diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-policies/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-policies/pom.xml
index ca681bfc6..7e743b653 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-policies/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-policies/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
       <artifactId>ehcache-core</artifactId>