diff --git a/maven-modules/dependency-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/pom.xml b/maven-modules/dependency-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/pom.xml
index 4ca342cae6..9a652d7093 100644
--- a/maven-modules/dependency-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-modules/dependency-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/pom.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
-            <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
-            <version>dummy</version>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/maven-modules/dependency-exclusion/dummy-surefire-junit47/pom.xml b/maven-modules/dependency-exclusion/dummy-surefire-junit47/pom.xml
index 7332d8deb1..93c5f7591f 100644
--- a/maven-modules/dependency-exclusion/dummy-surefire-junit47/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-modules/dependency-exclusion/dummy-surefire-junit47/pom.xml
@@ -6,4 +6,10 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
     <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
     <version>dummy</version>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung.dependency-exclusion</groupId>
+        <artifactId>dependency-exclusion</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
 </project>