diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index f236adc271..7546389df9 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@
     <sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor>source-release-zip-tar</sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor>
     <okhttp.version>1.6.0</okhttp.version>
     <surefire.version>2.17</surefire.version>
+    <assertj-core.version>1.6.1</assertj-core.version>
+    <assertj-guava.version>1.2.0</assertj-guava.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -278,6 +280,16 @@
         <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
         <version>1.1.2</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+        <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+        <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+        <artifactId>assertj-guava</artifactId>
+        <version>${assertj-guava.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
   <dependencies>
@@ -311,6 +323,16 @@
       <artifactId>core.incubator</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>assertj-guava</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>