The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Archetype Plugin, version 3.1.2.
The Archetype Plugin allows the user to create a Maven project from an existing template called an archetype. It also allows the user to create an archetype from an existing project. https://maven.apache.org/archetype/maven-archetype-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-archetype-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.1.2</version> </plugin> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page: https://maven.apache.org/archetype/download.cgi Release Notes - Maven Archetype - Version 3.1.2 Bug [ARCHETYPE-571] - Unable to generate project which has pom with multiple profiles with modules section Improvement [ARCHETYPE-578] - Deleted unnecessary calls ".flush()" on I/O streams [ARCHETYPE-579] - Missing try-with-resources and createNewFile() before new FileOutputStream(f) [ARCHETYPE-582] - Additional module in generated POM should keep line indentation 2 chars Test [ARCHETYPE-580] - The build fails with integration test (build-and-run-its) to find expected text in 'build.log' [ARCHETYPE-581] - The build fails in the integration tests because 'build.log' is being copied and failed Dependency upgrade [ARCHETYPE-569] - Update to latest version of plexus utils [ARCHETYPE-575] - Upgrade maven-artifact-transfer to 0.11.0 [ARCHETYPE-577] - Upgrade Wagon to 3.3.3 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team