diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81721611bff..ef166fb4bfa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -995,6 +995,11 @@
         <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+        <artifactId>assertj-guava</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.1</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>xpp3</groupId>
         <artifactId>xpp3</artifactId>
diff --git a/sonar-testing-harness/pom.xml b/sonar-testing-harness/pom.xml
index 11126f3cbe4..8143c934f18 100644
--- a/sonar-testing-harness/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-testing-harness/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>assertj-guava</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+          <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
       <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>