diff --git a/geode-spring-boot-starter/geode-spring-boot-starter.gradle b/geode-spring-boot-starter/geode-spring-boot-starter.gradle
index cc2ccc7b..dddf2f01 100644
--- a/geode-spring-boot-starter/geode-spring-boot-starter.gradle
+++ b/geode-spring-boot-starter/geode-spring-boot-starter.gradle
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ dependencies {
 
 	testCompile slf4jDependencies
 
+	testRuntime "javax.cache:cache-api"
+
 //	integrationTestRuntime "org.springframework.shell:spring-shell"
 
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 5b5fd5fa..ad287ee1 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 antlrVersion=2.7.7
 apacheGeodeVersion=1.2.1
 assertjVersion=3.9.1
+cacheApiVersion=1.0.0
 hamcrestVersion=1.3
 junitVersion=4.12
 logbackVersion=1.2.3
diff --git a/gradle/dependency-management.gradle b/gradle/dependency-management.gradle
index 0ca2486f..04ee9080 100644
--- a/gradle/dependency-management.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependency-management.gradle
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
 		mavenBom "org.springframework.data:spring-data-releasetrain:$springDataReleaseTrainVersion"
 	}
 	dependencies {
+		dependency "javax.cache:cache-api:$cacheApiVersion"
 		dependency "antlr:antlr:$antlrVersion"
 		dependency "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
 		dependency "ch.qos.logback:logback-core:$logbackVersion"