It's not the exact same problem, but close. Usually this indicates that Maven has chosen the wrong dependency somewhere. Are you using Maven 2.0.9? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4186483#4186483 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4186483