diff --git a/hdf-loader/pom.xml b/hdf-loader/pom.xml
index 1031a1f00..1cb25d919 100644
--- a/hdf-loader/pom.xml
+++ b/hdf-loader/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@
             <version>4.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.15.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.jhdf</groupId>
             <artifactId>jhdf</artifactId>