diff --git a/spring-hibernate3-dao/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate3-dao/pom.xml
index 8458cd7b72..d2adea1f25 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3-dao/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate3-dao/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
             <version>3.6.10.Final</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
+            <version>3.17.1-GA</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3-dao/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/config/PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-hibernate3-dao/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/config/PersistenceConfig.java
index 13922658a6..f6a0e0d76f 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3-dao/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/config/PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate3-dao/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/config/PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ public class PersistenceConfig {
         return new Properties() {
             {
                 setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+                setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+
                 // setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
                 // note: necessary in launchpad-storage, but causing problems here
             }
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4-dao/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate4-dao/pom.xml
index ca2aacde8e..940289493d 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4-dao/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate4-dao/pom.xml
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
             <version>4.2.1.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.1.Final</version>
+            <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
+            <version>3.17.1-GA</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>