The plugin isn’t bundled with any script engine, instead it should be added as dependency to the plugin.
<plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-scripting-plugin</artifactId> <version>@project.version@</version> <executions> <execution> <id>groovy</id> <configuration> <engineName>groovy</engineName> <script> <![CDATA[ (1..10).sum() + ' ' + project.artifactId ]]> </script> </configuration> </execution> </executions> <dependencies> <!-- ScriptEngines --> <dependency> <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId> <artifactId>groovy-jsr223</artifactId> <version>3.0.7</version> <!-- look for latest --> </dependency> </dependencies> </plugin>