Maven plugins can not be found in IntelliJ

Question

After updating IntelliJ from version 12 to 13, the following Maven-related plugins cannot be resolved:

org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.4.1
org.a         


        

Answer 1

Here is what I tried to fix the issue and it worked:

1. Manually deleted the existing plugin from the .m2 repo
2. Enabled "use plugin registry" in IntelliJ
3. Invalidated the cache and restarted IntelliJ
4. Reimported the maven project in IntelliJ

After following above steps, the issue was fixed. Hopefully this helps you as well.