How to Use

Please use the maven shade plugin instead. Just specify the plugin in the POM and configure the artifacts to include/exclude with their relocation pattern as you would for the shade plugin. Then set minimizeJar to true.

     ...
    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.4</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <phase>package</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>shade</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
                            <artifactSet>
                                <includes>
                                    <include>org.apache.commons:commons-compress</include>
                                </includes>
                            </artifactSet>
                            <relocations>
                                <relocation>
                                    <pattern>org.apache.commons</pattern>
                                    <shadedPattern>com.yourdomain.shaded.compress</shadedPattern>
                                </relocation>
                            </relocations>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
     ...