18.2.1. Dependency

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You need to include the `hibernate-spatial` dependency in your build environment.
For Maven, you need to add the following dependency:

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<pre class="prettyprint highlight">`&lt;dependency&gt;
    &lt;groupId&gt;org.hibernate&lt;/groupId&gt;
    &lt;artifactId&gt;hibernate-spatial&lt;/artifactId&gt;
    &lt;version&gt;${hibernate.version}&lt;/version&gt;
&lt;/dependency&gt;`</pre>
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