diff --git a/activemq-core/pom.xml b/activemq-core/pom.xml
index f470a6bada..baa81a172a 100755
--- a/activemq-core/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-core/pom.xml
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e43ed66b8..6a8d8619a2 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@
         <version>${aopalliance-version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <!-- testing dependencies -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
@@ -791,6 +792,12 @@
         <version>${cglib-version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>annogen</groupId>