We are pleased to announce the Maven Jar Plugin 1.8.1 release! http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/jar/ Plugin for creating JAR files. =============================================================================== Changes in this version include: Changes: o Change the default repository to http://repo1.maven.org/maven/ for dependencies url in the manifest. Fixes MAVEN-1789. o Update to velocity 1.5. =============================================================================== To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line: maven plugin:download -Dmaven.repo.remote=http://people.apache.org/repo/m1-snapshot-repository/,http://repo1.maven.org/maven -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=maven-jar-plugin -Dversion=1.8.1 For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-jar-plugin-1.8.1.jar =============================================================================== Issues, bugs, and feature requests for Maven Jar Plugin should be submitted to the following issue tracking system: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPJAR Have fun! -The Maven Jar Plugin development team