diff --git a/ccm-core/pom.xml b/ccm-core/pom.xml
index 2a06de518..0d7c069e3 100644
--- a/ccm-core/pom.xml
+++ b/ccm-core/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator-cdi</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4398760ce..c61540f9c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -333,14 +333,24 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-                <version>5.2.4.Final</version>
+                <version>5.4.1.Final</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hibernate-validator-cdi</artifactId>
-                <version>5.2.4.Final</version>
+                <version>5.4.1.Final</version>
             </dependency>
-            
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
+                <artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
+                <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.1-b08</version>
+            </dependency>
+
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