diff --git a/spring-session/tomcat-session-demo/pom.xml b/spring-session/tomcat-session-demo/pom.xml
index 805d7bec25..0a101e73a6 100644
--- a/spring-session/tomcat-session-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-session/tomcat-session-demo/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <dependencyManagement>