diff --git a/app/pom.xml b/app/pom.xml
index 02f912d..287ab4d 100644
--- a/app/pom.xml
+++ b/app/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${onos.version}</version>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-core-serializers</artifactId>
             <version>${onos.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>