diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/resources/META-INF/beans.xml b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/resources/META-INF/beans.xml
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+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/resources/META-INF/beans.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/beans_1_0.xsd">
+</beans>