The Apache Maven Team is pleased to announce release of Apache Maven Source plugin 2.2.1
The Source Plugin creates a jar archive of the source files of the current project. The jar file is, by default, created in the project's target directory. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-source-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2.1</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven 2.x Source Plugin - Version 2.2.1 ** Bug * [MSOURCES-62] - An API incompatibility was encountered. Have Fun, -- The Apache Maven team