When a dependency is not found, maven2 will issue something like this: Reason: Unable to download the artifact from any repository Try downloading the file manually from http://java.sun.com/products/jta and install it using the command: m2 install:install-file -DgroupId=javax.transaction -DartifactId=jta -Dversion=1.0.1B -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file javax.transaction:jta:1.0.1B:jar notice the reference to m2, it should say mvn