Thomas Diesler wrote: Yes, but only if you use Maven 2.0.9. "The 'import' scope is only used on a dependency of type pom in the <dependencyManagement> section. It indicates that the specified POM should be replaced with the dependencies in that POM's <dependencyManagement> section. Since they are replaced, dependencies with a scope of import do not actually participate in limiting the transitivity of a dependency. Please note that the use of this scope will break backwards compatibility with older Maven versions. If you use this, you should use the maven-enforcer-plugin to require a minimum maven version of 2.0.9." (for more details, see http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-me...)