Could Not Initialize Class Org.apache.maven.plugin.war.util.webappstructureserializer !!exclusive!! Jun 2026

The most common root cause? .

Through years of community reports and debugging sessions, the following are the most common triggers: The most common root cause

If you are forced to build a legacy application, consider using Docker to isolate the build environment. You can run the build inside a container running an older JDK (like OpenJDK 7 or 8 The most common root cause

Sometimes, you might define the plugin version correctly, but another part of your POM or a parent POM is forcing an older version of the dependency. The most common root cause

Could not initialize class org.apache.maven.plugin.war.util.WebappStructureSerializer