diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 4b3065125..81d246a3a 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>liberty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.11-skipInitCompile</version>
     <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
     <name>liberty-maven-plugin</name>
     <description>Liberty Maven Plugin : Install, Start/Stop, Package, Create Server, Deploy/Undeploy applications</description>
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.openliberty.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>ci.common</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.30</version>
+            <version>1.8.31-skipInitCompile</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.twdata.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/server/DevMojo.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/server/DevMojo.java
index ba7c31072..b873b64be 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/server/DevMojo.java
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/server/DevMojo.java
@@ -345,14 +345,14 @@ public DevMojoUtil(File installDir, File userDir, File serverDirectory, File sou
                 List<File> resourceDirs, JavaCompilerOptions compilerOptions, String mavenCacheLocation,
                 List<ProjectModule> upstreamProjects, List<MavenProject> upstreamMavenProjects, boolean recompileDeps,
                 File pom, Map<String, List<String>> parentPoms, boolean generateFeatures, boolean skipInstallFeature,
-                Set<String> compileArtifactPaths, Set<String> testArtifactPaths, List<Path> webResourceDirs) throws IOException, PluginExecutionException {
+                Set<String> compileArtifactPaths, Set<String> testArtifactPaths, List<Path> webResourceDirs, boolean compileMojoError) throws IOException, PluginExecutionException {
             super(new File(project.getBuild().getDirectory()), serverDirectory, sourceDirectory, testSourceDirectory,
                     configDirectory, projectDirectory, multiModuleProjectDirectory, resourceDirs, hotTests, skipTests,
                     skipUTs, skipITs, skipInstallFeature, project.getArtifactId(), serverStartTimeout, verifyTimeout, verifyTimeout,
                     ((long) (compileWait * 1000L)), libertyDebug, false, false, pollingTest, container, containerfile,
                     containerBuildContext, containerRunOpts, containerBuildTimeout, skipDefaultPorts, compilerOptions,
                     keepTempContainerfile, mavenCacheLocation, upstreamProjects, recompileDeps, project.getPackaging(),
-                    pom, parentPoms, generateFeatures, compileArtifactPaths, testArtifactPaths, webResourceDirs);
+                    pom, parentPoms, generateFeatures, compileArtifactPaths, testArtifactPaths, webResourceDirs,compileMojoError);
 
             this.libertyDirPropertyFiles = BasicSupport.getLibertyDirectoryPropertyFiles(installDir, userDir,
                     serverDirectory);                    
@@ -1258,6 +1258,8 @@ private boolean isUsingBoost() {
     }
 
     private void doDevMode() throws MojoExecutionException {
+        boolean compileMojoError = false;
+        
         String mvnVersion = runtime.getMavenVersion();
         getLog().debug("Maven version: " + mvnVersion);
         // Maven 3.8.2 and 3.8.3 contain a bug where compile artifacts are not resolved
@@ -1365,7 +1367,11 @@ private void doDevMode() throws MojoExecutionException {
             getLog().debug("Skipping compile/resources on module with pom packaging type");
         } else {
             runMojo("org.apache.maven.plugins", "maven-resources-plugin", "resources");
-            runCompileMojoLogWarning();
+            try {
+                runCompileMojoLogWarningWithException();
+            } catch (MojoExecutionException e) {
+                compileMojoError = true;
+            }
             runMojo("org.apache.maven.plugins", "maven-resources-plugin", "testResources");    
             runTestCompileMojoLogWarning();
         }
@@ -1519,7 +1525,7 @@ private void doDevMode() throws MojoExecutionException {
             util = new DevMojoUtil(installDirectory, userDirectory, serverDirectory, sourceDirectory, testSourceDirectory,
                     configDirectory, project.getBasedir(), multiModuleProjectDirectory, resourceDirs, compilerOptions,
                     settings.getLocalRepository(), upstreamProjects, upstreamMavenProjects, recompileDeps, pom, parentPoms, 
-                    generateFeatures, skipInstallFeature, compileArtifactPaths, testArtifactPaths, webResourceDirs);
+                    generateFeatures, skipInstallFeature, compileArtifactPaths, testArtifactPaths, webResourceDirs, compileMojoError);
         } catch (IOException | PluginExecutionException |DependencyResolutionRequiredException e) {
             throw new MojoExecutionException("Error initializing dev mode.", e);
         }
@@ -1932,6 +1938,24 @@ private void runCompileMojoLogWarning() throws MojoExecutionException {
         runCompileMojo("compile", project);
         updateArtifactPathToOutputDirectory(project);
     }
+    
+    private void runCompileMojoLogWarningWithException() throws MojoExecutionException {
+        
+        String goal = "compile";
+       
+            Plugin plugin = getPluginForProject("org.apache.maven.plugins", "maven-compiler-plugin", project);
+            MavenSession tempSession = session.clone();
+            tempSession.setCurrentProject(project);
+            MavenProject tempProject = project;
+            Xpp3Dom config = ExecuteMojoUtil.getPluginGoalConfig(plugin, goal, getLog());
+            config = Xpp3Dom.mergeXpp3Dom(configuration(element(name("failOnError"), "true")), config);
+            getLog().info("Running maven-compiler-plugin:" + goal + " on " + tempProject.getFile());
+            getLog().debug("configuration:\n" + config);
+            executeMojo(plugin, goal(goal), config, executionEnvironment(tempProject, tempSession, pluginManager));
+        
+            updateArtifactPathToOutputDirectory(project);
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * Executes maven:compile but logs errors as warning messages