diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 30fce9b..e485450 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -157,6 +157,15 @@
 			</distributionManagement>
 
 			<build>
+				<resources>
+					<resource>
+						<directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
+						<includes>
+							<include>LICENSE.md</include>
+						</includes>
+						<targetPath>META-INF</targetPath>
+					</resource>
+				</resources>
 				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -319,8 +328,17 @@
 				</repository>
 			</distributionManagement>
 			<build>
-				<plugins>
+				<resources>
+					<resource>
+							<directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
+							<includes>
+								<include>LICENSE.md</include>
+							</includes>
+							<targetPath>META-INF</targetPath>
+					</resource>
+				</resources>
 
+				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 						<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -448,8 +466,17 @@
 				</repository>
 			</distributionManagement>
 			<build>
-				<plugins>
+				<resources>
+					<resource>
+						<directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
+						<includes>
+							<include>LICENSE.md</include>
+						</includes>
+						<targetPath>META-INF</targetPath>
+					</resource>
+				</resources>
 
+				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 						<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -942,9 +969,9 @@
 								def fileContents = new File("${project.basedir}/CHANGELOG.md").getText('UTF-8')
 								matcher = (fileContents =~ /(?s).\[v$project.version\].*?/)
 								if (!matcher.find()) {
-									throw new IllegalArgumentException("Tag [v$project.version] not found in CHANGELOG.md")
+									throw new IllegalArgumentException("Tag [v$project.version] not found in ${project.basedir}/CHANGELOG.md")
 								}
-								assert matcher[0][1]:  "Tag [v$project.version] not found in CHANGELOG.md"
+								assert matcher[0][1]:  "Tag [v$project.version] not found in ${project.basedir}/CHANGELOG.md"
 							</source>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>