diff --git a/inception/inception-io-json/pom.xml b/inception/inception-io-json/pom.xml
index bba2fd82b0e..c5cfc84e927 100644
--- a/inception/inception-io-json/pom.xml
+++ b/inception/inception-io-json/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure</artifactId>