practice/PracticeContext';
+import { Package } from '../../inspectors/IPackageInspector';
+import { PackageInspectorBase, SemverLevel } from '../../inspectors/package/PackageInspectorBase';
+import { PracticeEvaluationResult, PracticeImpact, ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../model';
+import { DxPractice } from '../DxPracticeDecorator';
+import { IPractice } from '../IPractice';
+import * as axios from 'axios';
+
+@DxPractice({
+  id: 'Java.DependenciesVersionMajorLevel',
+  name: 'Update Dependencies of Major Level',
+  impact: PracticeImpact.medium,
+  suggestion: 'Keep the dependencies updated to have all possible features. Use, for example, Renovate Bot.',
+  reportOnlyOnce: true,
+  url: 'https://renovatebot.com/',
+})
+export class JavaDependenciesVersionMajorLevel implements IPractice {
+  async isApplicable(ctx: PracticeContext): Promise<boolean> {
+    return ctx.projectComponent.language === ProgrammingLanguage.Java || ctx.projectComponent.language === ProgrammingLanguage.Kotlin;
+  }
+
+  async evaluate(ctx: PracticeContext): Promise<PracticeEvaluationResult> {
+    if (ctx.fileInspector === undefined || ctx.packageInspector === undefined) {
+      return PracticeEvaluationResult.unknown;
+    }
+
+    const pkgs = ctx.packageInspector.packages;
+
+    if (pkgs === undefined) {
+      return PracticeEvaluationResult.unknown;
+    }
+
+    const result = await JavaDependenciesVersionMajorLevel.searchMavenCentral(pkgs, 5);
+    const practiceEvaluationResult = JavaDependenciesVersionMajorLevel.isPracticing(result, SemverLevel.major, pkgs);
+
+    return practiceEvaluationResult || PracticeEvaluationResult.practicing;
+  }
+
+  static async searchMavenCentral(pkgs: Package[] | undefined, rows: number) {
+    const latestVersionsJson: { [key: string]: string } = {};
+    const URL = 'http://search.maven.org/solrsearch/select?q=';
+    if (pkgs) {
+      for (const p of pkgs) {
+        const listOfIds = p.name.split(':', 2);
+        const listVersionsEndpoint = `${URL}${listOfIds[0]}+AND+a:${listOfIds[1]}&rows=${rows}&wt=json`;
+        await axios.default.get(listVersionsEndpoint).then((response) => {
+          latestVersionsJson[p.name] = String(response.data.response.docs.pop().latestVersion);
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    return latestVersionsJson;
+  }
+
+  static isPracticing(
+    result: { [key: string]: string },
+    semverVersion: SemverLevel,
+    pkgs: Package[],
+  ): PracticeEvaluationResult | undefined {
+    for (const packageName in result) {
+      const parsedVersion = PackageInspectorBase.semverToPackageVersion(result[packageName]);
+      if (parsedVersion) {
+        for (const pkg of pkgs) {
+          if (pkg.name === packageName) {
+            if (parsedVersion[semverVersion] > pkg.lockfileVersion[semverVersion]) {
+              return PracticeEvaluationResult.notPracticing;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/practices/index.ts b/src/practices/index.ts
index 08aa75ec8..e17a1df48 100644
--- a/src/practices/index.ts
+++ b/src/practices/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { DependenciesVersionMajorLevel } from './JavaScript/DependenciesVersionM
 import { ESLintWithoutErrorsPractice } from './JavaScript/ESLintWithoutErrorsPractice';
 import { TsGitignoreCorrectlySetPractice } from './TypeScript/TsGitignoreCorrectlySetPractice';
 import { DependenciesVersionMinorPatchLevel } from './JavaScript/DependenciesVersionMinorPatchLevel';
+import { JavaDependenciesVersionMajorLevel } from './Java/JavaDependenciesVersionMajorLevel';
 
 // register practices here
 export const practices = [
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export const practices = [
   DockerizationUsedPractice,
   EditorConfigIsPresentPractice,
   DependenciesVersionMajorLevel,
+  JavaDependenciesVersionMajorLevel,
   DependenciesVersionMinorPatchLevel,
   GitignoreIsPresentPractice,
   JsGitignoreCorrectlySetPractice,