diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-plugin-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/maven-plugin-tests.yaml
index 4844576096b6..ab7238e4db87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-plugin-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-plugin-tests.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./mvnw clean install -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true
           ./mvnw --no-snapshot-updates --quiet clean compile -f modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/java-client.xml -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=error
+          ./mvnw --no-snapshot-updates --quiet clean compile -f modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/java-client-jar.xml -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=error
           ./mvnw --no-snapshot-updates --quiet clean compile -f modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/multi-module/pom.xml -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=error
           ./mvnw --no-snapshot-updates --quiet clean compile -f modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/kotlin.xml -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=error
           ./mvnw --no-snapshot-updates --quiet clean compile -f modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/spring.xml -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=error
diff --git a/bin/utils/release/release_version_update.sh b/bin/utils/release/release_version_update.sh
index 9026c07afbde..94ae0c4618c4 100755
--- a/bin/utils/release/release_version_update.sh
+++ b/bin/utils/release/release_version_update.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ declare -a xml_files=(
     "${root}/modules/openapi-generator-gradle-plugin/samples/local-spec/gradle.properties"
     "${root}/modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/multi-module/java-client/pom.xml"
     "${root}/modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/java-client.xml"
+    "${root}/modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/java-client-jar.xml"
     "${root}/modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/non-java-invalid-spec.xml"
     "${root}/modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/non-java.xml"
     "${root}/modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/kotlin.xml"
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/java-client-jar.xml b/modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/java-client-jar.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f7403e878f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/examples/java-client-jar.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
+    <artifactId>sample-project</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>sample-project</name>
+    <url>https://maven.apache.org</url>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <!-- activate the plugin -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
+                <artifactId>openapi-generator-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <!-- RELEASE_VERSION -->
+                <version>7.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <!-- /RELEASE_VERSION -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>default</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>generate</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <!-- specify the swagger yaml -->
+                            <inputSpec>jar:file:${project.basedir}/../src/test/resources/default/local-repo/petstore/schema/1/schema-1.jar!/petstore.yaml</inputSpec>
+
+                            <!-- target to generate java client code -->
+                            <generatorName>java</generatorName>
+
+                            <!-- hint: if you want to generate java server code, e.g. based on Spring Boot,
+                                 you can use the following target: <generatorName>spring</generatorName> -->
+
+                            <!-- pass any necessary config options -->
+                            <configOptions>
+                                <dateLibrary>joda</dateLibrary>
+                            </configOptions>
+
+                            <!-- override the default library to jersey2 -->
+                            <library>jersey2</library>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>remote</id>
+                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>generate</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <!-- specify the swagger yaml -->
+                            <inputSpec>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenAPITools/openapi-generator/master/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/2_0/petstore.yaml</inputSpec>
+
+                            <!-- target to generate java client code -->
+                            <generatorName>java</generatorName>
+
+                            <templateDirectory>${project.basedir}/templates</templateDirectory>
+
+                            <!-- pass any necessary config options -->
+                            <configOptions>
+                                <dateLibrary>joda</dateLibrary>
+                            </configOptions>
+
+                            <!-- override the default library to jersey2 -->
+                            <library>jersey2</library>
+
+                            <output>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/remote-openapi</output>
+                            <apiPackage>remote.org.openapitools.client.api</apiPackage>
+                            <modelPackage>remote.org.openapitools.client.model</modelPackage>
+                            <invokerPackage>remote.org.openapitools.client</invokerPackage>
+                            <cleanupOutput>true</cleanupOutput>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <proc>none</proc>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>sonatype-snapshots</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
+        </pluginRepository>
+    </pluginRepositories>
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- dependencies are needed for the client being generated -->
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.swagger.core.v3</groupId>
+            <artifactId>swagger-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>${swagger-annotations-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- @Nullable annotation -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- HTTP client: jersey-client -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${jersey-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-hk2</artifactId>
+            <version>${jersey-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-media-multipart</artifactId>
+            <version>${jersey-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-media-json-jackson</artifactId>
+            <version>${jersey-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- JSON processing: jackson -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson-databind-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind-nullable</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson-databind-nullable-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.scribejava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>scribejava-apis</artifactId>
+            <version>${scribejava-apis-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jakarta-annotation-version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.connectors</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-apache-connector</artifactId>
+            <version>${jersey-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.brsanthu</groupId>
+            <artifactId>migbase64</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- test dependencies -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit-version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <swagger-annotations-version>2.2.16</swagger-annotations-version>
+        <jersey-version>2.35</jersey-version>
+        <jackson-version>2.15.2</jackson-version>
+        <jackson-databind-version>2.15.2</jackson-databind-version>
+        <jackson-databind-nullable-version>0.2.6</jackson-databind-nullable-version>
+        <jakarta-annotation-version>1.3.5</jakarta-annotation-version>
+        <junit-version>4.13.2</junit-version>
+        <scribejava-apis-version>8.3.3</scribejava-apis-version>
+    </properties>
+</project>