http://ibiblio.org/maven2/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.1/commons-logging-1.1.pom Should be: <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j</artifactId> <version>1.2.12</version> <optional>true</optional> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>logkit</groupId> <artifactId>logkit</artifactId> <version>1.0.1</version> <optional>true</optional> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>3.8.1</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>avalon-framework</groupId> <artifactId>avalon-framework</artifactId> <version>4.1.3</version> <optional>true</optional> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId> <version>2.3</version> <optional>true</optional> </dependency> </dependencies>