diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/pom.xml
index e2a0bb0d..bc1b59e5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
 			<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>