diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 34c54a343a5fee692ebdaf4777c1276969b8b425..a27fe7fc23057236dec1eb3b3c638f70f0f05c8f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@
       <groupId>no.bioforsk.vips.common</groupId>
       <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
       <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
+      <version>1.9.12</version>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
+      <version>1.9.12</version>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>