I'm also facing the same problem. Jenkins version: 1.451 Jenkins master is running on a Linux Debian Jenkins slave is a MacOSX Lion 10.7.3 Maven is the default Lion embedded maven 3.0.3 Java is the default Lion embedded JDK
The Log output: Parsing POMs ERROR: Failed to parse POMs hudson.util.IOException2<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search?query=hudson.util.IOException2>: remote file operation failed: work/workspace/JAPI-test-mac at hudson.remoting.Channel@11cf4e5:Mac Mini 1 at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:784)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.FilePath.act&entity=method>at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:770)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.FilePath.act&entity=method>at hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild$RunnerImpl.parsePoms(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:914)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild$RunnerImpl.parsePoms&entity=method>at hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild$RunnerImpl.doRun(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:658)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild$RunnerImpl.doRun&entity=method>at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.run(AbstractBuild.java:470)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.run&entity=method>at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1409)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.model.Run.run&entity=method>at hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild.run(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:481)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild.run&entity=method>at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.model.ResourceController.execute&entity=method>at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:238)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.model.Executor.run&entity=method>Caused by: java.io.IOException<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search?query=java.io.IOException>: Remote call on Mac Mini 1 failed at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:690)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.remoting.Channel.call&entity=method>at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:777)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.FilePath.act&entity=method>... 8 more Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search?query=java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError>: Could not initialize class hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild at hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild$PomParser.invoke(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:1180)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild$PomParser.invoke&entity=method>at hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild$PomParser.invoke(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:1049)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild$PomParser.invoke&entity=method>at hudson.FilePath$FileCallableWrapper.call(FilePath.java:2099)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.FilePath$FileCallableWrapper.call&entity=method>at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:118)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform&entity=method>at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:48)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform&entity=method>at hudson.remoting.Request$2.run(Request.java:287)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.remoting.Request$2.run&entity=method>at hudson.remoting.InterceptingExecutorService$1.call(InterceptingExecutorService.java:72)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.remoting.InterceptingExecutorService$1.call&entity=method>at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun&entity=method>at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run&entity=method>at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask&entity=method>at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run&entity=method>at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=java.lang.Thread.run&entity=method>Finished: FAILURE any help will be appreciated. -- Jean-Christophe