The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Compiler Plugin, version 3.3 The Compiler Plugin is used to compile the sources of your project. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.3</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven Compiler Plugin - Version 3.3 Bug: * [MCOMPILER-223] - Move to a non-ancient maven-toolchain dependency Improvements: * [MCOMPILER-237] - Upgrade to Maven 2.2.1 compatiblity * [MCOMPILER-238] - Upgrade to maven-plugins parent version 27 * [MCOMPILER-239] - Upgrade maven-shared-utils to 0.7 * [MCOMPILER-241] - Upgrade plexus-compiler-api to 2.5 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team