diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 693a35c176..51f3d69d9f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ spring-security-openid/src/main/resources/application.properties
 
 spring-all/*.log
 
-*.jar
-
 SpringDataInjectionDemo/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
 
 spring-call-getters-using-reflection/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
diff --git a/custom-pmd-0.0.1.jar b/custom-pmd-0.0.1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ad6933865
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diff --git a/custom-pmd/pom.xml b/custom-pmd/pom.xml
index 7438ec0a34..f9ae961f3a 100644
--- a/custom-pmd/pom.xml
+++ b/custom-pmd/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.baeldung.pmd</groupId>
 	<artifactId>custom-pmd</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.0.1</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>custom-pmd</name>
 	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@
 		    </plugin>
 	    </plugins>
     </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/metrics/src/test/java/com/baeldung/metrics/servo/MetricTypeTest.java b/metrics/src/test/java/com/baeldung/metrics/servo/MetricTypeManualTest.java
similarity index 99%
rename from metrics/src/test/java/com/baeldung/metrics/servo/MetricTypeTest.java
rename to metrics/src/test/java/com/baeldung/metrics/servo/MetricTypeManualTest.java
index 237092b1c3..d810de155a 100644
--- a/metrics/src/test/java/com/baeldung/metrics/servo/MetricTypeTest.java
+++ b/metrics/src/test/java/com/baeldung/metrics/servo/MetricTypeManualTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import com.netflix.servo.monitor.StepCounter;
 import com.netflix.servo.monitor.Stopwatch;
 import com.netflix.servo.stats.StatsConfig;
 
-public class MetricTypeTest {
+public class MetricTypeManualTest {
 
     @Test
     public void givenDefaultCounter_whenManipulate_thenCountValid() {
diff --git a/pmd/custom-pmd-0.0.1.jar b/pmd/custom-pmd-0.0.1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7ae74ae2e
Binary files /dev/null and b/pmd/custom-pmd-0.0.1.jar differ
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9942381f0b..64744eb2da 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
     </reporting>
 
     <modules>
-        <module>custom-pmd</module>
         <module>parent-boot-5</module>
         <module>asm</module>
         <module>atomix</module>
@@ -362,7 +361,6 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -371,8 +369,7 @@
                     <executable>maven</executable>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
+			<plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
@@ -388,7 +385,6 @@
                     </excludes>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -398,7 +394,6 @@
                     <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-<!-- TODO till we sort it out
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -407,11 +402,11 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.baeldung.pmd</groupId>
                         <artifactId>custom-pmd</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <version>0.0.1</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
                 <configuration>
-                    <failurePriority>5</failurePriority> &lt;!&ndash; TODO change to 0 after fixing the project &ndash;&gt;
+                    <failurePriority>5</failurePriority> <!-- TODO change to 0 after fixing the project -->
                     <aggregate>true</aggregate>
                     <failOnViolation>false</failOnViolation>
                     <verbose>true</verbose>
@@ -420,7 +415,7 @@
                     <sourceEncoding>UTF-8</sourceEncoding>
                     <targetJdk>1.8</targetJdk>
                     <rulesets>
-                        <ruleset>${user.dir}/baeldung-pmd-rules.xml</ruleset>
+                        <ruleset>${tutorialsproject.basedir}/baeldung-pmd-rules.xml</ruleset>
                     </rulesets>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
@@ -432,7 +427,49 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
--->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.commonjava.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>directory-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.3.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>directories</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>directory-of</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <property>tutorialsproject.basedir</property>
+                            <project>
+                                <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+                                <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+                            </project>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+			<plugin>
+			   <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+			   <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+			   <version>2.5.1</version>
+			   <configuration>
+				  <groupId>org.baeldung.pmd</groupId>
+				  <artifactId>custom-pmd</artifactId>
+				  <version>0.0.1</version>
+				  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+				  <file>${tutorialsproject.basedir}/custom-pmd-0.0.1.jar</file>
+				  <generatePom>true</generatePom>
+			   </configuration>
+			   <executions>
+				  <execution>
+					 <id>install-jar-lib</id>
+					 <goals>
+						<goal>install-file</goal>
+					 </goals>
+					 <phase>validate</phase>
+				  </execution>
+			   </executions>
+			</plugin>
         </plugins>
 
         <extensions>
@@ -444,4 +481,4 @@
         </extensions>
 
     </build>
-</project>
+</project>
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