Try using <aopClassPath/> pointing to the directory containing your annotated classes. Here is a snippet from the pom of the annotated-aspects example in the aop distribution
<execution>
<id>run</id>
<configuration>
<aoppaths>
<aoppath></aoppath>
</aoppaths>
<aopClassPath>.</aopClassPath>
<executable>Driver</executable>
</configuration>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
</execution>