diff --git a/rule-engines/jess/pom.xml b/rule-engines/jess/pom.xml
index f5db0374ef..be26d54a1e 100644
--- a/rule-engines/jess/pom.xml
+++ b/rule-engines/jess/pom.xml
@@ -7,18 +7,28 @@
     <artifactId>jess</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
-    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jsr94/jsr94 -->
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jsr94</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsr94</artifactId>
             <version>1.1</version>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- the below be available after we download and unpack jess.jar and mvn install it into our 
+            local m2, compile errors with this project would go away then
         <dependency>
             <groupId>gov.sandia</groupId>
             <artifactId>jess</artifactId>
             <version>7.1p2</version>
-        </dependency>
+        </dependency> -->
     </dependencies>
 
+    <!-- include repository http://dist.wso2.org/maven2 for jsr94 -->
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>wso2</id>
+            <name>Numerical Method's Maven Repository</name>
+            <url>http://dist.wso2.org/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
 </project>
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