diff --git a/powertools-serialization/pom.xml b/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
index b1f228df7..e5c4087fe 100644
--- a/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- Test dependencies -->
         <dependency>