dependencies.dependency.version is missing for org.hibernate hibernate-core jar and other hibernate jars

# mvn clean package

[INFO] Scanning for projects...

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[ERROR] FATAL ERROR

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[INFO] Error building POM (may not be this project's POM).

Project ID: rsi.ddms.cas:local-cas

POM Location: /opt/cas-workspace/local-cas/pom.xml

Validation Messages:

    [0]  'dependencies.dependency.version' is missing for org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar

    [1]  'dependencies.dependency.version' is missing for org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:jar

Reason: Failed to validate POM for project rsi.ddms.cas:local-cas at /opt/cas-workspace/local-cas/pom.xml

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[INFO] Trace

org.apache.maven.reactor.MavenExecutionException: Failed to validate POM for project rsi.ddms.cas:local-cas at /opt/cas-workspace/local-cas/pom.xml

        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProjects(DefaultMaven.java:404)

        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:272)

        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:138)

        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:362)

        at org.apache.maven.cli.compat.CompatibleMain.main(CompatibleMain.java:60)

        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)

        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)

        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)

        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)

        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)

        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)

        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)

Caused by: org.apache.maven.project.InvalidProjectModelException: Failed to validate POM for project rsi.ddms.cas:local-cas at /opt/cas-workspace/local-cas/pom.xml

        at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.processProjectLogic(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:1077)

        at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildInternal(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:880)

        at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildFromSourceFileInternal(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:508)

        at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.build(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:200)

        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProject(DefaultMaven.java:604)

        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.collectProjects(DefaultMaven.java:487)

        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProjects(DefaultMaven.java:391)

        ... 12 more

Basically, we get this error while doing maven build.

The reason is that, your pom xml file does not either have the version tag specified for that artifact to be downloaded. 

Or the jar is not found in the repositories mentioned there in.

Simple Solution is :

Add the version tag in your pom file as:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
    <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
    <version>3.6.10.Final</version>
</dependency>

References:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1230249/how-can-i-use-maven-to-get-the-latest-hibernate-release