The maven team is pleased to announce the Maven Plugin Plugin 1.5.2-SNAPSHOT release! http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/plugin/ Maven Plugin management plugin. Requires Maven 1.0 RC4. Changes in this version include: New Features: o Add plugin:generate-tags goal o Mention in docs for the plugin:repository-deploy that it uses the artifact plugin To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line: maven plugin:download -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=maven-plugin-plugin -Dversion=1.5.2-SNAPSHOT For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-plugin-plugin-1.5.2-SNAPSHOT.jar Have fun! -The maven team