diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c857d7e..512c9b6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.onap.dcaegen2.collectors</groupId>
     <artifactId>datafile</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>dcaegen2-collectors.datafile</name>
     <description>datafile collector</description>
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
                 <version>${mockito.version}</version>