diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/ReferenceBuildinfoUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/ReferenceBuildinfoUtil.java
index 694efb8..15842b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/ReferenceBuildinfoUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/ReferenceBuildinfoUtil.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 import java.util.jar.Manifest;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipException;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
@@ -210,8 +211,11 @@ private ReproducibleEnv extractEnv(File file, Artifact artifact) {
             } else {
                 log.warn("no MANIFEST.MF found in jar " + file);
             }
+        } catch (ZipException e) {
+            log.warn("Corrupt jar file " + file + "\n" + e.getMessage());
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.warn("unable to open jar file " + file, e);
+            log.warn("unable to read jar file " + file + "\n due to "
+                    + e.getClass().getName() + "\n" + e.getMessage());
         }
         return null;
     }