diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
index 7e9a0ddb29..f5a3a7e4c9 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
             <artifactId>hibernate-spatial</artifactId>
             <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hibernate-c3p0</artifactId>
+            <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
@@ -56,6 +61,11 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
             <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.9.5</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
index 7b8764637b..c14782ce0f 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -6,4 +6,9 @@ jdbc.password=
 
 hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
 hibernate.show_sql=true
-hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=create-drop
\ No newline at end of file
+hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=create-drop
+
+hibernate.c3p0.min_size=5
+hibernate.c3p0.max_size=20
+hibernate.c3p0.acquire_increment=5
+hibernate.c3p0.timeout=1800