Removing <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.openejb</groupId> <artifactId>container</artifactId> <version>${version}</version> <type>pom</type> <scope>compile</scope> </dependency> from M2_REPO/org/apache/openejb/server/3.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT/server-3.0- incubating-SNAPSHOT.pom solves the problem.