The findbugs:check goal allows you to configure your build to fail if any errors are found in the FindBugs report.
The following code fragment enables the check in a build during the verify phase. The check will fail if any of the filter triggers in the include file are met.
<project> ... <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.0.6-SNAPSHOT</version> <configuration> <effort>Max</effort> <threshold>Low</threshold> <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput> </configuration> <executions> <execution> <goals> <goal>check</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </build> ... </project>