Force re-download of release dependency using Maven

Question

I\'m working on a project with dependency X. X, in turn, depends on Y.

I used to explicitly include Y in my project\'s pom. However, it was not used and to make thin

Answer 1

Just delete ~/.m2/repository...../actual_path where the invalid LOC is coming as it forces to re-download the deleted jar files. Dont delete the whole repository folder instead delete the specific folder from where the error is coming.