diff --git a/cli/pom.xml b/cli/pom.xml
index cc1d9dd..8a11f34 100644
--- a/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cli/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@
             <groupId>org.onlab.onos</groupId>
             <artifactId>onlab-osgi</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>