CruiseControl will build a project if another project successfully builds. This is controlled by the <buildstatus> tag in cruisecontrol.xml. This functionality allows a project to be build when one of it's depend jars is built, even though the project has not changed. Suggested implementation: 1) Add the property "maven.cruisecontrol.triggerProjects". This property contains a list of cruisecontrol projects that will trigger the current project to build. 2) In cruisecontrol.jsl, generate a <buildstatus> tag for each item in the property list. <buildstatus logdir="${maven.cruisecontrol.logs.dir}/${item}"> Example: maven.cruisecontrol.triggerProjects=proj_a, proj_b output file cruisecontrol.xml: <cruisecontrol> ... <project name="proj_c"> ... <modificationset> <buildstatus logdir="c:\cc\cc-logs\proj_a"> <buildstatus logdir="c:\cc\cc-logs\proj_b"> .. </modificationset> .. <log dir="c:\cc\cc-logs\proj_c"> .. </project> <cruisecontrol>