Another problem is that you can't use: mvn dependency:purge-local-repository -DreResolve=false to zap your dependencies from the local repository when there are version ranges in the pom. It simply doesn't understand the version ranges. Running it with -Dverbose=true just gives an non-descript "error message" | [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | [INFO] Building Project2 | [INFO] task-segment: [dependency:purge-local-repository] (aggregator-style) | [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | [INFO] [dependency:purge-local-repository] | [INFO] Skipping: project2. It cannot be resolved. | [INFO] Nothing to do for project: test:project2:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT | [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL | [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | It doesn't even zap the dependencies that aren't version ranges. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4139848#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...