diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index ac62c416..211f767a 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-mock</artifactId>