The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Shared Utils, version 3.3.3
This project aims to be a functional replacement for plexus-utils in Maven. https://maven.apache.org/shared/maven-shared-utils/ You should specify the version in your project's configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId> <artifactId>maven-shared-utils</artifactId> <version>3.3.3</version> </plugin> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page: https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-shared-utils/download.cgi Release Notes - Maven Shared Components - Version maven-shared-utils-3.3.3 ** Bug * [MSHARED-297] - Commandline class shell injection vulnerabilities * [MSHARED-416] - Odd number of quotes in command-line fails * [MSHARED-431] - # (Hash-Sign) should trigger quoting in BourneShell.java * [MSHARED-681] - Maven-Shared: Java7Support silently fails overwriting symlinks * [MSHARED-749] - Commandline does not thrown CommandLineException when uneven number of quotation marks used * [MSHARED-750] - Unbalanced quotes in command with escaped double quotation mark ** Improvement * [MSHARED-684] - Upgrade parent to 31 * [MSHARED-748] - Upgrade maven-shared-parent to 32 * [MSHARED-826] - Require Java 7 * [MSHARED-879] - make build Reproducible * [MSHARED-881] - try with resources in FileUtils Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team