i am trying to upgrade from jsf 1.2 to jsf 2.2.2 on websphere 8.5.1 and what i did is as follows:
1- put jsf-api-2.2.2.jar and jsf-impl-2.2.2.ja
WebSphere Application Server 8.5 using MyFaces JSF Implementation by default. There is article in IBM Documentation how to use different JSF implementations.