Add resources to src/main/resources of vdb packaged project. Update to version 1.3 of the vdb-maven-plugin mvn -DskipTests clean package With version 1.3, these are the (incorrect) phases that make up the "package" phase: [INFO] ' package ' is a phase corresponding to this plugin: org.teiid:vdb-maven-plugin:vdb It is a part of the lifecycle for the POM packaging 'vdb' . This lifecycle includes the following phases: * validate: Not defined * initialize: Not defined * generate-sources: Not defined * process-sources: Not defined * generate-resources: Not defined * process-resources: Not defined * compile: Not defined * process-classes: Not defined * generate-test-sources: Not defined * process-test-sources: Not defined * generate-test-resources: Not defined * process-test-resources: Not defined * test-compile: Not defined * process-test-classes: Not defined * test: Not defined * prepare- package : Not defined * package : org.teiid:vdb-maven-plugin:vdb * pre-integration-test: Not defined * integration-test: Not defined * post-integration-test: Not defined * verify: Not defined * install: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:install * deploy: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:deploy