Just use the update="true" attribute Example : <jar destfile="${project.deploy.location}/${project.deploy.name}.${project.type}" update="true" > <zipfileset file="deploy/META-INF/version.properties" prefix="META-INF/"/> </jar> Notes: Jar destfile - the jar file you want to add to project.type - this can be war/zip/ear etc project.deploy.name the name of your artifact project.deploy.location the location of your artifact zipfileset file- the file you want to add to your jar prefix - the prefix/location for this file inside the jar
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