hi, is maven picking up your testng.xml configuration file? where are your test located (in which dir?)
here's my pom.xml <project> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>ExpenseControl</groupId> <artifactId>ejbs</artifactId> <packaging>jar</packaging> <version>1.0</version> <name>enterprise java beans</name> <parent> <groupId>ExpenseControl</groupId> <artifactId>project</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> </parent> <dependencies> <!-- JBoss Microcontainer dependencies (for tests)--> <dependency> <groupId>microcontainer</groupId> <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId> <version>alpha6</version> <scope>system</scope> <systemPath>${basedir}\microcontainer\optional-lib\ehcache- alpha6.jar</systemPath> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>microcontainer</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-all</artifactId> <version>alpha6</version> <scope>system</scope> <systemPath>${basedir}\microcontainer\lib\hibernate-all-alpha6.jar </systemPath> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>microcontainer</groupId> <artifactId>jboss-ejb3-all</artifactId> <version>alpha6</version> <scope>system</scope> <systemPath>${basedir}\microcontainer\lib\jboss-ejb3-all-alpha6.jar </systemPath> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>microcontainer</groupId> <artifactId>thirdparty-all</artifactId> <version>alpha6</version> <scope>system</scope> <systemPath>${basedir}\microcontainer\lib\thirdparty-all-alpha6.jar </systemPath> </dependency> <!-- end of jboss microcontainer dependencies --> <dependency> <groupId>geronimo-spec</groupId> <artifactId>geronimo-spec-j2ee</artifactId> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>myfaces</groupId> <artifactId>myfaces-all</artifactId> <version>1.1.1</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>jboss-seam</groupId> <artifactId>jboss-seam-ui</artifactId> <version>1.0.0CR3</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>jboss-seam</groupId> <artifactId>jboss-seam</artifactId> <version>1.0.0CR3</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.testng</groupId> <artifactId>testng</artifactId> <version>4.7</version> <scope>test</scope> <classifier>jdk15</classifier> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>dbunit</groupId> <artifactId>dbunit</artifactId> <version>2.1</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <encoding>iso-8859-1</encoding> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <!-- <version>2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>--> <configuration> <suiteXmlFiles> <suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/testng.xml</suiteXmlFile> </suiteXmlFiles> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <phase>generate-sources</phase> <configuration> <tasks> <echo message="--------Properties Configured ----------"/> <echo message="------- deploy.dir=${deploy.directory} "/> <echo message="------- ear.name=${ear.name}"/> <echo message="------- project.parent.version=${project.parent.version}"/> <echo message="------- project.version=${project.version}"/> </tasks> </configuration> <goals> <goal>run</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <archive> <manifest> <addClasspath>true</addClasspath> </manifest> </archive> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> <!--<reporting> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <forkMode>once</forkMode> <childDelegation>false</childDelegation> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </reporting>--> <!-- The following two sections should be unnecessary shortly. surefire-2.2 is due for release yesterday. --> <repositories> <repository> <id>apache.snapshots</id> <url>http://cvs.apache.org/maven-snapshot-repository</url> <snapshots> <enabled>true</enabled> </snapshots> </repository> </repositories> <pluginRepositories> <pluginRepository> <id>apache.snapshots</id> <url>http://cvs.apache.org/maven-snapshot-repository</url> <snapshots> <enabled>true</enabled> </snapshots> </pluginRepository> </pluginRepositories> </project> my tests are in the src/test/java directory my testng.xml is in src/test/resources HTH marco