diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f124a385d4..7725bf202e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -120,7 +120,4 @@ libraries-2/src/test/resources/crawler4j/**
 devDb*.db
 
 #jaxb
-*.xjb
-
-#spring-data-neo4j
-persistence-modules/spring-data-neo4j/data/**
\ No newline at end of file
+*.xjb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
index 75d0aefc23..a2fa29e753 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.neo4j.test</groupId>
             <artifactId>neo4j-harness</artifactId>
-            <version>${neo4j.version}</version>
+            <version>5.5.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@
         <neo4j-ogm.version>4.0.4</neo4j-ogm.version>
         <neo4j-jdbc.version>4.0.9</neo4j-jdbc.version>
         <neo4j-ogm-embedded-driver.version>3.2.39</neo4j-ogm-embedded-driver.version>
-        <org.slf4j.version>2.0.7</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.4.7</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/data/neo4j/MovieRepositoryIntegrationTest.java b/persistence-modules/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/data/neo4j/MovieRepositoryIntegrationTest.java
index 5af501c900..1878eb12b6 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/data/neo4j/MovieRepositoryIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/data/neo4j/MovieRepositoryIntegrationTest.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import com.baeldung.spring.data.neo4j.repository.PersonRepository;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.neo4j.harness.Neo4j;
 import org.neo4j.harness.Neo4jBuilders;
@@ -33,10 +32,10 @@ import java.util.*;
 class MovieRepositoryIntegrationTest {
 
     @Autowired
-    private MovieRepository movieRepository;
+    private static MovieRepository movieRepository;
 
     @Autowired
-    private PersonRepository personRepository;
+    private static PersonRepository personRepository;
 
     public MovieRepositoryIntegrationTest() {
     }
@@ -44,14 +43,11 @@ class MovieRepositoryIntegrationTest {
     private static Neo4j embeddedDatabaseServer;
 
     @BeforeAll
-    static void setup() {
+    static void initializeNeo4j() {
+
         embeddedDatabaseServer = Neo4jBuilders.newInProcessBuilder()
                 .withDisabledServer()
                 .build();
-    }
-
-    @BeforeEach
-    void initializeNeo4j() {
 
         System.out.println("seeding embedded database");
         Movie italianJob = new Movie();