XmlPullParserException below CamelMavenUtils.getMavenModel (thrown in MavenXpp3Reader.checkUnknownElement)

org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException: Unrecognised tag: 'dependency' (position: START_TAG seen ...</dependencies>\n\n\t<dependency>... @43:14) 
    at org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader.checkUnknownElement(MavenXpp3Reader.java:178)
    at org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader.parseModel(MavenXpp3Reader.java:2305)
    at org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader.read(MavenXpp3Reader.java:3845)
    at org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader.read(MavenXpp3Reader.java:595)
    at org.apache.maven.model.io.DefaultModelReader.read(DefaultModelReader.java:117)
    at org.apache.maven.model.io.DefaultModelReader.read(DefaultModelReader.java:86)
    at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.embedder.MavenImpl.readModel(MavenImpl.java:563)
    at org.fusesource.ide.camel.model.service.core.util.CamelMavenUtils.getMavenModel(CamelMavenUtils.java:183)
    at org.fusesource.ide.camel.model.service.core.util.CamelMavenUtils.getMavenModel(CamelMavenUtils.java:169)
    at org.fusesource.ide.syndesis.extensions.ui.maven.SyndesisExtensionProjectConfigurator.isValidSyndesisProject(SyndesisExtensionProjectConfigurator.java:65)
    at org.fusesource.ide.syndesis.extensions.ui.maven.SyndesisExtensionProjectConfigurator.mavenProjectChanged(SyndesisExtensionProjectConfigurator.java:54)
    at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.project.ProjectConfigurationManager.mavenProjectChanged(ProjectConfigurationManager.java:1036)
    at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.project.registry.ProjectRegistryManager.notifyProjectChangeListeners(ProjectRegistryManager.java:783)
    at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.project.registry.ProjectRegistryManager.applyMutableProjectRegistry(ProjectRegistryManager.java:930)
    at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.project.registry.ProjectRegistryManager.refresh(ProjectRegistryManager.java:300)
    at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.builder.MavenBuilder$BuildMethod.getProjectFacade(MavenBuilder.java:154)
    at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.builder.MavenBuilder$BuildMethod$1.call(MavenBuilder.java:89)
    at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.embedder.MavenExecutionContext.executeBare(MavenExecutionContext.java:177)
    at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.embedder.MavenExecutionContext.execute(MavenExecutionContext.java:151)
    at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.embedder.MavenExecutionContext.execute(MavenExecutionContext.java:99)
    at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.builder.MavenBuilder$BuildMethod.execute(MavenBuilder.java:86)
    at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.builder.MavenBuilder.build(MavenBuilder.java:200)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:735)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:206)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:246)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(BuildManager.java:301)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:304)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:360)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:383)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.doBuild(AutoBuildJob.java:142)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.run(AutoBuildJob.java:232)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:56)