diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f37e5eae..ceb4c966 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
             <version>2.5</version>
         </dependency>
-        
+
         <!-- TEST DEPENDENCIES -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
             <artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.0</version>
+            <version>2.8.2</version>
+            <!-- incompatible with 2.9.0 and up: https://github.com/ozimov/embedded-redis/pull/4 -->
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>