diff --git a/hbase-archetypes/hbase-archetype-builder/pom.xml b/hbase-archetypes/hbase-archetype-builder/pom.xml
index 0ef7586400e..74ac1a64365 100644
--- a/hbase-archetypes/hbase-archetype-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-archetypes/hbase-archetype-builder/pom.xml
@@ -244,24 +244,18 @@
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.0</version>
+      <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
           <!-- exec-maven-plugin executes chmod to make scripts executable -->
           <execution>
             <id>make-scripts-executable</id>
             <phase>process-resources</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>exec</goal>
+              <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <executable>chmod</executable>
-              <arguments>
-                <argument>+x</argument>
-                <argument>/${project.basedir}/createArchetypes.sh</argument>
-                <argument>/${project.basedir}/installArchetypes.sh</argument>
-              </arguments>
+              <chmod file="${project.basedir}/createArchetypes.sh" perm="+x" />
+              <chmod file="${project.basedir}/installArchetypes.sh" perm="+x" />
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <!-- exec-maven-plugin executes script which invokes 'archetype:create-from-project'
@@ -270,10 +264,12 @@
             <id>run-createArchetypes-script</id>
             <phase>compile</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>exec</goal>
+              <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <executable>/${project.basedir}/createArchetypes.sh</executable>
+              <exec executable="${shell-executable}" dir="${project.basedir}" failonerror="true">
+                 <arg line="./createArchetypes.sh"/>
+               </exec>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <!-- exec-maven-plugin executes script which invokes 'install' to install each
@@ -285,10 +281,12 @@
             <id>run-installArchetypes-script</id>
             <phase>install</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>exec</goal>
+              <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <executable>/${project.basedir}/installArchetypes.sh</executable>
+              <exec executable="${shell-executable}" dir="${project.basedir}" failonerror="true">
+                 <arg line="./installArchetypes.sh"/>
+               </exec>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86e785d283c..30889e98c4c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1354,6 +1354,7 @@
     <extra.enforcer.version>1.0-beta-6</extra.enforcer.version>
     <!-- Location of test resources -->
     <test.build.classes>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</test.build.classes>
+    <shell-executable>bash</shell-executable>
   </properties>
   <!-- Sorted by groups of dependencies then groupId and artifactId -->
   <dependencyManagement>