The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Shade Plugin, version 2.2
This plugin provides the capability to package the artifact in an uber-jar, including its dependencies and to shade - i.e. rename - the packages of some of the dependencies. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-shade-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Apache Maven Shade Plugin - Version 2.2 ** Improvement * [MSHADE-158] - Allow shading of test jar Have fun -- The Apache Maven team