diff --git a/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/module-info.java b/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/module-info.java
index a1fde9779..7adf6352a 100644
--- a/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import io.ebean.jackson.mapper.ScalarJsonJacksonMapper;
 module io.ebean.jackson.mapper {
 
   requires io.ebean.core.type;
+  requires com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation;
   requires com.fasterxml.jackson.core;
   requires com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;