diff --git a/apache-geode-extensions/apache-geode-extensions.gradle b/apache-geode-extensions/apache-geode-extensions.gradle
index 9c1ef97b..ea609157 100644
--- a/apache-geode-extensions/apache-geode-extensions.gradle
+++ b/apache-geode-extensions/apache-geode-extensions.gradle
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: "org.apache.logging.log4j", module: "log4j-core"
     }
 
+    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind"
+
     testCompile "junit:junit"
     testCompile "org.assertj:assertj-core"
     testCompile "org.mockito:mockito-core"