Maven is a good build tool but sometimes it is quite confusing to use. I have encountered the followings JAR/WAR file Final Name By default the final JAR or WAR file generated is <project-name>-<version-number>.jar/war. At first to change it I used the following. <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> <configuration> <f