The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Archetype Plugin, version 3.3.0
The Archetype Plugin allows the user to create a Maven project from an existing template called an archetype. It also allows the user to create an archetype from an existing project. https://maven.apache.org/archetype/maven-archetype-plugin/index.html You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-archetype-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.3.0</version> </plugin> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page: https://maven.apache.org/archetype/download.cgi Release Notes - Maven Archetype - Version 3.3.0 ** Bug * [ARCHETYPE-626] - mvn install deploy does not work with 3.2.1 but worked with 3.2.0 * [ARCHETYPE-635] - Groovy present twice on classpath of m-archetype-p * [ARCHETYPE-637] - PomUtils.addNewModule Pretty-Printing has issue on java 9+ * [ARCHETYPE-646] - "WARNING: Parameter 'localRepository' is deprecated" with Maven 3.9.1 * [ARCHETYPE-657] - create target/archetype-it instead of target/classes/archetype-it ** Improvement * [ARCHETYPE-632] - Add logging conflict line in integration-test * [ARCHETYPE-634] - WARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred * [ARCHETYPE-650] - improve "The defined artifact is not an archetype" error message * [ARCHETYPE-651] - add a message when updating local catalog * [ARCHETYPE-654] - Clarify repository/server id used for custom repository catalog * [ARCHETYPE-655] - Get rid of Wagon API to download catalogs * [ARCHETYPE-660] - Require Maven 3.6.3 * [ARCHETYPE-668] - Switch to JSR-330 * [ARCHETYPE-673] - Get rid of maven-artifact-transfer ** Task * [ARCHETYPE-627] - Release maven archetypes * [ARCHETYPE-652] - document requirement history * [ARCHETYPE-661] - Refresh download page * [ARCHETYPE-678] - Code cleanups ** Dependency upgrade * [ARCHETYPE-641] - Update parent pom to 39 * [ARCHETYPE-642] - Plexus-utils to 3.5.1 * [ARCHETYPE-643] - Update minimum Java version to 8 * [ARCHETYPE-644] - Bump maven-invoker-plugin to 3.5.1 * [ARCHETYPE-645] - Bump ivy from 2.5.0 to 2.5.2 * [ARCHETYPE-648] - upgrade plexus-util 3 to plexus-utils 4 + plexus-xml 3 * [ARCHETYPE-658] - Upgrade Groovy to 4.0.23 * [ARCHETYPE-659] - Upgrade Parent to 43 * [ARCHETYPE-663] - Bump org.apache.maven:maven-archiver from 3.6.1 to 3.6.2 * [ARCHETYPE-664] - Bump commons-io:commons-io from 2.15.1 to 2.17.0 * [ARCHETYPE-665] - Bump org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-archiver from 4.9.1 to 4.10.0 * [ARCHETYPE-666] - Bump com.ibm.icu:icu4j from 74.2 to 75.1 * [ARCHETYPE-667] - Upgrade Velocity to the latest version * [ARCHETYPE-669] - Bump org.easymock:easymock from 5.3.0 to 5.4.0 * [ARCHETYPE-670] - Bump org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.14.0 to 3.17.0 * [ARCHETYPE-671] - Bump org.apache.maven.shared:maven-invoker from 3.0.1 to 3.3.0 * [ARCHETYPE-672] - Bump org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-interactivity-api from 1.1 to 1.3 * [ARCHETYPE-677] - Upgrade versions of archetypes in internal catalog Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team