diff --git a/ebean-api/src/main/java/module-info.java b/ebean-api/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 79fa3bb64..7c8453cea 100644
--- a/ebean-api/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/ebean-api/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module io.ebean.api {
 
   requires static io.ebean.types;
   requires static com.fasterxml.jackson.core;
+  requires static com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;
   requires static javax.servlet.api;
 
   exports io.ebean;