diff --git a/components/camel-spring-parent/camel-spring-rabbitmq/pom.xml b/components/camel-spring-parent/camel-spring-rabbitmq/pom.xml
index 45a60a49aef4e..56034fe063d31 100644
--- a/components/camel-spring-parent/camel-spring-rabbitmq/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-spring-parent/camel-spring-rabbitmq/pom.xml
@@ -93,5 +93,10 @@
             <artifactId>camel-http</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/components/camel-spring-parent/camel-spring-rabbitmq/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/springrabbit/integration/RabbitMQProducerInvalidExchangeIT.java b/components/camel-spring-parent/camel-spring-rabbitmq/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/springrabbit/integration/RabbitMQProducerInvalidExchangeIT.java
index efa4e5aef018c..8c60decfd5da8 100644
--- a/components/camel-spring-parent/camel-spring-rabbitmq/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/springrabbit/integration/RabbitMQProducerInvalidExchangeIT.java
+++ b/components/camel-spring-parent/camel-spring-rabbitmq/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/springrabbit/integration/RabbitMQProducerInvalidExchangeIT.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.connection.ConnectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitAdmin;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
 public class RabbitMQProducerInvalidExchangeIT extends RabbitMQITSupport {
 
     @Override
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ public void testProducer() {
 
         final CamelExecutionException exception = Assertions.assertThrows(CamelExecutionException.class,
                 () -> template.sendBody("direct:start", "Hello World"));
-        Assertions.assertInstanceOf(ShutdownSignalException.class, exception.getCause());
+        assertThat(exception).hasRootCauseInstanceOf(ShutdownSignalException.class);
     }
 
     @Override