diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b87d8aa5ba..a0b3338e91 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Release Notes.
 * Support Grizzly Trace
 * Fix possible IllegalStateException when using Micrometer.
 * Support Grizzly Work ThreadPool Metric Monitor
+* Fix the gson dependency in the kafka-reporter-plugin.
 
 #### Documentation
 
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/optional-reporter-plugins/kafka-reporter-plugin/pom.xml b/apm-sniffer/optional-reporter-plugins/kafka-reporter-plugin/pom.xml
index a0f4fd92d8..ec7d4cb272 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/optional-reporter-plugins/kafka-reporter-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-sniffer/optional-reporter-plugins/kafka-reporter-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@
                                     <pattern>org.slf4j</pattern>
                                     <shadedPattern>${shade.package}/org.slf4j</shadedPattern>
                                 </relocation>
+                                <relocation>
+                                    <pattern>com.google.gson</pattern>
+                                    <shadedPattern>${shade.package}.com.google.gson</shadedPattern>
+                                </relocation>
                             </relocations>
                             <transformers>
                                 <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />