Must have artifact plugin v1.3 installed to use this version of the plugin plugin. Try: maven plugin:download -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=maven-artifact-plugin -Dversion=1.3 ${maven.docs.src}/navigation.xml Skipping file as '${fileName}' already exists Generating file '${fileName}' ${maven.docs.src}/goals.xml Skipping file as '${fileName}' already exists Generating 'empty' goals file '${fileName}' Generating file '${fileName}' ${maven.docs.src}/properties.xml Skipping file as '${fileName}' already exists ${basedir}/plugin.properties Generating 'empty' properties file '${fileName}' Generating file '${fileName}' ${maven.repo.remote} ${repoList.trim()} repo is '${repo}' trying to download ${remoteFile} ${file} does not exist.${msg} ${file} found and not expected.${msg} Expected [${expected}] but got [${value}].${msg}