4.0.0 com.test bark pom Throws Null Pointer Excption if you have pluginManagement section in build and activate the build 1.0-SNAPSHOT This is the main entry point for all ditech applications maven-compiler-plugin 1.4 1.4 BARK bark true org.apache.maven.plugins maven-source-plugin attach-sources jar true org.apache.maven.plugins maven-javadoc-plugin attach-javadocs jar true org.apache.maven.plugins maven-deploy-plugin true