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Running org.apache.maven.plugin.dependency.fromConfiguration.TestArtifactItem
org.apache.maven.surefire.util.SurefireReflectionException: java.lang.reflect.In
vocationTargetException; nested exception is java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetE
xception: null
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethodWithArray(
ReflectionUtils.java:189)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ProviderFactory$ProviderProxy.invoke
(ProviderFactory.java:165)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ProviderFactory.invokeProvider(Provi
derFactory.java:85)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(Fork
edBooter.java:115)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:
75)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/sonatype/aether/RepositorySystemS
ession
        at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2427)
        at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:2670)
        at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1603)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.common.junit3.JUnit3Reflector.createInstanc
eFromSuiteMethod(JUnit3Reflector.java:152)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.common.junit3.JUnit3Reflector.constructTest
Object(JUnit3Reflector.java:121)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit.JUnitTestSet.execute(JUnitTestSet.jav
a:70)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit.JUnit3Provider.executeTestSet(JUnit3P
rovider.java:121)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit.JUnit3Provider.invoke(JUnit3Provider.
java:98)
        ... 9 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.sonatype.aether.RepositorySyste
mSession
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
        ... 18 more

Results :

You probably need to include aether on your classpath. I bet it's leaking through from m2e or some other place when you're running in eclipse. Nothing leaks into the surefire fork ;)