It should not be hibernate-all/alpha9, it should be the link to the actual hibernate version. ie, don't make up a version for a jar which already has a proper version, and is probably already in the repository. ie, here: [link]http://repository.jboss.com/maven2/hibernate/hibernate3/[/link] Same for whatever thirdparty is, they should be under the appropriate groups, with their canonical names and versions. ie, you shouldn't make an "island" of jars here. This defeats the purpose of having declarative dependencies and essentially reverts back to the "lib folder" approach. It seems all we are missing is ejb3? This should be in the group jboss, under the ejb3 artifact name. Does this make sense? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3974932#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...