diff --git a/gateleen-test/pom.xml b/gateleen-test/pom.xml
index 8611850d..74e8e839 100644
--- a/gateleen-test/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-test/pom.xml
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@
             <groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
             <artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
+            <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.tomakehurst</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 63e977eb..c04daa24 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
         <vertx.version>4.5.2</vertx.version>
         <vertx-redis-client.version>4.5.2</vertx-redis-client.version>
         <wiremock.version>1.58</wiremock.version>
+        <xstream.version>1.4.20</xstream.version>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -523,6 +524,12 @@
                 <artifactId>json-utils</artifactId>
                 <version>${jolt.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
+                <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
+                <version>${xstream.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
     <build>