Specify dependency version for Maven Archetype plugin - maven

Question

I am currently working with Maven 3.3.3, from which the mvn.bat file has been removed. The recommended and only way to run Maven is now through the mvn.cmd file.
I am using a custom archetype that calls the maven-invoker plugin for some operation. Note that the invoker plugin is a dependency of the Maven archetype plugin.
On archetype:generate, the invoker is called and throws an error :
Error configuring command-line. Reason: Maven executable not found at: <MAVEN_PATH>\bin\mvn.bat
This issue seems to have been fixed with the release 2.2 of the invoker, but the last version of maven-archetype-plugin still uses an old version of it.
How can I specify, in my archetype's POM, the version of the invoker plugin to use ?
For now, I've tried to configure the plugin by adding this code into the archetype's POM file, but it had no effect, and didn't fixed the error.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.archetype</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-archetype</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-invoker</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
EDIT 1 :
Here's the filtered stack trace.
[INFO] Invoking post-archetype-generation goals: com.company.my-custom-maven-plugin:uuid-generator
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 2.777 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2016-02-08T15:09:19+01:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 18M/210M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.4:generate (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: Cannot run additions goals. Error configuring command-line. Reason: Maven executable not found at: <MAVEN_PATH>\bin\mvn.bat -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.4:generate (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: Cannot run additions goals.
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:216)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:116)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:80)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:128)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:307)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:193)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:106)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:862)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:286)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:197)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: Cannot run additions goals.
at org.apache.maven.archetype.mojos.CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.invokePostArchetypeGenerationGoals(CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.java:241)
at org.apache.maven.archetype.mojos.CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.execute(CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.java:219)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:134)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
... 20 more
Caused by: org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.MavenInvocationException: Error configuring command-line. Reason: Maven executable not found at: <MAVEN_PATH>\bin\mvn.bat
at org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.DefaultInvoker.execute(DefaultInvoker.java:105)
at org.apache.maven.archetype.mojos.CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.invokePostArchetypeGenerationGoals(CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.java:237)
... 23 more
Caused by: org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.CommandLineConfigurationException: Maven executable not found at: <MAVEN_PATH>\bin\mvn.bat
at org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.MavenCommandLineBuilder.findMavenExecutable(MavenCommandLineBuilder.java:597)
at org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.MavenCommandLineBuilder.build(MavenCommandLineBuilder.java:68)
at org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.DefaultInvoker.execute(DefaultInvoker.java:101)
... 24 more
[ERROR]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException

Answer 1

This is a bug of the Maven Archetype Plugin: the JIRA issue is ARCHETYPE-488. It affects all versions of the plugin ≤ 2.4 and is resolved with version 3.0.0.
Quoting Jörg Hohwiller in the linked issue (dated 08-Jan-2016 13:47):
Is there a workaround for it?
Yep. Just create a copy of "mvn.cmd" that you call "mvn.bat" in MAVEN_HOME/bin.
So a possible work-around with 2.4 or earlier is just to make a copy of the mvn executable with the other name.

Answer 2

The bug references by #Tunaki has been fixed (posting for reference) and the pom.xml needs:
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-archetype-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-invoker</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>