diff --git a/.java-version b/.java-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98d9bcb75a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.java-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+17
diff --git a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-docker/pom.xml b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-docker/pom.xml
index 697d0db9ff..64c52c33ef 100644
--- a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-docker/pom.xml
+++ b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-docker/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@
 			<type>pom</type>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-dependencies</artifactId>
+			<version>${spring-cloud-stream.version}</version>
+			<type>pom</type>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
 
 
 		<dependency>