diff --git a/oaipmh-core/pom.xml b/oaipmh-core/pom.xml
index 4f341b4f7205fdea39bb8d8a5b58ef2685f9c8b1..f1848797c1ff32e914312d5deee3981eab33c48a 100644
--- a/oaipmh-core/pom.xml
+++ b/oaipmh-core/pom.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
 			<version>${spring.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+		  <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+			<version>${spring.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.thoughtworks.xstream/xstream -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>