I am facing the same issue Gale Badner mentioned in his email (hibernate-core:runAnnotationProcessors - BUILD FAILED) - Gail Badner Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:35:18 -0700. but unlike him I am unable to resolve the issue. I am using java 1.7.0_51 and tried to compile 4.3 branch. ThanksMahesh