diff --git a/controllers/spec/common.go b/controllers/spec/common.go
index abe5e34b..8e711ac7 100644
--- a/controllers/spec/common.go
+++ b/controllers/spec/common.go
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ func getProcessJavaRuntimeArgs(name, packageName, clusterName, logLevel, details
 	state *v1alpha1.Stateful,
 	tlsConfig TLSConfig, authConfig *v1alpha1.AuthConfig,
 	maxPendingAsyncRequests *int32, logConfigFileName string) []string {
-	classPath := "/pulsar/instances/java-instance.jar:/pulsar/lib/*"
+	classPath := "/pulsar/instances/java-instance.jar:/pulsar/instances/deps/*"
 	javaLogConfigPath := logConfigFileName
 	if javaLogConfigPath == "" {
 		javaLogConfigPath = DefaultJavaLogConfigPath
diff --git a/images/pulsar-functions-base-runner/Dockerfile b/images/pulsar-functions-base-runner/Dockerfile
index 622d3be2..725486d5 100644
--- a/images/pulsar-functions-base-runner/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/pulsar-functions-base-runner/Dockerfile
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ RUN rm -rf /pulsar/lib/presto || true
 RUN rm -rf /pulsar/conf/presto || true
 RUN rm -rf /pulsar/bin/pulsar-detector || true
 
+RUN copy /pulsar/lib/com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat-jackson-dataformat-yaml-*.jar /pulsar/instances/deps/ || true
+
 ENV PULSAR_ROOT_LOGGER=INFO,CONSOLE
 ENV java.io.tmpdir=/pulsar/tmp/
 
diff --git a/images/pulsar-functions-java-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile b/images/pulsar-functions-java-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
index 55e5d4f5..80440bef 100644
--- a/images/pulsar-functions-java-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
+++ b/images/pulsar-functions-java-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ RUN rm -rf /pulsar/lib/io.vertx-vertx-core-*.jar || true
 RUN rm -rf /pulsar/lib/presto || true
 RUN rm -rf /pulsar/conf/presto || true
 
+RUN copy /pulsar/lib/com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat-jackson-dataformat-yaml-*.jar /pulsar/instances/deps/ || true
+
 ENV PULSAR_ROOT_LOGGER=INFO,CONSOLE
 ENV java.io.tmpdir=/pulsar/tmp/