diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
index 9b5677e..7465e1e 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # OpenSlide Java release process
 
-- [ ] Update `CHANGELOG.md` and version in `meson.build`
+- [ ] Update `CHANGELOG.md` and version in `pom.xml`
 - [ ] Create and push signed tag
 - [ ] Verify that GitHub Actions created a [GitHub release](https://github.com/openslide/openslide-java/releases) with release notes and a JAR
 - [ ] Update website: `_data/releases.yaml`, `_includes/news.md`
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be9e20a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Periodically check for Maven plugin updates
+  - package-ecosystem: maven
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: monthly
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: maven
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java.yaml b/.github/workflows/java.yaml
index e9686a4..2a8f3a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java.yaml
@@ -33,16 +33,15 @@ jobs:
       with:
         distribution: oracle
         java-version: 22
+        cache: maven
     - name: Install dependencies (Linux)
       if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get install libopenslide0 ninja-build
-        # Ubuntu 22.04 packages Meson 0.61
-        pip install --user meson
+        sudo apt-get install libopenslide0
     - name: Install dependencies (macOS)
       if: matrix.os == 'macos-14'
       run: |
-        brew install meson openslide
+        brew install openslide
         # allow smoke test to find OpenSlide
         echo "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/homebrew/lib" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Install dependencies (Windows)
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ jobs:
       env:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
       run: |
-        pip install meson ninja
         mkdir -p "c:\\openslide"
         cd "c:\\openslide"
         release=$(gh release list -R openslide/openslide-bin -L 1 \
@@ -64,24 +62,20 @@ jobs:
         # allow smoke test to find OpenSlide
         echo "PATH=c:\\openslide\\${zipname}\\bin;$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Build
-      run: |
-        meson setup builddir
-        meson compile -C builddir
+      run: mvn -Dmaven.compiler.failOnWarning=true
     - name: Smoke test
       run: |
-        java --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED -cp builddir/openslide.jar \
-            org.openslide.TestCLI fixtures/small.svs
+        java --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED \
+            -cp target/openslide-java-*.jar org.openslide.TestCLI \
+            fixtures/small.svs
     - name: Dist
       id: dist
       if: matrix.dist
       run: |
-        set -o pipefail
         dist="openslide-java-dist-$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER-$(echo $GITHUB_SHA | cut -c-10)"
         echo "dist-base=$dist" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         mkdir -p "artifacts/$dist"
-        version=$(meson introspect --projectinfo builddir | jq -r .version)
-        mv builddir/openslide.jar \
-            "artifacts/${dist}/openslide-java-${version}.jar"
+        mv target/openslide-java-*.jar "artifacts/${dist}"
     - name: Archive dist
       if: matrix.dist
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea8c4bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 850af23..7327618 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This is a Java binding to [OpenSlide](https://openslide.org/).
 ## Build requirements
 
 - JDK ≥ 22
-- Meson ≥ 0.62
+- Maven
 
 
 ## Runtime requirements
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@ This is a Java binding to [OpenSlide](https://openslide.org/).
 ## Building
 
 ```
-meson setup builddir
-meson compile -C builddir
+mvn
 ```
 
-The JAR will be in `builddir/openslide.jar`.
+The JAR will be in `target/openslide-java-*.jar`.
+
+If you have multiple JVMs on your system, and Maven defaults to a version
+older than 22, you might need to set `JAVA_HOME`.  For exmaple, on Fedora:
+
+```
+JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-22 mvn
+```
 
 
 ## License
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c91882..0000000
--- a/meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-project(
-  'openslide-java',
-  'java',
-  default_options : [
-    'buildtype=debugoptimized',
-  ],
-  license : 'LGPL-2.1-only',
-  meson_version : '>=0.62',
-  version : '0.12.4',
-)
-# for FFM API
-java_ver = '22'
-
-# Java setup
-native_java_home = meson.get_external_property(
-  'java_home',
-  '',
-  native : true
-)
-jar = find_program(
-  'jar',
-  dirs : native_java_home != '' ? [native_java_home / 'bin'] : [],
-  native : true,
-)
-
-# compiler options
-add_project_arguments(
-  '-source', java_ver,
-  '-target', java_ver,
-  '-Xlint:all,-serial',
-  language : 'java',
-)
-
-# jar
-manifest_extra = configure_file(
-  input : 'meta/MANIFEST.MF.in',
-  output : 'MANIFEST.MF',
-  configuration : {
-    'version': meson.project_version(),
-  }
-)
-built_jar = jar(
-  'built',
-  [
-    'org/openslide/gui/Annotation.java',
-    'org/openslide/gui/DefaultAnnotation.java',
-    'org/openslide/gui/DefaultSelectionListModel.java',
-    'org/openslide/gui/Demo.java',
-    'org/openslide/gui/OpenSlideView.java',
-    'org/openslide/gui/SelectionListModel.java',
-    'org/openslide/AssociatedImage.java',
-    'org/openslide/OpenSlideDisposedException.java',
-    'org/openslide/OpenSlideFFM.java',
-    'org/openslide/OpenSlide.java',
-    'org/openslide/TestCLI.java',
-  ],
-  main_class : 'org.openslide.gui.Demo',
-)
-# https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/3070
-openslide_jar = custom_target(
-  capture : true,
-  command : [jar, '-um', manifest_extra],
-  feed : true,
-  input : built_jar,
-  install : true,
-  install_dir : get_option('datadir') / 'openslide-java',
-  install_tag : 'runtime',
-  output : 'openslide.jar',
-)
diff --git a/meta/MANIFEST.MF.in b/meta/MANIFEST.MF.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ca3b03..0000000
--- a/meta/MANIFEST.MF.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Implementation-Title: OpenSlide Java
-Implementation-Vendor: OpenSlide project
-Implementation-Version: @version@
-Enable-Native-Access: ALL-UNNAMED
-
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f2a163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <version>0.12.4</version>
+
+  <groupId>org.openslide</groupId>
+  <artifactId>openslide-java</artifactId>
+  <name>OpenSlide Java</name>
+  <description>Java interface to OpenSlide</description>
+  <url>https://openslide.org</url>
+  <inceptionYear>2007</inceptionYear>
+  <organization>
+    <name>OpenSlide project</name>
+    <url>https://openslide.org</url>
+  </organization>
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>LGPL-2.1-only</name>
+      <url>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openslide/openslide-java/main/COPYING.LESSER</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>22</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>22</maven.compiler.target>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <defaultGoal>package</defaultGoal>
+    <sourceDirectory>.</sourceDirectory>
+
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.13.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
+          <compilerArgs>
+            <arg>-Xlint:all,-serial</arg>
+          </compilerArgs>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.3.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifest>
+              <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
+              <mainClass>org.openslide.gui.Demo</mainClass>
+            </manifest>
+            <manifestEntries>
+              <Enable-Native-Access>ALL-UNNAMED</Enable-Native-Access>
+            </manifestEntries>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <downloadUrl>https://openslide.org/download/#source</downloadUrl>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/openslide/openslide-java</connection>
+    <url>https://github.com/openslide/openslide-java</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <issueManagement>
+    <system>GitHub</system>
+    <url>https://github.com/openslide/openslide-java/issues</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+
+  <ciManagement>
+    <system>GitHub</system>
+    <url>https://github.com/openslide/openslide-java/actions</url>
+  </ciManagement>
+
+  <mailingLists>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>openslide-announce</name>
+      <subscribe>https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/openslide-announce</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/openslide-announce</unsubscribe>
+      <archive>https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/openslide-announce/</archive>
+      <otherArchives>
+        <otherArchive>https://marc.info/?l=openslide-announce</otherArchive>
+      </otherArchives>
+    </mailingList>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>openslide-users</name>
+      <subscribe>https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/openslide-users</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/openslide-users</unsubscribe>
+      <post>openslide-users@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</post>
+      <archive>https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/openslide-users/</archive>
+      <otherArchives>
+        <otherArchive>https://marc.info/?l=openslide-users</otherArchive>
+      </otherArchives>
+    </mailingList>
+  </mailingLists>
+</project>