Controlling Maven final name of jar artifact

For Maven >= 3 <packaging>jar</packaging> <build> <finalName>WhatEverYouLikey</finalName> </build> See bug report/documentation. (Credits to Matthew’s and his comment) For older Maven versions You set the finalName property in the plugin configuration section: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.3.2</version> <configuration> <finalName>myJar</finalName> </configuration> </plugin> As indicated in the official documentation.