diff --git a/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml
index b886750d37..bd63b5ed1c 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
             <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- thymeleaf dependencies -->
         <dependency>