diff --git a/broker/pom.xml b/broker/pom.xml
index 6e320c73..29b74dd8 100644
--- a/broker/pom.xml
+++ b/broker/pom.xml
@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@
             <version>9.2.0.M1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <!-- use 2.6.0 for Java 7 projects -->
+            <version>2.6.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>