java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletContextListener

Im trying to integrate spring with JSF and I added the following in web.xml, <listener> <listener-class> org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener </listener-class> </listener> <listener> <listener-class> org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextListener </listener-class> </listener> I have also added spring-web and common logging in my tomcat classpath in eclipse There are no build errors , but while running on tomcat 7 im getting the following error, java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletContextListener at java.lang.ClassLoader.findBootstrapClass(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.findBootstrapClassOrNull(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) and java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletRequestListener at java.lang.ClassLoader.findBootstrapClass(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.findBootstrapClassOrNull(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) These are my settings, There is a servlet-api jar in tomcat lib In my Pom.xml I have given <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> <scope>compile</scope> </dependency> and <dependency> <groupId>javax</groupId> <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId> <version>6.0</version> </dependency> I have tried commenting out the entry in pom.xml also this also but no luck. Any help will be appreciated. This is my pom.xml, <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>TimeTracker</groupId> <artifactId>TimeTracker</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <repositories> <repository> <id>prime-repo</id> <name>PrimeFaces Maven Repository</name> <url>http://repository.primefaces.org</url> </repository> <repository> <id>Java.Net</id> <url>http://download.java.net/maven/2/</url> </repository> </repositories> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>commons-io</groupId> <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId> <version>1.3.2</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId> <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId> <version>1.2.2</version> </dependency> <!-- J2ee --> <dependency> <groupId>javax</groupId> <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId> <version>6.0</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <!-- Spring framework --> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId> <version>3.2.3.RELEASE</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <!-- JSR-330 --> <dependency> <groupId>javax.inject</groupId> <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId> <version>1</version> </dependency> <!-- PrimeFaces --> <dependency> <groupId>org.primefaces</groupId> <artifactId>primefaces</artifactId> <version>3.5</version> </dependency> <!-- JSF --> <dependency> <groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId> <artifactId>jsf-api</artifactId> <version>2.1.13</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId> <artifactId>jsf-impl</artifactId> <version>2.1.13</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>jstl</artifactId> <version>1.2</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId> <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId> <version>2.1</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>jstl</artifactId> <version>1.2</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.1</version> <configuration> <source>1.6</source> <target>1.6</target> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> and the other thing I have noticed is the jar files which gets copied during deployment. Im running the project in tomcat 7 in eclipse. This is the entries in deployment assembly /src WEB-INF/classes /WebContent / JSF 2.1 (Apache MyFaces 2.1.5) WEB-INF/lib is it ok? or do I have to add maven dependencies also?.but on adding maven dependencies a error mark appears on the project and on maven -> project update. The cross error and the maven dependency entry also disappears on update. Wel, I am trying to integrate JSF with spring Thanks, Pegasus