Configure pom.xml for hibernate 3.6

Try hibernate-entitymanager instead of hibernate-core.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
    <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
    <version>3.6.3.Final</version>
</dependency>

This will include all necessary dependencies transitively. Check maven dependency hierarchy after you make this change.

BTW the lastest available version of hibernate in maven central is 4.1.18