IronPDF java (Maven) downloading the engine even tho i added to the pom.xml

[NeikiDev]

Hey,

So i am using IronPDF for JAVA (SpringBoot / Maven) and i get always the download after i built the final .jar

Download IronPdfEngine to working dir: /Users/User/Development/project/IronPdfEngine.2025.3.6.MacOS.x64.zip
2025-03-13T12:21:34.349+01:00  INFO 73157 --- [nio-8080-exec-8] c.i.ironpdf.internal.staticapi.Access 

You can skip this downloading step by adding IronPdfEngine as a Maven dependency. see: https://github.com/iron-software/IronPDF-for-Java#install-ironpdf-engine-as-a-maven-dependency

I already added this to my pom

<dependency>
            <groupId>com.ironsoftware</groupId>
            <artifactId>ironpdf</artifactId>
            <version>2025.3.6</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.ironsoftware</groupId>
            <artifactId>ironpdf-engine-macos-arm64</artifactId>
            <version>2025.3.6</version>
        </dependency>

and if i unzip the jar i can see 2 ironpdf jars in the BOOT-INF

Why is it still downloading the engine again to a local path.

i also have this but also doesnt work

Settings.setDebug(true);
Settings.setSingleProcess(true);
Settings.setAutoInstallDependency(true);

[StefanLobbenmeierObjego]

I think there is something wrong with the detection of the architecture on macOS arm64, because it is downloading the x64 version

IronPdfEngine.2025.3.6.MacOS.x64.zip

[mee-ironsoftware]

Hi @NeikiDev,

I can confirm this is indeed the architecture detection bug on macOS arm64 that StefanLobbenmeierObjego identified. We have logged this issue and will update you once we have a fix available.

Thank you for the report.

Best regards,