The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Resources Plugin, version 2.7
The Resources Plugin handles the copying of project resources to the output directory. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.7</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven Resources Plugin - Version 2.7 http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=11145&version=18645 Bug: * [MRESOURCES-182] - Example Custom resource filters incorrect Improvements: * [MRESOURCES-177] - Use version 1.2 of maven-filtering to use improvements * [MRESOURCES-180] - Documentation does not use correct versions * [MRESOURCES-181] - MavenProject/MavenSession Injection as a paremeter instead as a component. * [MRESOURCES-183] - Upgrade to Maven 2.2.1 compatiblity * [MRESOURCES-184] - Removing plexus-container-default dependency Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team Karl-Heinz Marbaise