diff --git a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
index 9e3cb81ef2ea..9ed328501847 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,27 @@
         	<artifactId>el-api</artifactId>
         	<version>2.2</version>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>derby</artifactId>
+        	<version>10.12.1.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>derbyclient</artifactId>
+        	<version>10.12.1.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>derbynet</artifactId>
+        	<version>10.12.1.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>derbytools</artifactId>
+        	<version>10.12.1.1</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause1NonTransientConfig.java b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause1NonTransientConfig.java
index 266a04b679a7..3337e4796d4f 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause1NonTransientConfig.java
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause1NonTransientConfig.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableTransactionManagement
-@PropertySource({ "classpath:persistence-mysql.properties" })
+@PropertySource({ "classpath:persistence-derby.properties" })
 @ComponentScan({ "org.baeldung.persistence" })
 public class Cause1NonTransientConfig {
 
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause4NonTransientConfig.java b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause4NonTransientConfig.java
index 19e2ceebcace..3543526f3759 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause4NonTransientConfig.java
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause4NonTransientConfig.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableTransactionManagement
-@PropertySource({ "classpath:persistence-mysql.properties" })
+@PropertySource({ "classpath:persistence-derby.properties" })
 @ComponentScan({ "org.baeldung.persistence" })
 public class Cause4NonTransientConfig {
 
@@ -72,5 +72,4 @@ final Properties hibernateProperties() {
         // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
         return hibernateProperties;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/persistence-derby.properties b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/persistence-derby.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49fac9877e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/persistence-derby.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# jdbc.X
+jdbc.driverClassName=org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver
+jdbc.url=jdbc:derby:memory:spring_exceptions;create=true
+jdbc.user=tutorialuser
+jdbc.pass=tutorialpass
+
+# hibernate.X
+hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.DerbyDialect
+hibernate.show_sql=false
+hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=create
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/InvalidResourceUsageExceptionTest.java b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/InvalidResourceUsageExceptionTest.java
index 9afe2533deb0..b3bf0dcdcd6c 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/InvalidResourceUsageExceptionTest.java
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/InvalidResourceUsageExceptionTest.java
@@ -17,22 +17,27 @@
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration(classes = { Cause1NonTransientConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
 public class InvalidResourceUsageExceptionTest {
-    @Autowired
-    private IFooService fooService;
+	@Autowired
+	private IFooService fooService;
 
-    @Autowired
-    private DataSource restDataSource;
+	@Autowired
+	private DataSource restDataSource;
 
-    @Test(expected = InvalidDataAccessResourceUsageException.class)
-    public void whenRetrievingDataUserNoSelectRights_thenInvalidResourceUsageException() {
-        fooService.findAll();
-    }
+	@Test(expected = InvalidDataAccessResourceUsageException.class)
+	public void whenRetrievingDataUserNoSelectRights_thenInvalidResourceUsageException() {
+		final JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(restDataSource);
+		jdbcTemplate.execute("revoke select from tutorialuser");
 
-    @Test(expected = BadSqlGrammarException.class)
-    public void whenIncorrectSql_thenBadSqlGrammarException() {
-        final JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(restDataSource);
+		fooService.findAll();
 
-        jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("select * fro foo where id=3", Integer.class);
-    }
+		jdbcTemplate.execute("grant select to tutorialuser");
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = BadSqlGrammarException.class)
+	public void whenIncorrectSql_thenBadSqlGrammarException() {
+		final JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(restDataSource);
+
+		jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("select * fro foo where id=3", Integer.class);
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/PermissionDeniedException.java b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/PermissionDeniedException.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f91b52e0054..000000000000
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/PermissionDeniedException.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung.ex.nontransientdataaccessexception;
-
-import org.baeldung.ex.nontransientexception.cause.Cause1NonTransientConfig;
-import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Foo;
-import org.baeldung.persistence.service.IFooService;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.dao.PermissionDeniedDataAccessException;
-import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
-
-@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = { Cause1NonTransientConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
-public class PermissionDeniedException {
-
-    @Autowired
-    private IFooService fooService;
-
-    @Test(expected = PermissionDeniedDataAccessException.class)
-    public void whenRetrievingDataUserNoSelectRights_thenPermissionDeniedException() {
-        final Foo foo = new Foo("foo");
-        fooService.create(foo);
-    }
-
-}