Use for this dependency:copy from Maven Dependency Plugin.
Read also example page: Copying specific artifacts
Sample configuration
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy</id>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<artifactItems>
<artifactItem>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<type>jar</type>
<overWrite>false</overWrite>
<destFileName>optional-new-name.jar</destFileName>
</artifactItem>
</artifactItems>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}/</outputDirectory>
<overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
<overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
Copying files into src/main/webapp
is bad idea. Copy file directly into target
folder.