The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Resources Plugin, version 2.5
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>2.5</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven 2.x Resources Plugin - Version 2.5 ** Bug * [MRESOURCES-104] - while filtering resources the token replacement stops at the character @ * [MRESOURCES-110] - escapeString is broken - break filtered output ** Improvement * [MRESOURCES-122] - Documentation improvements ** New Feature * [MRESOURCES-128] - Custom resource filters ** Task * [MRESOURCES-135] - Update to maven-filtering 1.0 Enjoy, -The Maven team