diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7776072..acf55d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@
     Supplementary extension to JUnit patterns, providing common functions and abstractions related to unit testing.
   </description>
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.libj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>lang</artifactId>
+      <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
+      <version>3.29.2-GA</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.openjax.xml</groupId>
       <artifactId>dom</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/libj/test/DeclarativeOrderTestClass.java b/src/main/java/org/libj/test/DeclarativeOrderTestClass.java
index 2aa3421..c95de1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/libj/test/DeclarativeOrderTestClass.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/libj/test/DeclarativeOrderTestClass.java
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ protected void scanAnnotatedMembers(final Map<Class<? extends Annotation>,List<F
       for (int i = 0, i$ = frameworkMethods.size(); i < i$; ++i) // [RA]
         methods[i] = frameworkMethods.get(i).getMethod();
 
-      if (!Classes.sortDeclarativeOrder(methods))
-        throw new IllegalStateException("Javassist is not present on the system classpath, or line number information is unavailable in the bytecode");
+      try {
+        Classes.sortDeclarativeOrder(methods, true);
+      }
+      catch (final ClassNotFoundException e) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException("Javassist is not present on the system classpath", e);
+      }
 
       for (final Method method : methods) // [A]
         addToAnnotationLists(new FrameworkMethod(method), methodsForAnnotations);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/libj/test/DeclarativeOrderTestClassTest.java b/src/test/java/org/libj/test/DeclarativeOrderTestClassTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfbe5e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/libj/test/DeclarativeOrderTestClassTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2023 LibJ
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of The MIT License (MIT) along with this
+ * program. If not, see <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT/>.
+ */
+
+package org.libj.test;
+
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.libj.lang.DeclarativeOrderTest0;
+
+@RunWith(TestRunner.class)
+public class DeclarativeOrderTestClassTest extends DeclarativeOrderTest0 {
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/org/libj/test/TestRunner.java b/src/test/java/org/libj/test/TestRunner.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0f35db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/libj/test/TestRunner.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2023 LibJ
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of The MIT License (MIT) along with this
+ * program. If not, see <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT/>.
+ */
+
+package org.libj.test;
+
+import org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.junit.runners.model.InitializationError;
+
+public class TestRunner extends BlockJUnit4ClassRunner {
+  public TestRunner(final Class<?> testClass) throws InitializationError {
+    super(new DeclarativeOrderTestClass(testClass));
+  }
+}
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