diff --git a/metadata-drivers/jetcd-core-shaded/pom.xml b/metadata-drivers/jetcd-core-shaded/pom.xml
index 2bb7988e2aa..ae5bea0ab50 100644
--- a/metadata-drivers/jetcd-core-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/metadata-drivers/jetcd-core-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-netty-shaded</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- workaround issue in running tests in IntelliJ -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>dev.failsafe</groupId>
+      <artifactId>failsafe</artifactId>
+      <version>${failsafe.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 671cf254c4c..320469de5d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
     <disruptor.version>4.0.0</disruptor.version>
     <dropwizard.version>4.1.12.1</dropwizard.version>
     <jetcd.version>0.7.7</jetcd.version>
+    <failsafe.version>3.3.2</failsafe.version>
     <freebuilder.version>2.8.0</freebuilder.version>
     <google.code.version>3.0.2</google.code.version>
     <google.errorprone.version>2.9.0</google.errorprone.version>