The maven team is pleased to announce the Maven Latka Plug-in 1.4 release! http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/latka/ Changes in this version include: Fixed bugs: o Fix MAVEN-993. Complain if file to be converted doesn't exist Issue: MAVEN-993. To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line: maven plugin:download -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=maven-latka-plugin -Dversion=1.4 For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-latka-plugin-1.4.jar Have fun! -The maven team