diff --git a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/BUILD.bazel b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/BUILD.bazel
index 3b419c23bb..72f363decd 100644
--- a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/BUILD.bazel
@@ -40,5 +40,8 @@ scala_library(
         "@maven//:org_scala_lang_scala_reflect",
         "@maven//:org_slf4j_slf4j_api",
         "@maven//:org_springframework_security_spring_security_core",
+        # The following dependency is needed even though Bazel says they are unncessary.
+        # Please don't remove them!
+        "@maven//:org_glassfish_jakarta_json",
     ],
 )