diff --git a/examples/features/standard/security-ldap/pom.xml b/examples/features/standard/security-ldap/pom.xml
index 08ab436c5c..aac46d8bfd 100644
--- a/examples/features/standard/security-ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/features/standard/security-ldap/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,25 @@ under the License.
          <artifactId>apacheds-server-annotations</artifactId>
          <version>${directory-version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
+         <artifactId>apacheds-protocol-ldap</artifactId>
+         <version>${directory-version}</version>
+         <scope>test</scope>
+         <exclusions>
+            <!-- exclude bcprov-jdk15on to avoid conflicts with bcprov-jdk18on -->
+            <exclusion>
+               <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+               <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+         </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+      <!-- bcprov-jdk18on replaces bcprov-jdk15on excluded from apacheds-protocol-ldap -->
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+         <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
+         <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
    <build>