Maven 3 – How to add annotation processor dependency?

The annotationProcessorPaths option can be used in recent versions of the Maven compiler plug-in:

<pluginManagement>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.6.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <annotationProcessorPaths>
                    <annotationProcessorPath>
                        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
                        <artifactId>hibernate-jpamodelgen</artifactId>
                        <version>5.2.6.Final</version>
                    </annotationProcessorPath>
                </annotationProcessorPaths>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</pluginManagement>

That way the processor is separated from the actual project dependencies. This option is also picked up by the Eclipse M2E plug-in if annotation processing is enabled for the project.