diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c9017e9..6a71b1a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.sling.models.jacksonexporter</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/models/it/exporter/BaseRequestComponent.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/models/it/exporter/BaseRequestComponent.java
index 242dc69..08d7707 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/models/it/exporter/BaseRequestComponent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/models/it/exporter/BaseRequestComponent.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import org.apache.sling.models.annotations.injectorspecific.SlingObject;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
 @Model(adaptables = { SlingHttpServletRequest.class }, resourceType = "sling/exp-request/base")
 @Exporter(name = "jackson", extensions = "json")
@@ -59,4 +61,16 @@
         return resource;
     }
 
+    public SlingHttpServletRequest getSlingHttpServletRequest() {
+        return request;
+    }
+
+    public HttpServletRequest getHttpServletRequest() {
+        return request;
+    }
+
+    public ServletRequest getServletRequest() {
+        return request;
+    }
+
 }