I think you are not really using 1.1.0.BETA. More likely you got an old version of the seam jar from somewhere. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3981817#3981817 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3981817