diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8682260..f3bab0ef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -172,12 +172,21 @@
           <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
           <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <!-- via gson-api plugin -->
+          <groupId>om.google.code.gson</groupId>
+          <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.jenkins.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-text-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.jenkins.plugins</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gson-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opencensus</groupId>
       <artifactId>opencensus-api</artifactId>