diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a194f6205..2e864ab69 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,6 +130,16 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
 			<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+	            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+	            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+	            <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
+	        </dependency>
+	        <dependency>
+	            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+	            <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
+	            <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
+	        </dependency>
 		<!-- used for EhCacheCacheManager -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>