diff --git a/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml b/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml
index d17480d94..1adfca9cd 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<artifactId>spring-batch-core-tests</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Tests for Spring Batch Core against Spring 3.0</name>
-	<parent>
+	<parent> 
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
 		<version>2.0.2.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>stax</groupId>
 					<artifactId>stax</artifactId>
-					<version>1.2.0</version>
+				</dependency>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jsr250-api</artifactId>
 				</dependency>
 			</dependencies>
 		</profile>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/pom.xml b/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
index a8f27f613..11f23f124 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>spring-batch-core</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@
 					<groupId>stax</groupId>
 					<artifactId>stax</artifactId>
 				</dependency>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jsr250-api</artifactId>
+				</dependency>
 			</dependencies>
 		</profile>
 	</profiles>
@@ -114,10 +119,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jsr250-api</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>