diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
index 6dafc459e..aefc4415e 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- TEST Scope -->
+    <dependency>
+       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
+       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+       <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.persistence-api</artifactId>