diff --git a/versioned_docs/version-8.5/guides/getting-started-java-spring.md b/versioned_docs/version-8.5/guides/getting-started-java-spring.md
index 19a5f89b19..9b71909d6d 100644
--- a/versioned_docs/version-8.5/guides/getting-started-java-spring.md
+++ b/versioned_docs/version-8.5/guides/getting-started-java-spring.md
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ See our documentation on [adding the Spring Zeebe SDK to your project](/apis-too
 </repositories>
 ```
 
-2. Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml` file:
+2. Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml` file, as a child of the `<dependencies>` element:
 
 ```
 <dependency>