There is jboss-javaee-6.0-with-richfaces BOM, I think this should be used instead of richfaces-bom in case that jboss-javaee-6.0 BOM is required as well. This holds for helloworld-rf, kitchensink-rf and richfaces-validation. In case of helloworld-rf it is sufficient the dependencyManagement section to contain only -with-richfaces BOM, the jboss-javaee-6.0 BOM can be removed completely.