diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 39ff36e4..3090a329 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -324,6 +324,11 @@
 					<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
 					<version>5.0.7.Final</version>
 				</dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0.0</version>
+                </dependency>
 			</dependencies>
 		</profile>