diff --git a/initializr/pom.xml b/initializr/pom.xml
index 0e83a15b..1a145ebe 100644
--- a/initializr/pom.xml
+++ b/initializr/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<selenium.version>2.43.1</selenium.version>
 		<spring.boot.version>1.2.5.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
+		<groovy.version>2.4.4</groovy.version>
 		<java.version>1.7</java.version>
 	</properties>
 
@@ -105,6 +106,36 @@
 
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+				<artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
+				<version>${groovy.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+				<artifactId>groovy-ant</artifactId>
+				<version>${groovy.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+				<artifactId>groovy-groovydoc</artifactId>
+				<version>${groovy.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+				<artifactId>groovy-json</artifactId>
+				<version>${groovy.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+				<artifactId>groovy-templates</artifactId>
+				<version>${groovy.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+				<artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
+				<version>${groovy.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>