diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index e5dd5ad9e1..cb16e91bc4 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@
             <artifactId>spring-messaging</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
+            <version>${javax.el.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -290,7 +295,7 @@
         <!-- excel -->
         <poi.version>3.16-beta1</poi.version>
 
-        <javax.el.version>3.0.1-b06</javax.el.version>
+        <javax.el.version>3.0.1-b09</javax.el.version>
 		
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/htmlunit/TestConfig.java b/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/htmlunit/TestConfig.java
index 529879fada..8c8a2f5b62 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/htmlunit/TestConfig.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/htmlunit/TestConfig.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import org.thymeleaf.spring4.SpringTemplateEngine;
 import org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafViewResolver;
 import org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.ServletContextTemplateResolver;
 
+import com.baeldung.excel.ExcelPOIHelper;
+
 @Configuration
 @EnableWebMvc
 @ComponentScan(basePackages = { "com.baeldung.web.controller" })
@@ -44,5 +46,9 @@ public class TestConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
         templateEngine.setTemplateResolver(templateResolver());
         return templateEngine;
     }
-
+    
+    @Bean
+    public ExcelPOIHelper excelPOIHelper() {
+        return new ExcelPOIHelper();
+    }
 }