diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java b/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
index 9744985356..fe84ff5f65 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic;
 import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Foo;
 import org.baeldung.persistence.service.FooService;
 import org.baeldung.spring.PersistenceConfig;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.hibernate.exception.DataException;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ public class FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest {
         service.create(entity);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    @Ignore
+    @Test(expected = DataException.class)
     public final void temp_whenInvalidEntityIsCreated_thenDataException() {
         service.create(new Foo(randomAlphabetic(2048)));
     }
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java b/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
index 99dd630803..6e90e87c90 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic;
 import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Foo;
 import org.baeldung.persistence.service.IFooService;
 import org.baeldung.spring.PersistenceConfig;
+import org.hibernate.exception.DataException;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -52,8 +53,7 @@ public class FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest {
         service.create(entity);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    @Ignore
+    @Test(expected = DataException.class)
     public final void temp_whenInvalidEntityIsCreated_thenDataException() {
         service.create(new Foo(randomAlphabetic(2048)));
     }
diff --git a/spring-jpa/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java b/spring-jpa/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
index da40949cf3..77a3ce95d9 100644
--- a/spring-jpa/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-jpa/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic;
 
 import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Foo;
 import org.baeldung.spring.PersistenceJPAConfig;
+import org.hibernate.exception.DataException;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ public class FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest {
         service.create(entity);
     }
 
-    @Test
+    @Test(expected = DataException.class)
     public final void temp_whenInvalidEntityIsCreated_thenDataException() {
         service.create(new Foo());
     }