Override version of Maven plugin used in parent pom to new version in main pom

Question

Working on multi-module maven project. Have maven-compiler-plugin used in parent pom as follows:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.3.2</version>
    <configuration>
      <source>${java.version}</source>
      <target>${java.version}</target>
    </configuration>
  </plugin>

Want to use <version>3.1</version> in the main project pom due to its incremental compile support. Do not have write access in parent pom. How can i just configure plugin in main project pom to use new version?

Answer 1

You can override the plugin in submodule

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.1</version>
    <configuration>
      <source>${java.version}</source>
      <target>${java.version}</target>
    </configuration>
  </plugin>