The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Shared Component: Maven JarSigner Version 1.4
This component provides some utilities to sign/verify jars/files in your Mojos. http://maven.apache.org/shared/maven-jarsigner/ You should specify the version in your project's dependency list: <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jarsigner</artifactId> <version>1.4</version> </dependency> Release Notes - Maven JarSigner Version 1.4 http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=11761&version=19864 Improvements: * [MSHARED-371] - Increase chance of java8 compliance by updating to plexus-component-* 1.6 * [MSHARED-395] - Upgrade to Maven 2.2.1 compatiblity * [MSHARED-397] - Upgrade maven-shared-utils to 0.7 * [MSHARED-398] - Removed dependency plexus-container-default:1.0-alpha-9-stable-1 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team Karl Heinz Marbaise