diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index a5c726044..c4da3c12e 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     val commonsCodec     = "1.5"
     val scalazon         = "0.11"
     val argot            = "1.0.1"
+    val json4s           = "3.2.11"
 
     // Scala (test only)
     // Using the newest version of spec (2.3.6) causes
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     val logback          = "ch.qos.logback"        %  "logback-classic"           % V.logback
     val commonsCodec     = "commons-codec"         %  "commons-codec"             % V.commonsCodec
     val scalazon         = "io.github.cloudify"    %% "scalazon"                  % V.scalazon
+    val json4sJackson    = "org.json4s"                 %% "json4s-jackson"            % V.json4s
 
     // Scala (test only)
     val specs2           = "org.specs2"            %% "specs2"                    % V.specs2   % "test"
diff --git a/project/ScalaCollectorBuild.scala b/project/ScalaCollectorBuild.scala
index 00dedccae..eed62d8c5 100644
--- a/project/ScalaCollectorBuild.scala
+++ b/project/ScalaCollectorBuild.scala
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ object ScalaCollectorBuild extends Build {
         Libraries.awsSdk,
         Libraries.argot,
         Libraries.snowplowRawEvent,
-        Libraries.collectorPayload
+        Libraries.collectorPayload,
+        Libraries.json4sJackson
       )
     )
 }