You are about to deploy a maven-plugin using Maven 3.8.1. This plugin should be used ONLY with Maven 3.9.0 and newer, as MNG-7055 is fixed in those versions of Maven only!

Thank you for your question. It sounds like you are looking for advice on how to ensure that your maven-plugin is only used with Maven 3.9.0 and newer.

One approach you could take is to specify a minimum Maven version in the plugin's POM file using the `maven-plugin-api` and `maven-core` dependencies. For example:

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
        <version>3.9.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
        <version>3.9.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <!-- other dependencies -->
</dependencies>

This will ensure that the plugin will only be loaded by Maven 3.9.0 and newer, as older versions of Maven will not have the required dependencies.

Additionally, you could include a check in the plugin's execution code to verify that the running Maven version is 3.9.0 or newer. For example:

String mavenVersion = System.getProperty("maven.version");
if (mavenVersion == null || mavenVersion.startsWith("3.8") || mavenVersion.startsWith("3.7") || mavenVersion.startsWith("3.6")) {
    throw new MojoExecutionException("This plugin requires Maven 3.9.0 or newer.");
}

This will throw an exception if the plugin is executed with an older version of Maven, ensuring that it is only used with the correct version.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.