diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/build/local/jib_maven.go b/pkg/skaffold/build/local/jib_maven.go
index 6408f447a12..b82ecfb0528 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/build/local/jib_maven.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/build/local/jib_maven.go
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ func generateMavenCommand(_ /*workspace*/ string, skaffoldImage string, a *lates
 		// TODO: multi-module
 		return nil, errors.New("Maven multi-modules not supported yet")
 	}
-	// use mostly-qualified plugin ID in case jib is not a configured plugin
-	commandLine := []string{"prepare-package", "com.google.cloud.tools:jib-maven-plugin::dockerBuild", "-Dimage=" + skaffoldImage}
+	commandLine := []string{"prepare-package", "jib:dockerBuild", "-Dimage=" + skaffoldImage}
 	if a.Profile != "" {
 		commandLine = append(commandLine, "-P"+a.Profile)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/build/local/jib_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/build/local/jib_test.go
index 6f5315e86fa..bf2ece06ca1 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/build/local/jib_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/build/local/jib_test.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ func TestGenerateMavenCommand(t *testing.T) {
 		in  latest.JibMavenArtifact
 		out []string
 	}{
-		{latest.JibMavenArtifact{}, []string{"prepare-package", "com.google.cloud.tools:jib-maven-plugin::dockerBuild", "-Dimage=image"}},
-		{latest.JibMavenArtifact{Profile: "profile"}, []string{"prepare-package", "com.google.cloud.tools:jib-maven-plugin::dockerBuild", "-Dimage=image", "-Pprofile"}},
+		{latest.JibMavenArtifact{}, []string{"prepare-package", "jib:dockerBuild", "-Dimage=image"}},
+		{latest.JibMavenArtifact{Profile: "profile"}, []string{"prepare-package", "jib:dockerBuild", "-Dimage=image", "-Pprofile"}},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range testCases {