diff --git a/restx/pom.xml b/restx/pom.xml
index 57736f60cd..953b56e2f3 100644
--- a/restx/pom.xml
+++ b/restx/pom.xml
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <restx.version>0.35-rc4</restx.version>
+        <assertj.version>1.6.0</assertj.version> <!-- restx requires such an old version -->
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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