diff --git a/bootique/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/bootique/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
index ed18f4e42a..ab09cfb7b1 100644
--- a/bootique/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+++ b/bootique/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <version>4.12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/manytomany/HibernateManyToManyAnnotationJavaConfigMainIntegrationTest.java b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/manytomany/HibernateManyToManyAnnotationJavaConfigMainIntegrationTest.java
index 61d821e85e..614de6d3ad 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/manytomany/HibernateManyToManyAnnotationJavaConfigMainIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/manytomany/HibernateManyToManyAnnotationJavaConfigMainIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.baeldung.hibernate.manytomany;
 
-
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 import org.hibernate.Session;
@@ -17,10 +16,8 @@ import com.baeldung.hibernate.manytomany.model.Employee;
 import com.baeldung.hibernate.manytomany.model.Project;
 import com.baeldung.manytomany.spring.PersistenceConfig;
 
-
-
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = {PersistenceConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { PersistenceConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
 public class HibernateManyToManyAnnotationJavaConfigMainIntegrationTest {
 
     @Autowired
@@ -28,7 +25,6 @@ public class HibernateManyToManyAnnotationJavaConfigMainIntegrationTest {
 
     private Session session;
 
-
     @Before
     public final void before() {
         session = sessionFactory.openSession();
@@ -43,11 +39,11 @@ public class HibernateManyToManyAnnotationJavaConfigMainIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public final void whenEntitiesAreCreated_thenNoExceptions() {
-       Set<Project> projects = new HashSet<Project>();
-       projects.add(new Project("IT Project"));
-       projects.add(new Project("Networking Project"));
-       session.persist(new Employee("Peter", "Oven", projects));
-       session.persist(new Employee("Allan", "Norman", projects));
+        Set<Project> projects = new HashSet<Project>();
+        projects.add(new Project("IT Project"));
+        projects.add(new Project("Networking Project"));
+        session.persist(new Employee("Peter", "Oven", projects));
+        session.persist(new Employee("Allan", "Norman", projects));
     }
 
 }