The maven team is pleased to announce the Maven AspectJ Plugin 3.2-SNAPSHOT release! http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/aspectj/ Changes in this version include: New Features: o Added maven.aspectj.argfiles and maven.aspectj.weaveAspectSources properties. Issue: MPASPECTJ-12. Thanks to Mark Proctor. o Added maven.aspectj.noweave and maven.aspectj.lint properties. Issue: MPASPECTJ-13. Fixed bugs: o Added maven.aspectj.source and maven.aspectj.time properties that where incorrectly removed. To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line: maven plugin:download -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=maven-aspectj-plugin -Dversion=3.2-SNAPSHOT For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-aspectj-plugin-3.2-SNAPSHOT.jar Have fun! -The maven team