diff --git a/vaadin-spring/pom.xml b/vaadin-spring/pom.xml
index 36f5f2d8a..c9a7a8dad 100644
--- a/vaadin-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/vaadin-spring/pom.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@
 
         <!-- End Spring -->
 
+        <!-- Bean validation implementation-->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
+            <version>6.1.4.Final</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>