Need to add a metadata file like this <lifecycleMappingMetadata> <pluginExecutions> <pluginExecution> <pluginExecutionFilter> <goals> <goal>fetch</goal> </goals> </pluginExecutionFilter> <action> <ignore/> </action> </pluginExecution> </pluginExecutions> </lifecycleMappingMetadata> in META-INF/m2e/lifecycle-mapping-metadata.xml as per https://www.eclipse.org/m2e/documentation/m2e-making-maven-plugins-compat.html