diff --git a/gradle/javaProject.gradle b/gradle/javaProject.gradle
index c803f3bd1..7f99ed579 100644
--- a/gradle/javaProject.gradle
+++ b/gradle/javaProject.gradle
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${slf4jVersion}"
 
     constraints {
+        implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.15.3"
         implementation "com.github.jknack:handlebars:4.2.0"
         implementation "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2"
         implementation "info.picocli:picocli:4.0.1"
diff --git a/openapi-bal-service/build.gradle b/openapi-bal-service/build.gradle
index 7bcecca92..cdf56ab85 100644
--- a/openapi-bal-service/build.gradle
+++ b/openapi-bal-service/build.gradle
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind"
     implementation ("io.swagger.parser.v3:swagger-parser:${swaggerParserVersion}") {
         exclude group: "io.swagger", module: "swagger-compat-spec-parser"
         exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "slf4j-ext"
diff --git a/openapi-bal-service/src/main/java/module-info.java b/openapi-bal-service/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 1b9926b0d..787a2ca46 100644
--- a/openapi-bal-service/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/openapi-bal-service/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     requires swagger.parser.v2.converter;
     requires swagger.parser.v3;
     requires org.apache.commons.lang3;
+    requires com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;
     exports io.ballerina.openapi.converter;
     exports io.ballerina.openapi.converter.utils;
     exports io.ballerina.openapi.converter.diagnostic;