The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven WAR Plugin, version 3.3.1
This plugin builds a Web Application Archive (WAR) file from the project output and its dependencies. https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.3.1</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Apache Maven WAR Plugin - Version 3.3.1 Bug * [MWAR-436] Jar file created by archiveClasses option is not reproducible * [MWAR-435] Maven WAR Plugin 3.3.0 with minify-maven-plugin does not work correctly anymore * [MWAR-434] archiveClasses Jar file is not created in WEB-INF/lib * [MWAR-433] Maven WAR plugin is deleting files generated by other plugins after upgrading to 3.3.0 Enjoy, -The Maven team