diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 108f3f9816..5ec08e1a83 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-mock</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
-      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ehcache</groupId>
@@ -107,5 +106,39 @@
       <version>1.0.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+    <!-- to be removed when spring has poms -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-m2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-dao</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-m2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-m2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-m2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-m2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-m2</version>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
+
 </project>