diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
index beea8e5ee2..46af321d1b 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -20,12 +21,6 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
@@ -50,7 +45,7 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
             <version>${hibernate-validator.version}</version>
         </dependency>
@@ -84,6 +79,11 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.1-b08</version>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/ClientWebConfigJava.java b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/ClientWebConfigJava.java
index 7925fa451d..09c34ccc80 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/ClientWebConfigJava.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/ClientWebConfigJava.java
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 
 import org.springframework.context.MessageSource;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.support.MessageSourceResourceBundle;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource;
+import org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.MethodValidationPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.ViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ViewControllerRegistry;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView;
 
 //@EnableWebMvc
 //@Configuration
+@ComponentScan("com.baeldung.spring")
 public class ClientWebConfigJava implements WebMvcConfigurer {
 
     public ClientWebConfigJava() {
@@ -51,4 +54,9 @@ public class ClientWebConfigJava implements WebMvcConfigurer {
 
         return bean;
     }
+    
+    @Bean
+    public MethodValidationPostProcessor methodValidationPostProcessor() {
+        return new MethodValidationPostProcessor();
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/RequestAndPathVariableValidationControllerIntegrationTest.java b/spring-mvc-xml/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/RequestAndPathVariableValidationControllerIntegrationTest.java
index 318a15d8f7..c4332dd879 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/RequestAndPathVariableValidationControllerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/RequestAndPathVariableValidationControllerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
 import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
 
 import com.baeldung.spring.ClientWebConfig;
+import com.baeldung.spring.ClientWebConfigJava;
 
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
 
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = ClientWebConfig.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = ClientWebConfigJava.class)
 @WebAppConfiguration
 public class RequestAndPathVariableValidationControllerIntegrationTest {