diff --git a/execution/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/execution/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 6d5422d74..9caddd12b 100644
--- a/execution/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/execution/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p [%c] - <%m>%n
 
 log4j.category.org.apache.activemq=ERROR
-log4j.category.org.springframework.batch=DEBUG
+# log4j.category.org.springframework.batch=DEBUG
 log4j.category.org.springframework.transaction=INFO
 
 log4j.category.org.hibernate.SQL=DEBUG
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index 4e20fb9c7..d0863d919 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
 				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-mock</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>quartz</groupId>
 			<artifactId>quartz</artifactId>