diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0b847bf02fc126e5770e89d7392869e1fa56ca9b..b8ef659dc0c4ae426db049b437137ec337da32fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,22 @@
             <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>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>