diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-autoconfig/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-autoconfig/pom.xml
index 3a366ed9..47fc86d2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-autoconfig/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-autoconfig/pom.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-json</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>