diff --git a/utils/misc/pom.xml b/utils/misc/pom.xml
index f49f0fa..899edcf 100644
--- a/utils/misc/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/misc/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- TODO: do we still need this here? -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.eclipsesource.minimal-json</groupId>
+            <artifactId>minimal-json</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.esotericsoftware.kryo</groupId>
           <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>