Currently the POM file is relying on the jar file I downloaded from Liberty build. The correct way is below. (Thanks to Scott Kurz, Jared Anderson, Kevin Grigorenko) <dependency> <groupId>com.ibm.websphere.appserver.api</groupId> <artifactId>com.ibm.websphere.appserver.api.basics</artifactId> <version>1.4.102</version>