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 8afc5fa5f..5ce485e84 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
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.easytesting</groupId>
       <artifactId>fest-assert</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d62ed8784..8896ab60b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@
         <version>4.10</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.easytesting</groupId>
+        <artifactId>fest-assert</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>httpunit</groupId>
         <artifactId>httpunit</artifactId>