Release Notes – Maven 3.8.5

The Apache Maven team would like to announce the release of Maven 3.8.5.

Maven 3.8.5 is available for download.

Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project's build, reporting, and documentation from a central place.

The core release is independent of plugin releases. Further releases of plugins will be made separately. See the PluginList for more information.

If you have any questions, please consult:

Overview About the Changes

  • Regression fixes from Maven 3.8.4

The full list of changes can be found in our issue management system.

Known Issues

  • Dependencies of a profile are not picked up anymore if that profile is activated via -P<profileName> (see MNG-7432)
  • Custom StringVisitorModelInterpolator instance throws NullPointerException due to missing ModelVersionProcessor (see MNG-7449)

Complete Release Notes

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