Execution default of goal org.codehaus.mojo:buildnumber-maven-plugin:1.4:create-metadata failed.: NullPointerException

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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:buildnumber-maven-plugin:1.4:create-metadata (default) on project catalog-rest-service: Execution default of goal org.codehaus.mojo:buildnumber-maven-plugin:1.4:create-metadata failed.: NullPointerException -> [Help 1]