Failed to execute goal maven release:prepare

Question

I\'m having problems when I run mvn release:prepare. I have the following message:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins: maven-release-plugin:         


        

Answer 1

As of version 3.3.X, Maven renamed mvn.bat to mvn.cmd. This is fixed in the maven-release-plugin version 2.5.2: MRELEASE-902

They suggest adding the following section in case the fixed plugin version is not picked up automatically:

  
    
        
          org.apache.maven.plugins
          maven-release-plugin
          2.5.1
          
            
              org.apache.maven.shared
              maven-invoker
              2.2