diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f7a4979..4efe5984 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
-    <javaVersion>6</javaVersion>
+    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/FileUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/FileUtils.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 8d93c9cc..7e64ac67
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.DosFileAttributes;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.text.DecimalFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -1094,6 +1096,26 @@ public static void copyFile( final File source, final File destination )
     private static void doCopyFile( File source, File destination )
         throws IOException
     {
+        // If the source file is read-only on windows, that's probably not what we want in the destination. e.g.
+        // jetty won't start if the web.xml or jetty-web.xml is read-only, for some reason. So after we copy,
+        // clear the read-only flag.
+        boolean setWriteable = Os.isFamily(Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS) 
+                        && source.exists() 
+                        && !source.canWrite() 
+                        && Files.readAttributes(source.toPath(), DosFileAttributes.class)
+                                .isReadOnly();
+        
+        // Special-case for Windows read-only file attribute on the destination file -- if it's set, unset it so 
+        // that replacement of the destination doesn't fail. Files.copy will apparently not REPLACE_EXISTING in 
+        // that case, at least on Windows.
+        if (Os.isFamily(Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS) 
+                && destination.exists() 
+                && !destination.canWrite() 
+                && Files.readAttributes(destination.toPath(), DosFileAttributes.class)
+                        .isReadOnly()) {
+            destination.setWritable(true);
+        }
+
         // offload to operating system if supported
         if ( Java7Detector.isJava7() )
         {
@@ -1103,6 +1125,10 @@ private static void doCopyFile( File source, File destination )
         {
             doCopyFileUsingLegacyIO( source, destination );
         }
+        
+        if (setWriteable) {
+            destination.setWritable(true);
+        }
     }
 
     private static void doCopyFileUsingLegacyIO( File source, File destination )
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/FileUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/FileUtilsTest.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 51087306..d68297a2
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/FileUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/FileUtilsTest.java
@@ -394,6 +394,21 @@ public void testCopyFile3()
         assertTrue( "Check Exist", destination.exists() );
         assertTrue( "Check Full copy", destination.length() == testFile2Size );
     }
+    
+    public void testCopyOverReadOnlyFile() 
+        throws IOException 
+    {
+        final File destination = new File( getTestDirectory(), "copy2.txt" );
+
+        // Make sure file exists and is read-only
+        assertTrue(destination.createNewFile());
+        assertTrue(destination.setReadOnly());;
+
+        // Copy
+        FileUtils.copyFile( testFile1, destination );
+        assertTrue( "Check Exist", destination.exists() );
+        assertTrue( "Check Full copy", destination.length() == testFile2Size );
+    }
 
     // copyFileIfModified