Maven Tomcat Plugin Issue

Guys,

I have some problems executing mvn tomcat:run for my project. I get the following exception when I issue this command to my project.

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.instrument.classloading.tomcat.TomcatInstrumentableClassLoader
	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.SelfFirstStrategy.loadClass(SelfFirstStrategy.java:50)
	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:244)
	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:230)
	at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
	at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)
	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappLoader.createClassLoader(WebappLoader.java:801)
	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappLoader.start(WebappLoader.java:661)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4504)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:785)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:445)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Embedded.start(Embedded.java:825)
	at org.codehaus.mojo.tomcat.AbstractRunMojo.startContainer(AbstractRunMojo.java:558)
	at org.codehaus.mojo.tomcat.AbstractRunMojo.execute(AbstractRunMojo.java:255)
	at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:107)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:195)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:148)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:140)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161)
	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:316)
	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:153)
	at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:451)
	at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:188)
	at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:134)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290)
	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230)
	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409)
	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352)

As per Spring documentation, I have my context.xml located under META-INF of my project

I also have the spring-tomcat-weaver.jar located under lib directory of my Tomcat. Any suggestions on why this problem?

Is there any specific configuration that I have to do for the embedded Tomcat to work?

Did anyone had success running embedded Tomcat (mvn tomcat:run) for a Spring based app? Since morning i could not figure this issue out.