diff --git a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.saml/pom.xml b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.saml/pom.xml
index 32e345b0..95bf4df4 100755
--- a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.saml/pom.xml
+++ b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.saml/pom.xml
@@ -303,6 +303,10 @@
             <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.ds-annotations</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- for Java 17 Compatibility -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9db3aa1b..e1c7b219 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -276,6 +276,11 @@
                 <artifactId>org.wso2.carbon.identity.sp.metadata.saml2</artifactId>
                 <version>${identity.metadata.saml2.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+                <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+                <version>${com.google.code.gson.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <!--test setup-->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
@@ -476,6 +481,7 @@
         <axis2.wso2.version>1.6.1-wso2v38</axis2.wso2.version>
         <joda.wso2.version>2.9.4.wso2v1</joda.wso2.version>
         <com.fasterxml.jackson.version>2.15.2</com.fasterxml.jackson.version>
+        <com.google.code.gson.version>2.9.0</com.google.code.gson.version>
 
         <maven.bundle.plugin.version>3.2.0</maven.bundle.plugin.version>
         <maven.compiler.plugin.version>2.3.1</maven.compiler.plugin.version>