The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven EAR Plugin, version 3.2.0
This plugin generates a J2EE Enterprise Archive (EAR) file. https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-ear-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-ear-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.2.0</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Apache Maven EAR Plugin - Version 3.2.0 Bug * [MEAR-294] JAR with provided scope should be removed from Class-Path entry of EAR module MANIFEST.mf * [MEAR-292] skipClassPathModification option should prevent adding Class-Path entry into MANIFEST.mf * [MEAR-289] skinnyWars issue with finalName for Jar module * [MEAR-288] SNAPSHOT dependency JAR having timestamp name in WAR is not removed from WAR when skinnyWars option is turned on * [MEAR-287] Failed to create target directory when run without clean * [MEAR-286] filtered resources not copied if run-its profile not activated * [MEAR-272] SNAPSHOT dependencies are copied with timestamp * [MEAR-267] assembly.xml contains incorrect references to modules Improvement * [MEAR-216] Unable to include dependencies of type test-jar New Feature * [MEAR-166] 'skinnyWar' doesn't work well with dependencies of type 'ejb' * [MEAR-153] Skinny Modules -- not just WARs Task * [MEAR-296] Upgrade to maven-filtering 3.2.0 * [MEAR-295] Require Maven 3.1.1 Enjoy, -The Maven team