The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Assembly Plugin, version 3.5.0
This plugin builds an assembly (distribution) of sources and/or binaries. https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.5.0</version> </plugin> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page: https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/download.cgi Release Notes - Maven Assembly Plugin - Version 3.5.0 ** Bug * [MASSEMBLY-941] - file permissions removed during assembly:single since 3.2.0 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team