1) What does the import statement for @Depends look like (there is a @Depends annotaiton in MC as well as EJB3, so want to make sure you are using the correct one). 2) In that other post, you mentioned you are adding a @Depends on the HornetQServer like this: @Depends(value={"jboss.deployment:id=HornetQServer,type=Component"}) That's a MBean created for the deployment of the HornetQServer MC bean. I don't think, adding that dependency will work (although i am not sure). @org.jboss.beans.metadata.api.annotations.Depends(value={"HornetQServer"}) By the way, on what component are you placing this dependency? EJB? And please post the complete exception stacktrace that you see. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4254408#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...