The required .m2/settings.xml should contain: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd"> <profiles> <profile> <id>eap6techpreview</id> <repositories> <repository> <id>eap6techpreview</id> <name>JBoss Maven Enterprise Repository</name> <url>http://maven.repository.redhat.com/techpreview/all/</url> <layout>default</layout> <releases> <enabled>true</enabled> <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy> </releases> <snapshots> <enabled>false</enabled> <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy> </snapshots> </repository> </repositories> <pluginRepositories> <pluginRepository> <id>eap6techpreview</id> <name>JBoss Maven Enterprise Repository</name> <url>http://maven.repository.redhat.com/techpreview/all/</url> <layout>default</layout> <releases> <enabled>true</enabled> <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy> </releases> <snapshots> <enabled>false</enabled> <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy> </snapshots> </pluginRepository> </pluginRepositories> </profile> </profiles> <activeProfiles> <activeProfile>eap6techpreview</activeProfile> </activeProfiles> </settings>