http://repository.codehaus.org/org/easytesting/fest-swing/1.2a3/fest-swing-1.2a3.pom has bug; can't find swinghelper-debug in public repo <dependency> <groupId>swinghelper</groupId> <artifactId>debug</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> <scope>compile</scope> </dependency> should be <dependency> <groupId>net.java.dev.swinghelper</groupId> <artifactId>swinghelper-debug</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> <scope>compile</scope> </dependency> This can be verified by adding dependency <dependency> <groupId>org.easytesting</groupId> <artifactId>fest-swing</artifactId> <version>1.2a3</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> which will fail similar to ... [INFO] Failed to resolve artifact. Missing: ---------- 1) swinghelper:debug:jar:1.0 Try downloading the file manually from the project website. Then, install it using the command: mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=swinghelper -DartifactId=debug -Dversion=1.0 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file there: mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=swinghelper -DartifactId=debug -Dversion=1.0 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id] Path to dependency: 1) org.yawni.wn:yawni-browser:jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT 2) org.easytesting:fest-swing:jar:1.2a3 3) swinghelper:debug:jar:1.0 ---------- 1 required artifact is missing. for artifact: org.yawni.wn:yawni-browser:jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT from the specified remote repositories: central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2), java.net (http://download.java.net/maven/2/) Temporary workaround is to change dependencies to <dependency> <groupId>org.easytesting</groupId> <artifactId>fest-swing</artifactId> <version>1.2a3</version> <scope>test</scope> <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>swinghelper</groupId> <artifactId>debug</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> <!-- fest-swing 1.2a3 swinghelper-debug dependency incorrect in pom.xml --> <dependency> <groupId>net.java.dev.swinghelper</groupId> <artifactId>swinghelper-debug</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency>