It looks like a bug in maven (or rather repository problems) http://markmail.org/message/ybohzo74pxh45i7e#query:maven%20jax-ws%20W3CEndpointReferenceBuilder%20missing+page:1+mid:epcwtuzlbhcjkuol+state:results In any case I don't mind to pass to jax-ws 2.1.1... I keep reading...