# Run detekt using Maven Ant Task | Detekt
1. Add following lines to your pom.xml.
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# Run detekt using Maven Ant Task

1. Add following lines to your pom.xml.
2. Run `mvn verify` (when using the verify phase as we are doing here)

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.8</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <!-- This can be run separately with mvn antrun:run@detekt -->
                        <id>detekt</id>
                        <phase>verify</phase>
                        <configuration>
                            <target name="detekt">
                                <java taskname="detekt" dir="${basedir}"
                                      fork="true"
                                      failonerror="true"
                                      classname="io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.cli.Main"
                                      classpathref="maven.plugin.classpath">
                                    <arg value="--input"/>
                                    <arg value="${basedir}/src/main/kotlin"/>
                                    <arg value="--excludes"/>
                                    <arg value="**/special/package/internal/**"/>
                                    <arg value="--report"/>
                                    <arg value="xml:${basedir}/reports/detekt.xml"/>
                                    <arg value="--baseline"/>
                                    <arg value="${basedir}/reports/baseline.xml"/>
                                </java>
                            </target>
                        </configuration>
                        <goals><goal>run</goal></goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
                <dependencies>
                    <dependency>
                        <groupId>io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt</groupId>
                        <artifactId>detekt-cli</artifactId>
                        <version>1.21.0-RC2</version>
                    </dependency>
                </dependencies>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>