diff --git a/marklogic-client-api-functionaltests/build.gradle b/marklogic-client-api-functionaltests/build.gradle
index 0fce007ad..39d866ac0 100755
--- a/marklogic-client-api-functionaltests/build.gradle
+++ b/marklogic-client-api-functionaltests/build.gradle
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ test {
 
 dependencies {
 	testImplementation project(':marklogic-client-api')
+	testImplementation "jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api:4.0.4"
 	testImplementation 'org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.5.3'
 	testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.17'
 	testImplementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.20.0'