diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c92c74e24..1c97e289f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,28 +127,20 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans.test</groupId>
-            <artifactId>cditest-owb</artifactId>
-            <version>${webbeans}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>geronimo-jcdi_1.0_spec</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>geronimo-atinject_1.0_spec</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-alpha-1</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${javax-annotation-api}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans</groupId>
+			<artifactId>openwebbeans-se</artifactId>
+			<version>${webbeans}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 
         <dependency>
       <!-- required by elasticsearch -->
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/cdi/CdiRepositoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/cdi/CdiRepositoryTests.java
index cab908910..9dd379983 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/cdi/CdiRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/cdi/CdiRepositoryTests.java
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import java.util.Optional;
 
-import org.apache.webbeans.cditest.CdiTestContainer;
-import org.apache.webbeans.cditest.CdiTestContainerLoader;
+import javax.enterprise.inject.se.SeContainer;
+import javax.enterprise.inject.se.SeContainerInitializer;
+
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -35,27 +36,29 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.entities.Product;
  */
 public class CdiRepositoryTests {
 
-	private static CdiTestContainer cdiContainer;
+	private static SeContainer cdiContainer;
 	private CdiProductRepository repository;
 	private SamplePersonRepository personRepository;
 	private QualifiedProductRepository qualifiedProductRepository;
 
 	@BeforeClass
-	public static void init() throws Exception {
-		cdiContainer = CdiTestContainerLoader.getCdiContainer();
-		cdiContainer.startApplicationScope();
-		cdiContainer.bootContainer();
+	public static void init() {
+
+		cdiContainer = SeContainerInitializer.newInstance() //
+				.disableDiscovery() //
+				.addPackages(CdiRepositoryClient.class) //
+				.initialize();
 	}
 
 	@AfterClass
-	public static void shutdown() throws Exception {
-		cdiContainer.stopContexts();
-		cdiContainer.shutdownContainer();
+	public static void shutdown() {
+		cdiContainer.close();
 	}
 
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() {
-		CdiRepositoryClient client = cdiContainer.getInstance(CdiRepositoryClient.class);
+
+		CdiRepositoryClient client = cdiContainer.select(CdiRepositoryClient.class).get();
 		repository = client.getRepository();
 		personRepository = client.getSamplePersonRepository();
 		repository.deleteAll();
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ public class CdiRepositoryTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testCdiRepository() {
+
 		assertNotNull(repository);
 
 		Product bean = new Product();
@@ -132,7 +136,6 @@ public class CdiRepositoryTests {
 	 */
 	@Test
 	public void returnOneFromCustomImpl() {
-
 		assertThat(personRepository.returnOne(), is(1));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/META-INF/beans.xml b/src/test/resources/META-INF/beans.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cc7c5873c..000000000
--- a/src/test/resources/META-INF/beans.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
-       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/beans_1_0.xsd">
-</beans>