The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Source Plugin, version 2.4
The Resources Plugin handles the copying of project resources to the output directory. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-source-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.4</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven Source Plugin - Version 2.4 http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=11147&version=20597 Improvements: * [MSOURCES-71] - MavenProject/MavenSession Injection as a paremeter instead as a component. * [MSOURCES-72] - Upgrade to Maven 2.2.1 compatiblity * [MSOURCES-73] - Update version of plexus-archiver to 2.6.1 * [MSOURCES-74] - Upgrade to plexus-archiver 2.6.3 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team Karl Heinz Marbaise