diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/pom.xml b/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/pom.xml
index bfe5eb7e387..00b3ff0cf61 100644
--- a/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/pom.xml
@@ -26,4 +26,11 @@
     <version>4.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.security.extensions</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-security-saml2-core</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.0.RELEASE</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
 </project>