diff --git a/enterprise/causal-clustering/pom.xml b/enterprise/causal-clustering/pom.xml
index 00b78a92b8f70..8fc96112d33b9 100644
--- a/enterprise/causal-clustering/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/causal-clustering/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>neo4j-kernel</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>neo4j-consistency-check</artifactId>