Maven pom.xml for 3.3.0.ga doesn't specify a transitive dependency on hibernate-commons-annotations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: ANN-656 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-656 Project: Hibernate Annotations Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.3.0.ga Reporter: Matt Raible http://forum.hibernate.org/viewtopic.php?p=2363366 Manually adding the dependency solves the problem, but it seems since this is a required dependency, it should be included in the published pom.xml. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira