Mark jboss-j2ee dependency as scope=provided -------------------------------------------- Key: JBPM-2838 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBPM-2838 Project: jBPM Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: Runtime Engine Affects Versions: jBPM 4.3 Reporter: M M Assignee: Alejandro Guizar Fix For: jBPM 4.4 Original Estimate: 0 minutes Remaining Estimate: 0 minutes Please mark the dependency on jboss as <scope>provided</scope> Here is the relevent section of the jbpm-api pom: <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>jboss</groupId> <artifactId>jboss-j2ee</artifactId> </dependency> </dependencies> This is not an issue of determining minimal dependency (it certainly needs this dependency), but rather, decoupling the jbpm api from any specific J2EE vendor implementation or version. Users of the jbpm api will then not have a transitive dependency on a specific version of jboss. The current workaround is to exclude this dependency when depending on the jbpm api.