diff --git a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/project.xml b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/project.xml
index af3ab017..e86d4832 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/project.xml
+++ b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/project.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,14 @@
   </repository>
   <mailingLists/>
   <developers/>
-  <dependencies/>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-jelly</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-jelly-tags-xml</artifactId>
+      <version>20030211.142705</version>
+      <url>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/jelly/libs/xml/</url>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
   <build>
     <sourceDirectory>src/java</sourceDirectory>
     <unitTestSourceDirectory>src/test</unitTestSourceDirectory>
diff --git a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject1/project.xml b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject1/project.xml
index f58e541a..3c9f556d 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject1/project.xml
+++ b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject1/project.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@
   <extend>${basedir}/../project.xml</extend>
   <id>test-maven-dashboard-plugin-subproject1</id>
   <name>Maven Dashboard plugin test - Subproject1</name>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xerces</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.b2</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
   <reports>
     <report>maven-checkstyle-plugin</report>
     <report>maven-clover-plugin</report>