diff --git a/demos/demo-jndi-webapp/pom.xml b/demos/demo-jndi-webapp/pom.xml
index f267041752bf..4af94934dfb0 100644
--- a/demos/demo-jndi-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/demo-jndi-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
             <id>generate-xml-files</id>
             <phase>process-resources</phase>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/plugin-context.xml">
                   <filelist dir="src/main/templates/" files="plugin-context-header.xml,env-definitions.xml" />
                 </concat>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/test-jndi.xml">
                   <filelist dir="src/main/templates/" files="jetty-test-jndi-header.xml,env-definitions.xml" />
                 </concat>
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
             <goals>
               <goal>run</goal>
diff --git a/demos/demo-spec/demo-spec-webapp/pom.xml b/demos/demo-spec/demo-spec-webapp/pom.xml
index 9f035ffabb93..62af3267b9e9 100644
--- a/demos/demo-spec/demo-spec-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/demo-spec/demo-spec-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@
             <id>generate-xml-files</id>
             <phase>process-resources</phase>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/plugin-context.xml">
                   <filelist dir="src/main/templates/" files="plugin-context-header.xml,env-definitions.xml" />
                 </concat>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/test-spec.xml">
                   <filelist dir="src/main/templates/" files="annotations-context-header.xml,env-definitions.xml" />
                 </concat>
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
             <goals>
               <goal>run</goal>
diff --git a/javadoc/pom.xml b/javadoc/pom.xml
index 6b6e2625dcff..387f5c15da8f 100644
--- a/javadoc/pom.xml
+++ b/javadoc/pom.xml
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <mkdir dir="${sources-directory}" />
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/pom.xml b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/pom.xml
index d3b46391e751..a343dd013cff 100644
--- a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/pom.xml
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match=" *(.*):(.*):jar:(.*):.*$" replace="maven://\1/\2/\3|lib/gcloud/\2-\3.jar" byline="true" />
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match="The following files have been resolved:" replace="[files]" />
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/gcloud-datastore.mod">
                   <fileset file="src/main/config-template/modules/gcloud-datastore.mod" />
                   <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" />
                 </concat>
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/jetty-home/pom.xml b/jetty-home/pom.xml
index c9a6ef5207b7..54e2be936e09 100644
--- a/jetty-home/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-home/pom.xml
@@ -514,9 +514,9 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <chmod dir="${assembly-directory}/bin" perm="755" includes="**/*.sh" />
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/pom.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/pom.xml
index b90adbdd37b8..f5d44da1a646 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded-query/pom.xml
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match=" *(.*):(.*):jar:(.*):.*$" replace="maven://\1/\2/\3|lib/infinispan/\2-\3.jar" byline="true" />
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match="The following files have been resolved:" replace="[files]" />
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/infinispan-embedded-query-libs.mod">
                   <fileset file="src/main/config-template/modules/sessions/infinispan/embedded/infinispan-embedded-query-libs.mod" />
                   <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" />
                 </concat>
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded/pom.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded/pom.xml
index 2916d720310e..ce6287951474 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-embedded/pom.xml
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match=" *(.*):(.*):jar:(.*):.*$" replace="maven://\1/\2/\3|lib/infinispan/\2-\3.jar" byline="true" />
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match="The following files have been resolved:" replace="[files]" />
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/infinispan-embedded-libs.mod">
                   <fileset file="src/main/config-templates/modules/sessions/infinispan/embedded/infinispan-embedded-libs.mod" />
                   <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" />
                 </concat>
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml
index 2d531981de41..c3b9dfa3eac4 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match=" *(.*):(.*):jar:(.*):(.*):.*$" replace="maven://\1/\2/\4/jar/\3|lib/infinispan/\2-\3-\4.jar" byline="true" />
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match=" *(.*):(.*):jar:(.*):.*$" replace="maven://\1/\2/\3|lib/infinispan/\2-\3.jar" byline="true" />
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match="The following files have been resolved:" replace="[files]" />
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/infinispan-remote-query-libs.mod">
                   <fileset file="src/main/config-template/modules/sessions/infinispan/remote/infinispan-remote-query-libs.mod" />
                   <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" />
                 </concat>
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml
index 7b4e54cbbcd8..228cf3342cfe 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match=" *(.*):(.*):jar:(.*):(.*):.*$" replace="maven://\1/\2/\4/jar/\3|lib/infinispan/\2-\3-\4.jar" byline="true" />
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match=" *(.*):(.*):jar:(.*):.*$" replace="maven://\1/\2/\3|lib/infinispan/\2-\3.jar" byline="true" />
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match="The following files have been resolved:" replace="[files]" />
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/infinispan-remote-libs.mod">
                   <fileset file="src/main/config-template/modules/sessions/infinispan/remote/infinispan-remote-libs.mod" />
                   <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" />
                 </concat>
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/jetty-osgi/jetty-osgi-boot/pom.xml b/jetty-osgi/jetty-osgi-boot/pom.xml
index d786b0ba9fe8..745a5c649737 100644
--- a/jetty-osgi/jetty-osgi-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-osgi/jetty-osgi-boot/pom.xml
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@
           <execution>
             <phase>process-resources</phase>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <!--delete file="target/classes/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF" /-->
                 <copy todir="target/classes/jettyhome">
                   <fileset dir="jettyhome">
                     <exclude name="**/*.log" />
                   </fileset>
                 </copy>
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
             <goals>
               <goal>run</goal>
diff --git a/jetty-osgi/jetty-osgi-httpservice/pom.xml b/jetty-osgi/jetty-osgi-httpservice/pom.xml
index de791c6cee62..658f91e52c42 100644
--- a/jetty-osgi/jetty-osgi-httpservice/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-osgi/jetty-osgi-httpservice/pom.xml
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
           <execution>
             <phase>process-resources</phase>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <copy todir="target/classes/contexts">
                   <fileset dir="contexts" />
                 </copy>
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
             <goals>
               <goal>run</goal>
diff --git a/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/pom.xml b/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/pom.xml
index 23b66f4451b9..af7524abd31a 100644
--- a/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <copy file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" tofile="${project.build.directory}/deps-orig.txt" />
                 <!-- regex the deps with classifiers first -->
                 <replaceregexp file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" match=" *(.*):(.*):jar:(.*):(.*):.*$" replace="maven://\1/\2/\4/jar/\3|lib/jnr/\2-\4-\3.jar" byline="true" />
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
                   <fileset file="${project.build.directory}/deps.txt" />
                   <fileset file="src/main/config-template/modules/unixsocket-suffix.mod" />
                 </concat>
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 257f18db06d0..004fedfff73d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.8</version>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>