diff --git a/dependencies/spring-security-dependencies.gradle b/dependencies/spring-security-dependencies.gradle
index 24ed625cc1..fc6ac831ba 100644
--- a/dependencies/spring-security-dependencies.gradle
+++ b/dependencies/spring-security-dependencies.gradle
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ dependencies {
 		api "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:9.4.40.v20210413"
 		api "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:9.4.40.v20210413"
 		api "org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence:2.2.1"
+		api "org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.2"
 		api "org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:5.4.31.Final"
 		api "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.6.0"
 		api "org.jasig.cas.client:cas-client-core:3.6.2"
diff --git a/itest/web/spring-security-itest-web.gradle b/itest/web/spring-security-itest-web.gradle
index 6b0a9940f9..f5270e9e8c 100644
--- a/itest/web/spring-security-itest-web.gradle
+++ b/itest/web/spring-security-itest-web.gradle
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation project(':spring-security-core')
 	testImplementation project(':spring-security-test')
 	testImplementation project(':spring-security-web')
+	testImplementation 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest'
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework:spring-test'
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
diff --git a/web/spring-security-web.gradle b/web/spring-security-web.gradle
index aa70d959bf..6e5871a896 100644
--- a/web/spring-security-web.gradle
+++ b/web/spring-security-web.gradle
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec'
 	testImplementation 'io.projectreactor:reactor-test'
 	testImplementation 'javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api'
+	testImplementation 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest'
 	testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core'
 	testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-inline'
 	testImplementation 'org.skyscreamer:jsonassert'