diff --git a/plugins/maven/__tests__/maven.test.ts b/plugins/maven/__tests__/maven.test.ts
index a338e9e76..9cf46bf04 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/__tests__/maven.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/maven/__tests__/maven.test.ts
@@ -270,9 +270,13 @@ describe("maven", () => {
       await hooks.version.promise({ bump: Auto.SEMVER.patch });
 
       const call = exec.mock.calls[0][1];
-      expect(call).toContain("tag");
-      expect(call).toContain("v1.0.0");
-      expect(call).toContain('"Update version to v1.0.0"');
+      expect(call).toContain("help:effective-pom");
+      expect(call).toContain("-Doutput=target/output.xml");
+
+      const secondCall = exec.mock.calls[1][1];
+      expect(secondCall).toContain("tag");
+      expect(secondCall).toContain("v1.0.0");
+      expect(secondCall).toContain('"Update version to v1.0.0"');
     });
 
     test("should version release", async () => {
@@ -290,9 +294,13 @@ describe("maven", () => {
       await hooks.version.promise({ bump: Auto.SEMVER.patch });
 
       const call = exec.mock.calls[0][1];
-      expect(call).toContain("tag");
-      expect(call).toContain("v1.0.1");
-      expect(call).toContain('"Update version to v1.0.1"');
+      expect(call).toContain("help:effective-pom");
+      expect(call).toContain("-Doutput=target/output.xml");
+
+      const secondCall = exec.mock.calls[1][1];
+      expect(secondCall).toContain("tag");
+      expect(secondCall).toContain("v1.0.1");
+      expect(secondCall).toContain('"Update version to v1.0.1"');
     });
 
     test("should replace the previousVersion with the newVersion", async () => {
@@ -359,9 +367,37 @@ describe("maven", () => {
       );
 
       const call = exec.mock.calls[0][1];
-      expect(call).toContain("versions:set");
-      expect(call).toContain("-DgenerateBackupPoms=false");
-      expect(call).toContain("-DnewVersion=1.0.0");
+      expect(call).toContain("help:effective-pom");
+      expect(call).toContain("-Doutput=target/output.xml");
+
+      const secondCall = exec.mock.calls[1][1];
+      expect(secondCall).toContain("versions:set");
+      expect(secondCall).toContain("-DgenerateBackupPoms=false");
+      expect(secondCall).toContain("-DnewVersion=1.0.0");
+    });
+
+    test("should create effective POM file successfully", async () => {
+          mockReadFile(`<project
+                  xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+                  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+                  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                  <build>
+                    <plugins>
+                      <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.7</version>
+                      </plugin>
+                    </plugins>
+                  </build>
+                </project>`);
+
+          await hooks.beforeRun.promise({} as any);
+
+          const call = exec.mock.calls[0][1];
+          expect(call).toContain("help:effective-pom");
+          expect(call).toContain("-Doutput=target/output.xml");
     });
 
     test("should replace the parent previousVersion with the newVersion", async () => {
@@ -468,7 +504,11 @@ describe("maven", () => {
 
       await hooks.publish.promise({ bump: Auto.SEMVER.patch });
 
-      expect(exec.mock.calls[0][1]).toContain("deploy");
+      const call = exec.mock.calls[0][1];
+      expect(call).toContain("help:effective-pom");
+      expect(call).toContain("-Doutput=target/output.xml");
+
+      expect(exec.mock.calls[1][1]).toContain("deploy");
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/index.ts b/plugins/maven/src/index.ts
index 2fc129cc8..bcb69fa0c 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/index.ts
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ export default class MavenPlugin implements IPlugin {
   }
 
   /** Detect whether the parent pom.xml has the versions-maven-plugin **/
-  private static async detectVersionMavenPlugin(): Promise<boolean> {
-    const pom = await getPom();
+  private static async detectVersionMavenPlugin(options: IMavenPluginOptions, auto: Auto): Promise<boolean> {
+    await maven.createEffectivePom(options, auto);
+    const pom = await getPom("target/output.xml");
     const pomDom = new jsdom.JSDOM(pom.pomXml, { contentType: "text/xml" })
       .window.document;
     const versionsMavenPluginNode = pomDom.evaluate(
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ export default class MavenPlugin implements IPlugin {
         this.snapshotRelease = true;
       }
 
-      this.versionsMavenPlugin = await MavenPlugin.detectVersionMavenPlugin();
+      this.versionsMavenPlugin = await MavenPlugin.detectVersionMavenPlugin(this.options, auto);
     });
 
     auto.hooks.validateConfig.tapPromise(this.name, async (name, options) => {
diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/maven.ts b/plugins/maven/src/maven.ts
index bd04c9c7d..d635ae449 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/maven.ts
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/maven.ts
@@ -49,3 +49,23 @@ export async function updatePoms(
 
   await execPromise("git", ["commit", "-am", message, "--no-verify"]);
 }
+
+/** Create effective pom file with maven */
+export async function createEffectivePom(
+  options: IMavenPluginOptions,
+  auto: Auto
+) {
+  auto.logger.verbose.info(
+    `Creating effective-pom file in target directory`
+  );
+
+  try {
+    await executeMaven(options, [
+      "help:effective-pom",
+      "-Doutput=target/output.xml"
+    ]);
+  } catch (error) {
+    auto.logger.verbose.error(`Failed to create effective pom: ${error.message}`);
+    throw new Error(`Failed to create effective pom in target directory`);
+  }
+}