diff --git a/Mage.Client/pom.xml b/Mage.Client/pom.xml
index 2286b24005..929e7931ca 100644
--- a/Mage.Client/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Client/pom.xml
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.2</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/Mage.Server.Console/pom.xml b/Mage.Server.Console/pom.xml
index 4628afb0de..f67ab5e777 100644
--- a/Mage.Server.Console/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Server.Console/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.2</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/Mage.Tests/pom.xml b/Mage.Tests/pom.xml
index 5ccd1b9d85..b67248f9d8 100644
--- a/Mage.Tests/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Tests/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,31 @@
                     </filesets>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+
+            <!-- empty project for tests, so ignore build lifecycle -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skipIfEmpty>true</skipIfEmpty>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skip>true</skip>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skip>true</skip>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
+
         <finalName>mage-tests</finalName>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/Mage.Verify/pom.xml b/Mage.Verify/pom.xml
index 36c64b2c0b..c1419a688c 100644
--- a/Mage.Verify/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Verify/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,29 @@
                         <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
+
+                <!-- empty project for tests, so ignore build lifecycle -->
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <skipIfEmpty>true</skipIfEmpty>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <skip>true</skip>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <skip>true</skip>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <finalName>mage-verify</finalName>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b00c32deee..f53baf3db2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
             <!-- default manifest settings (parent) -->
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifestEntries>
@@ -101,6 +100,22 @@
                     </configuration>
                     -->
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.2.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.5.2</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.7</version>
+                </plugin>
+
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>