ERROR - Maven - pom.xml: Duplicated tag: 'properties' (position: START_TAG seen ...

Error

pom.xml: Duplicated tag: 'properties' (position: START_TAG seen ...</properties>

Error Type

Build Time

Cause

Maven expects properties tag only once in the pom file. properties tag has been declared multiple times in the pom file.

Resolution

Make sure that properties section appear only once in a pom file. Aggregate all properties at  a single place.