diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/pom.xml
index a4af4cc06..c5747e53b 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <testResources>