The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Assembly Plugin Version 3.1.0 The Assembly Plugin for Maven is primarily intended to allow users to aggregate the project output along with its dependencies, modules, site documentation, and other files into a single distributable archive. https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/ Important Note since 3.1.0: * Maven 3.X only * JDK 7 minimum requirement You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.1.0</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 3.1.0 https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317220&version=12338667 Bugs: * [MASSEMBLY-643] - descriptorSourceDirectory: parameter isn't used * [MASSEMBLY-841] - Maven Assembly Plugin throws IllegalStateException when looking for project modules * [MASSEMBLY-842] - Incorrect entries created in MANIFEST/maven * [MASSEMBLY-855] - Remote repositories ignored in a multi-module project Dependency upgrades: * [MASSEMBLY-854] - Upgrade to Plexus Archiver 3.5 * [MASSEMBLY-859] - Upgrade to Plexus IO 3.0.0 * [MASSEMBLY-867] - Upgrade maven-archiver to 3.2.0 * [MASSEMBLY-868] - Upgrade plexus-utils to version 3.1.0 Improvements: * [MASSEMBLY-711] - Add support for generating XZ compressed tarballs (.tar.xz) * [MASSEMBLY-858] - don't read assembly descriptor from thread classloader but plugin classloader * [MASSEMBLY-860] - Upgrade to Java 7 Thanks to the volunteer(s) who helped to check this release. o Grzegorz Grzybek Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team