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>