First possibility which allows to keep the project with "supported runtime configuration": Right click on the project and execute Run as > Maven install Then can deploy Th eopeation must be repeated every time there are new changes to generated Manifest Second possibility using latest maven-bundle-plugin but not with "supported runtime configuration": modif pom.xml maven-bundle-plugin to use version 5.1.8 and provide the executions: <executions> <execution> <id>scr-metadata</id> <goals> <goal>manifest</goal> </goals> <configuration> <supportIncrementalBuild>true</supportIncrementalBuild> </configuration> </execution> </executions>