Surefire doesn't launch test in src/main/java
I needed to move some src/test/java to src/main/java according to this recommandation from maven-jar-plugin documentation => http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-jar-plugin/usage.html I did so because, i used tests (helper) classes in another projects in test scope. So i create my-project-test, moved in test classes, and configured surefire to specify test classes directory => <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <testSourceDirectory>${basedir}\src\main\java\</testSourceDirectory> </configuration>